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Letters with a line through them ø đ ł ħ and the rest
Some letters come with a line built in. Click one below to copy it, or type any letter in the box to put a slash or a line through it yourself.
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Letters with a built-in line
Real letters from European and African alphabets, each one character. Click to copy.
Slashed zero and look-alikes
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Built-in letters, by language
| Letter | Used in | Sound or meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ø Ø | Danish, Norwegian, Faroese | A rounded vowel, like the “eu” in French “peu” |
| đ Đ | Croatian, Serbian Latin, Vietnamese, Sámi | The “j” in “jam” in Croatian; a plain “d” in Vietnamese |
| ł Ł | Polish, Lower Sorbian | Like English “w” |
| ħ Ħ | Maltese | A breathy “h” from the throat |
| ŧ Ŧ | Northern Sámi | The “th” in “thin” |
| ƀ ǥ ɨ ʉ | Phonetic and African alphabets | Specific sounds in linguistic transcription |
| ƶ Ƶ | Handwriting style of z, some old orthographies | Z written with a bar so it isn’t read as 2 |
Each one is a single precomposed character. That matters: it sorts correctly, is found by search in the right language and is read properly by screen readers. If you’re writing a name like Łukasz or Håkon Øvergård, use the real letter, not a slash added to a plain one.
A line through any letter
Unicode only has built-in strokes for letters that real languages need. For anything else, combining marks do the job. They’re invisible characters that draw on the letter before them:
| Mark | Effect | Example |
|---|---|---|
| U+0337 short slash | A small diagonal through the letter | a̷ b̷ c̷ |
| U+0338 long slash | A tall diagonal, like “not” in maths | a̸ b̸ c̸ |
| U+0335 short stroke | A short horizontal bar | a̵ b̵ c̵ |
| U+0336 long stroke | Full strikethrough, joins with neighbours | a̶ b̶ c̶ |
The box at the top shows all four on whatever you type. Use the long slash for “not” symbols, the same mark that turns = into ≠ in maths, the short stroke for a single crossed letter, and the long stroke when you want the whole word crossed out.
Slashed zero, ø, ∅ and ⌀
These four get mixed up all the time:
- 0̸ slashed zero is a digit. It’s used to tell zero apart from the letter O on licence plates, in radio call signs and in code.
- ø is a letter. In Danish it’s as ordinary as e.
- ∅ is the empty set, a maths symbol for “a set with nothing in it”.
- ⌀ is the diameter sign on engineering drawings, as in ⌀ 12 mm.
They look close enough to swap by eye, but a search for one won’t find the others. Copy the right one from the grids above.
Typing them yourself
On Windows, the US International keyboard and Character Map both reach these letters; Alt codes cover ø and Ø (Alt + 0248, Alt + 0216). On a Mac, Option + O gives ø and holding a letter key shows accented versions, including ł for L. Phone keyboards show them when you press and hold the base letter. For the rest, copying from this page is quickest. For the strikethrough mark itself, see the strikethrough symbol page; for slashes on whole words, the slash text generator.
Questions people ask
What is the “o with a line through it” and how do I type it?
It’s ø (capital Ø), a letter in Danish, Norwegian and Faroese. On Windows, hold Alt and type 0248 for ø or 0216 for Ø on the number pad. On a Mac, press Option + O (Option + Shift + O for Ø). On phones, hold the o key and slide to ø.
Which letters have a built-in line through them in Unicode?
Quite a few: ø, đ, ł, ħ, ŧ, ƀ, ǥ, ɨ, ƶ, ɇ, ȼ, ʉ, ɉ, ꝑ and ƚ, most with capitals. They come from Danish, Croatian, Vietnamese, Polish, Maltese, Sámi, African languages and the phonetic alphabet. The grid above has them all, ready to copy.
How do I put a line through any letter, including ones with no built-in version?
Type it in the box above. The generator adds a combining slash (U+0337 or U+0338) or a combining stroke (U+0335 or U+0336) after each letter, which draws the line through it. This works on every letter, digit and symbol.
How do I make a zero with a slash through it?
Copy 0̸ from the grid, which is a zero followed by U+0338. Many programming fonts also draw their normal zero with a slash or a dot to tell it apart from O, so in code you may not need anything special.
Is ø the same as ∅ or ⌀?
No, even though they look alike. ø is a letter. ∅ (U+2205) is the empty set in maths. ⌀ (U+2300) is the diameter sign on technical drawings. They sort, search and read aloud differently, so use the one that matches the meaning.