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How to Enter Symbol:

• PC: With the "Num Lock" light on your keyboard ON, hold down the "alt" key while entering the 4-digit number on your numeric keypad.
• Mac: See here.
• The symbols can also be copied (select, then "copy" or alt-c on PC) directly from the "symbol" column below and pasted ("paste" or alt-v) into Notepad (to help strip off formatting) or other applications.

Alt-0160 provides a non-breaking space, useful for making a multi-part first name look like one string in a database or keeping a space from breaking across lines. See more on spaces and half spaces at the bottom of this page. .
Alt-0173 provides a non-breaking hyphen for when you want a hyphenated word to stick together (NOT break across lines). Non-breaking hyphen: ‑

CODE	SYMBOL	CODE	SYMBOL	CODE	SYMBOL	CODE	SYMBOL	CODE	SYMBOL	CODE	SYMBOL
0127		0128	€	0129		0130	‚	0131	ƒ	0132	„
0133	…	0134	†	0135	‡	0136	ˆ	0137	‰ (per thousand)	0138	Š
0139	‹	0140	Œ	0141		0142	Ž	0143		0144	
0145	‘	0146	’	0147	“	0148	”	0149	•	0150	—
0151	–	0152	˜	0153	™	0154	š	0155	›	0156	œ
0157		0158	ž	0159	Ÿ	0160	See note*	0161	¡	0162	¢
0163	£	0164	¤	0165	¥	0166	¦	0167	§	0168	¨
0169	©	0170	ª	0171	«	0172	¬	0173	­	0174	®
0175	¯	0176	°	0177	±	0178	²	0179	³	0180	´
0181	µ	0182	¶	0183	·	0184	¸	0185	¹	0186	º
0187	»	0188	¼	0189	½	0190	¾	0191	¿	0192	À
0193	Á	0194	Â	0195	Ã	0196	Ä	0197	Å	0198	Æ
0199	Ç	0200	È	0201	É	0202	Ê	0203	Ë	0204	Ì
0205	Í	0206	Î	0207	Ï	0208	Ð	0209	Ñ	0210	Ò
0211	Ó	0212	Ô	0213	Õ	0214	Ö	0215	×	0216	Ø
0217	Ù	0218	Ú	0219	Û	0220	Ü	0221	Ý	0222	Þ
0223	ß	0224	à	0225	á	0226	â	0227	ã	0228	ä
0229	å	0230	æ	0231	ç	0232	è	0233	é	0234	ê
0235	ë	0236	ì	0237	í	0238	î	0239	ï	0240	ð
0241	ñ	0242	ò	0243	ó	0244	ô	0245	õ	0246	ö
0247	÷	0248	ø	0249	ù	0250	ú	0251	û	0252	ü
0253	ý	0254	þ	0255	ÿ	0000		224	α	225	ß
226	Γ	227	π	228	Σ	229	σ	230	µ	231	τ
232	Φ	233	Θ	234	Ω	235	δ	236	∞	237	φ
238	ε	239	∩	240	≡	241	±	242	≥	243	≤
244	⌠	245	⌡	246	÷	248	°	249	∙	250	·
251	√	252	ⁿ	253	²	254	■	**	₩		$
&cong	≅	Danish small [oe]	ø	−	minus	2610		8353 ***	₡	8373 (Ghana Cedi, not US ¢)	₵
2672	♲

Pronunciation Clarifiers (AKA diacritical marks): ā ē ī ō ū (more here and here):
- A "nonspacing" overline/overbar/vinculum indicates a repeating number or set of numbers, but this does format properly online: ̅
- Methods are available within MS Word to add diacritical marks to characters.
- Overlines are also used to represent a sample mean.
- The macron (line over single character) indicates a long vowel pronunciation: ̄
- Combining/conjoining macron: ︦  test: 4︦5

Superscript numbers: | ⁰ | ¹ | ² | ³ | ⁴ | ⁵ | ⁶ | ⁷ | ⁸ | ⁹ | More superscript/subscript here.

