Type Hawaiian characters with buttons or shortcuts, then copy them into your document or e-mail.
Type faster with Ctrl shortcuts. For example: each press of Ctrl+' steps through ʻ → ’. Point at a button to see its shortcut.
Using these characters
ā ē ō ʻ
Preserve marked vowels and the ʻ character from the source. ʻ is different from an ordinary quotation mark or backtick; check that smart-quote conversion does not replace it after pasting.
Typing with this keyboard
- Type ordinary text in the editor and place the cursor where the symbol belongs. Examples available on this keyboard: ā · ē · ī · ō · ū · ʻ.
- Click the required character. For characters with an uppercase partner, use Shift or the uppercase setting. Check each button's hint and your settings for shortcuts.
- Use the copy-all button, then check letters and marks in the receiving document. Keep important writing in a separate document.
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Symbol and character list
- ā Ā a with macron
- ē Ē e with macron
- ī Ī i with macron
- ō Ō o with macron
- ū Ū u with macron
- ʻ turned comma
- ’ right single quotation mark
- “ left double quotation mark
- ” right double quotation mark
- – en dash
- — em dash