Ä
Latin capital letter A with diaeresis
ExtendedASCII 196 | Hex 0xC4 | U+00C4
ASCII Code
Decimal
196
Hexadecimal
0xC4
Octal
304
Binary
1100 0100
How to Type
Windows Alt CodeAlt + 196
HTML Entity
Ä
Unicode InputU+00C4
Character in Different Encodings
| Encoding | Code | Symbol | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Code page 437 | 196 | ─ | Box drawings light horizontal |
| ISO-8859-1 | 196 | Ä | Latin capital letter A with diaeresis |
| ISO-8859-2 | 196 | Ä | Latin capital letter A with diaeresis |
| ISO-8859-3 | 196 | Ä | Latin capital letter A with diaeresis |
| ISO-8859-4 | 196 | Ä | Latin capital letter A with diaeresis |
| ISO-8859-5 | 196 | Ф | Cyrillic capital letter Ef |
| ISO-8859-6 | 196 | ؤ | Arabic letter Hamzah on waw |
| ISO-8859-7 | 196 | Δ | Greek capital letter Delta |
| ISO-8859-8 | 196 | - | Unused |
| ISO-8859-9 | 196 | Ä | Latin capital letter A with diaeresis |
| ISO-8859-10 | 196 | Ä | Latin capital letter A with diaeresis |
| ISO-8859-11 | 196 | ฤ | Thai character Ru |
| Windows-1250 | 196 | Ä | Latin capital letter A with diaeresis |
| Windows-1251 | 196 | Д | Cyrillic capital letter De |
| Windows-1252 | 196 | Ä | Latin capital letter A with diaeresis |
| Windows-1253 | 196 | Δ | Greek capital letter Delta |
| Windows-1254 | 196 | Ä | Latin capital letter A with diaeresis |
| Windows-1255 | 196 | ִ | Hebrew point Hiriq |
| Windows-1256 | 196 | ؤ | Arabic letter Hamzah on waw |
| Windows-1257 | 196 | Ä | Latin capital letter A with diaeresis |
| Windows-1258 | 196 | Ä | Latin capital letter A with diaeresis |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ASCII code 196?
ASCII code 196 represents the Latin capital letter A with diaeresis character. In hexadecimal it is 0xC4, in binary 1100 0100, and in octal 304. This is an extended ASCII character whose meaning varies by encoding.
How do I type ASCII 196 on a keyboard?
On Windows, hold Alt and type 196 on the numeric keypad. On Mac, you can use the Character Viewer (Edit > Emoji & Symbols). In HTML, use the entity Ä or Ä.