Copy & paste the Unicode special characters listed below by alphabetically sorted category:
Peace, love & happiness! ☮ ❤ 😊

Animals (land/air): 🐗 🐯 🐇 🐌 🐢 🐁 🐘 🐕 🐶 😸 🐈 🐾 🐵 🙈 🙉 🙊 😼 🦀 🐧 🐄 🐮 🐼 🐜 🕷 🕸 🐽 🐷 🐖 🐎 🏇 🐞

Arrows: ⇔ ⇒ ⇓ ⇐ ← ⟵ → ⟶ 8: ▶ ◀ ▲ ▼ ▽ ⏏ ➤ ➜ ⟴ ⬌ ⏪ ⏩ ↗ ↘ ↖ ↙ ➢ ⇨ 🎯 ⇦ ⇧ ⇩

Beach/Tropical/Marine : 👣 🌴 🏄 🏊 🏖 ⛱ 🐚 🌊 🐟 🐬 ⎈ ⛵ 🔱 🚢 ⚓ 🐳 ⛴ 🛥 ⛯

Bullets/Checks: � · ⋅ · • ⬤ ● • ● ⚫
⚫ ⭘ ◯ ⚫ ⌑ ◘ 🔘 ⊙ ⌖ ⊕
⊗ ❍ ○ ❏ ∘ ◈ ※ ▣ ◙ ▬
⦿ 🔳 ✤ ⬬ 🔲 🙤 🙦 ░ ▒ ◌
▓ ▓ █ ⬛ ◆ ⚝ ✦ 🟇 🟈 ✧ ☐
⌘ ✅ ✔ ❎ ✘ ☑ ☒

Callouts (email subject lines): ⚞ ⚟📢 ⚜ 🔎 ✍ ✎ ✏ 🕮 📖 👀 ⏰ ⏱ ⏲ ⏳ 📅 📆 🗓 👓 ❰ ❱ ❮ ❯ ෴

Entertainment/Music/Performing Arts: ♫ 🎼 📺 🎥 🎞 🎭 🎹

Environment/Ecology: ♲

Faces/Feelings (emoji list): ♫ ☮ ❤ 💔 💘 ☯ 😉 | a ☺ | b 😄 | c 😜 | d 😊 | e 😁 | f 😋 | g ☹ | h 😒 | i 😠 | j 😕 | k 🙃 | l | m 🤔 | n 😢 | o 🖕 | p 😑 | q 💨 | r 💩 | s 💢 (anger) | t 😕 | u 😈 | w 👾 | x 🕊 | y 👽 | z 🤐 | 1 ⚰ | 2 🤠 | 3-ROTF: 🤣 | 4 🤡 | 5 🙌 | 6 😰 | 7 😓 | 8 😅 | 9 ☹ |
A 😲 | B 😨 | C | D |

Flags: ⚑ 🇺 🇸  🚩 🏁

Food/Candy/Drink/Drugs: 🍭 🍴 🍨 🍅 🍏 🍣 🍦 🍻 🍷 🍸 🏆 🍺 🍕 🍩 ☕ ✚ ☤ ℞ 💊 🍼 🍷

Globe with meridians 🌐 | earth globe Americas 🌎 |

Hands/Fingers: 👍 👎 ☞ ☜ 🙏 👋 🖖 ✋ 👐 🙋 👊 ✌ 👌 👉 🖝 🤞

Holiday/Party/Celebration: 🐰 🍀 🎄 🎅 🎉 🎁 🎂 🍹 🍸 🏆 🍻 🍺 👻 🎃 🎗 💐 🎈 🦃 ☃ 🎆

Legal: ⚖ (waiting for gavel!)

Letters: Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ Ⓕ Ⓖ Ⓗ Ⓘ Ⓙ Ⓚ Ⓛ Ⓜ Ⓝ Ⓞ Ⓟ Ⓠ Ⓡ Ⓢ Ⓣ Ⓤ Ⓥ Ⓦ Ⓧ Ⓨ Ⓩ

Love, Marriage & Family: 💑 💎 👰 ⚭ (marriage symbol) 👪

Mail/Hard Copy/Print: 📎 🖶 🖨 🖹 🗋 🖺 📪 📫 📬 📭 ✉ 📦 Permanent Paper: ♾

Math: Δ ≠ ≅ ≤ ≥ ∑ √ ⅒ ⅑ ⅛ ⅐ ⅙ ⅕ ⅓ ¼ ⅜ ½ ⅝ ⅔ ¾ ⅘ ⅚ ⅞ Vulgar Fraction Calculators: 1 | 2 |

