Add circled lower case letters in Word, Excel and more

Insert lower case letter with circles ⓐ to ⓩ in Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Outlook etc. Officially they are called Circled Latin Small Letters.

Circled small letters in different fonts

Only two common Office fonts have double circled digits Segoe UI Symbol and Calibri. Here’s how the symbols look in both fonts plus the Unicode Hex value to easily find or insert them.

Circled lower case letter: codes and symbols

These are all the important code numbers or values you’ll need to enter the double circled digit symbols.  The hex value (e.g. 24F5) lets you insert or find each symbol quickly.

Use the Alt + X shortcut in Word for Windows, for example type 24D0 then Alt + X to type ⓐ

OR just select and copy any of these symbols, then paste into your document, email etc.

Quick access for commonly used symbols. 

If you use a symbol often, a fast way to enter it is AutoCorrect. 

Once in a document you can copy it to AutoCorrect and make your own shortcut. 

Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Go to Insert | Symbols | Symbol then type in the Hex value from the above list.

Windows Emoji Panel

The current Windows Emoji Panel (Windows 10 and 11) doesn’t have circled lower case symbols! 

MacOS and Office for Mac inserting characters

On a Mac, to enter the Male, Female or combo symbol: 

• Command + Control + Spacebar shortcut to open the Character Viewer.    
• Search for “ circled latin ’” and the Viewer will show all the circled letters.

Despite the name Character Viewer, the Apple system tool will also insert characters into any program, including Office for Mac. 

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