Copy þ or Þ, the thorn symbol, or type it: Alt+0254 for the small letter, Alt+0222 for the capital.
Thorn Symbol
þLatin small letter thornU+00FEReady to copy
16 thorn characters and look-alikes. Tap any value to copy it.
16 thorn characters and look-alikes. A character and its name both copy the character. A code copies the code.
Character
Name
Code point
Alt code
HTML
LaTeX
U+00FE. The small thorn, the letter for the sounds English now spells th. Old English and Old Norse wrote it, and Icelandic still does. Alt+0254, þ in HTML, \th in LaTeX. The older Alt code table has no thorn.
U+00DE. The capital thorn. Alt+0222, Þ in HTML, \TH in LaTeX.
U+16A6. The rune the letter grew from, thurisaz; the Old English rune poem calls it thorn.
U+A765. A thorn with its ascender crossed: a scribe’s abbreviation for the word that.
U+00F0. Eth, the second Old English letter for the same sounds. Icelandic keeps both and gives eth the voiced one. Alt+0240, ð in HTML, \dh in LaTeX.
Thorn and e: the word the. Once printers set a y in place of the thorn, this spelling became ye.
U+A764. The capital of ꝥ. Both joined Unicode in version 5.1 (2008).
U+A767. Here the crossing stroke cuts the tail below the line.
U+A766. The capital with its tail crossed.
U+00D0. The capital eth, a D with a bar through its stem. Alt+0208, Ð in HTML, \DH in LaTeX.
U+01BF. Wynn, the Old English letter for w. Late thorns lost their ascender and came to look much like it.
U+03F7. Sho, a letter Unicode keeps in its Greek block. The same shape as a capital thorn, and a different character.
U+03F8. The small sho, the look-alike of þ.
U+0070. The plain letter p from the keyboard, the nearest shape on the keys.
U+A7D3. Two thorns fused into one letter, added in Unicode 14.0 (2021); a device with no font for it draws an empty box.
U+A7D2. The big form of ꟓ arrived later, with Unicode 17.0 (2025).
The thorn symbol is þ, capital Þ: a letter of Old English and Old Norse, still used in Icelandic, for the sounds English now spells th. Its Alt code is 0254, and 0222 for the capital.
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Typing the thorn character
Hold the Alt key and type 0254 on the number pad for þ, or 0222 for Þ. The zero matters: the older Alt code table has no thorn. With a Compose key it is Compose, t, h. A web page writes þ and Þ. No key of a US keyboard carries the letter, so without a Compose key the Alt code is its keyboard command.
From rune to ye
The letter comes from the rune ᚦ. English replaced it with th, and when early printers set a y in its place, þe, the word the, turned into ye. Eth, ð, was the other Old English letter for the same sounds.
Eth has Alt codes too: Alt+0240 for ð and Alt+0208 for Ð.
ꝥ, a thorn with a stroke, was a scribe’s short way to write that.
ƿ, wynn, and Ϸ, sho, are look-alikes and not thorns.
Questions and answers
What is the Alt code for the thorn character?
Alt+0254 types the small þ and Alt+0222 the capital Þ. Hold Alt, type the four digits on the number pad and let go. Neither letter has a three-digit code.
What is the thorn letter in English?
A letter that Old English used for the sounds now spelled th, as in thick. It stayed common for most of the Middle English period, until th took its place.
What is the Unicode for thorn?
U+00FE for the small letter and U+00DE for the capital, both in the Latin-1 Supplement block. The rune ᚦ is a separate character, U+16A6.
Can I copy and paste the thorn letter?
Yes. þ and Þ are ordinary Unicode letters and paste as text. Icelandic is the one language that still writes with thorn today.
All 16 thorn characters and look-alikes
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ÞLatin capital letter thornU+00DE. The capital thorn. Alt+0222, Þ in HTML, \TH in LaTeX.
ðLatin small letter ethU+00F0. Eth, the second Old English letter for the same sounds. Icelandic keeps both and gives eth the voiced one. Alt+0240, ð in HTML, \dh in LaTeX.
þLatin small letter thornU+00FE. The small thorn, the letter for the sounds English now spells th. Old English and Old Norse wrote it, and Icelandic still does. Alt+0254, þ in HTML, \th in LaTeX. The older Alt code table has no thorn.
ꝥLatin small letter thorn with strokeU+A765. A thorn with its ascender crossed: a scribe’s abbreviation for the word that.
ᚦRunic letter thurisaz thurs thornU+16A6. The rune the letter grew from, thurisaz; the Old English rune poem calls it thorn.
þeThe word the, with a thornThorn and e: the word the. Once printers set a y in place of the thorn, this spelling became ye.
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ꝤLatin capital letter thorn with strokeU+A764. The capital of ꝥ. Both joined Unicode in version 5.1 (2008).
ꝦLatin capital letter thorn with stroke through descenderU+A766. The capital with its tail crossed.
ꝧLatin small letter thorn with stroke through descenderU+A767. Here the crossing stroke cuts the tail below the line.
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ÐLatin capital letter ethU+00D0. The capital eth, a D with a bar through its stem. Alt+0208, Ð in HTML, \DH in LaTeX.
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ϷGreek capital letter shoU+03F7. Sho, a letter Unicode keeps in its Greek block. The same shape as a capital thorn, and a different character.
ϸGreek small letter shoU+03F8. The small sho, the look-alike of þ.
ƿLatin letter wynnU+01BF. Wynn, the Old English letter for w. Late thorns lost their ascender and came to look much like it.
pLatin small letter PU+0070. The plain letter p from the keyboard, the nearest shape on the keys.
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Latin capital letter double thornU+A7D2. The big form of ꟓ arrived later, with Unicode 17.0 (2025).
ꟓLatin small letter double thornU+A7D3. Two thorns fused into one letter, added in Unicode 14.0 (2021); a device with no font for it draws an empty box.