U+00D1 · Latin-1 Supplement

Capital N with Tilde (Ñ)

Capital N with tilde is the uppercase form of ñ, a separate letter of the Spanish alphabet that sits between N and O. It appears in all-caps Spanish text, names, and places, and in the word 'ESPAÑA'. It is also used in Galician, Basque, Filipino, Guarani, and Breton. Dropping the tilde can change a word's meaning entirely.

WindowsAlt 165 / 0209

MacOption + N, then Shift + N

UnicodeU+00D1

HTMLÑ

ÑU+00D1

Character codes

Unicode code point	`U+00D1`
Decimal	`209`
HTML named entity	`Ñ`
HTML (hex)	`Ñ`
HTML (decimal)	`Ñ`
CSS	`\00D1`
JavaScript	`\u00D1`
Python	`\u00D1`
UTF-8 bytes	`C3 91`
UTF-16	`00D1`
URL-encoded	`%C3%91`

Character details

Official name	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH TILDE
Unicode block	Latin-1 Supplement
General category	Uppercase Letter (Lu)
SymbolHero category	Accented Letters
Decomposition	`U+004E U+0303`
Lowercase	ñ n with Tilde (ñ)
Emoji	No

How to type Ñ

Windows

Hold Alt and type 165 on the numeric keypad (Num Lock on), then release Alt. Alt 165 uses the code page 437.
Hold Alt and type 0209 on the numeric keypad (Num Lock on), then release Alt. Alt 0209 uses the Windows-1252 code page.
In Microsoft Word or Outlook: type 00D1 then press Alt + X.
Open Character Map (search “Character Map” in Start), tick “Advanced view”, search for “latin capital letter n with tilde”, then Select and Copy.

Mac

Press Option + N, then Shift + N (US English keyboard layout).
Press Control + Command + Space to open the Character Viewer, search “latin capital letter n with tilde”, and double-click the result.
With the Unicode Hex Input keyboard enabled (System Settings → Keyboard → Input Sources), hold Option and type 00D1.

iPhone & Android

On iPhone and most Android keyboards, press and hold the N key and slide to Ñ. On a Mac, holding the key down works the same way.
Tap Copy at the top of this page, then long-press where you want it and choose Paste.

Docs & web

Google Docs: Insert → Special characters, then search “latin capital letter n with tilde” or enter U+00D1.
HTML: Ñ or Ñ
Excel / Google Sheets: =UNICHAR(209)

Examples

ESPAÑA
Ñandú (rhea bird)
LA NIÑA
Ñuñoa, Chile

Good to know

Don’t mix it up: Often confused with Ň (U+0147), the Czech and Slovak N with caron.

Tip: Spanish sorting treats Ñ as its own letter after N, so words starting with Ñ come after all N words in dictionaries.

Display: the character itself is always the same code point, but its shape comes from the font on the device showing it. If you see an empty box, the font lacks this glyph—the text is still correct.