| Character | Ž |
| Name | Latin Capital Letter Z With Caron |
| Unicode Code Point | U+017D |
| Decimal Value | 381 |
| Hex Value | 0x017D |
| Category | Latin Extended-A |
| Windows Alt Code | Alt+0142 |
| Word Alt+X Code | 017D + Alt+X |
| Mac Shortcut | Not available — use copy/paste |
| HTML Entity | Ž |
| HTML Code (Dec / Hex) | Ž / Ž |
| CSS Content Code | content: "\017D"; |
| JavaScript Unicode Escape | "\u{017D}" |
Latin Capital Letter Z With Caron belongs to Latin Extended-A, a Unicode block created specifically to give Central and Eastern European languages full native-alphabet support in digital text — before Unicode, each language often needed its own incompatible code page.
Unicode block: Latin Extended-A (U+0100–U+017F). Latin Extended-A covers accented and modified Latin letters needed for Central European, Baltic, and Nordic languages (Czech, Polish, Croatian, Turkish, and more) that Latin-1 didn't include.
At Unicode code point U+017D (decimal 381), Latin Capital Letter Z With Caron is the 126th of 128 characters cataloged in this category on How To Type Any Symbol. In terms of typing methods, it has a documented Windows Alt code, though no dedicated single-key Mac shortcut — Mac users generally rely on copy-paste for it. Regardless of platform, clicking the copy button above places the exact character on your clipboard, ready to paste into any application that accepts Unicode text.
💡 Good to know: Font support for this character is excellent in modern system fonts but can be missing in older icon or display fonts — always test in your target font.
Hold Alt and type 0142 on the numeric keypad.
No dedicated shortcut — click the copy button above and paste with Cmd+V.
Click the symbol above to copy it, then paste anywhere — works on every device and OS.
Use the entity Ž in your HTML.