Angstrom symbol
Type :angstrom: · Tech & keys
What Å is for
The angstrom, a tenth of a nanometre, used for atomic distances and wavelengths. Unicode says to write it with the Swedish letter Å rather than the separate angstrom character it keeps only for compatibility.
How to type Å
The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With
Emoji Anywhere
installed you can skip all of them and type
:angstrom: in any text field instead, which
is the same on every platform.
macOS
No direct shortcut. Use Edit → Emoji & Symbols, or switch to the Unicode Hex Input
source and type 00C5
with Option held.
Windows
No Alt code. In Word, type 00C5 then press Alt +
X. Elsewhere use the emoji panel with Win + Period, or Character Map.
Shortcodes
:angstrom: On the web
HTML Å
Unicode U+00C5
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