Measures: ⏍ (SF, doesn't work on Mac) ⅊ (property line) ℄

Miscellaneous Symbols: ⚕ ♿ 👻 ✠ 🏳 ⚑ 🏰 ✚ ♔ ♕ 👑 🤳 ⚜

Money/Cards/Poker/Gambling/Games: 🃏 💰 💵 💸 💱 ＄ $ 🂡 ♥ ♡ ♦ ◇ ♣ ♧ ♠ ♤ 🎲

Numbers: 0̸ ∞ № ⓪ ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ ⑧ ⑨ ⑩ ⑪ ⑫ ⑬ ⑭ ⑮ ⑯ ⑰ ⑱ ⑲ ⑳
➊ ➋ ➌ ➍ ➎ ➏ ➐ ➑ ➒ ➓
❶ ❷ ❸ ❹ ❺ ❻ ❼ ❽ ❾ ❿
(Numbers, cont'd, different size) ㉑ ㉒ ㉓ ㉔ ㉕ ... ㊵

Organization: 📁 📂

People/Professionals: 👮 🚼 ⚥ ⚤ ♀ ♂ ⚲ ⚢ ⚣

Phone/Conversation: ✆ ☎ ☏ 📱 📞

Plants (also see Beach): ☘ 🍁 🍂 🌵

Real Estate/Hospitality: 🔑 🏠 🏢 🏩 🚹 🚺 🛁 🛏 🚽 🚿

Rental Utilities, Services, Symbols: electricity: 💡 gas/fire: 🔥 recycle: ♲ trash bin: 🗑 litter: 🚮 water: 💧 no smoking: 🚭 smoking: 🚬

Shapes/Lines: ⊡ ⁙ ◬ 𝄙 𝄘 ⸾ ⦚ ⌗ ⎅ 〇 ⊘ ⃠ ⌽ ⍉ Ø ⦵ ⃞ ⃝ ⃟ 🛆 ‗ _ ⎯ ＿ ﹍ ﹏ 〜 〰 ᔐ ᔑ ̳ ﹎ ⃤

Sports: 🚴 ⚔ ⛳ 🚲 🏈 ⚾ ⚽ 🏁 🎱 🎳 🏀 ⛷ 🏃

Stars: ✰ ⍟ ⚝ ⁕ 🌠 🌟 ✵ ✪ ☆ ★ ✯ ✴ ／ ✶ ✹ ✸ ✲ ❃

Technology: ⏻ ⏼ ⏽ ⭘ ⏾ ✇ 💾 🎮 |2-button mouse: 🖰 | 💿 📺 📻 📶 📡 ⌁ 🔌 📷 📧 🖥 💻 🖳

Tools, Utensils, Weapons & Search: ✂ 🔨 🔧 🔫 🛠 🍴 🔍 🔭 🗡 🔫

Travel/Vehicles: 🏍 🏜 🏝 ✈ 🚌 ⛗ 🚓 🚗 🏎 🚔 🚒 🚙 ⛽

Warnings/Alerts: 🚨 ⚠ ☣ 💣 ☠ ⛔ 🆘

Weather/Nature: ❄ ☃ ☁ ﹅ ✿ ❀ ☂ ☔ ⁕ 💮 ☼ ☀ ❂ 🌞 ⚛ ⚝ 🌙

NOTE: Unfortunately the Unicode rendering of the international "info/" symbol 🛈 varies between horrible and dysfunctional, so don't bother trying to use it. Just use a graphic (raster/pixels image) version of it when needed. See more notes here. Full ASCII table is provided here.
Different computer & phone operating systems render special characters differently, so be sure to test before publishing.

Another way to make a superscript is to use the <SUP> and </SUP> tags [in code view] on either side of the digit(s) or letter(s) you want to raise. To make a subscript, use the <SUB> and </SUB> tags. Subscripts and superscripts are inline elements, aka "text-level" elements.
See here for more tips on entering in Microsoft applications. The clover can be entered in Word by typing 2618 then pressing and holding ALT while typing x, but it can also be entered by holding ALT while typing 9752 on the numeric keypad. (Notice this does not work in Dreamweaver.)
Keep in mind that the font you're using may impact whether or not the symbol will display properly.

• *Alt-0160 is a non-breaking space in the Windows world and seems to work in browsers, too. Handy in HTML if you want a couple non-collapsing spaces in a row.
• **Current Romanized version of South Korean Won symbol (원, 전), Unicode U+20A9 and HTML &#65510.
• ***Costa Rican colón. Using this Alt-code doesn't work in Notepad but does work in Word.
• This symbol is called a fleur-de-lis (French, lily) or fiordaliso/giglio (Italian; used in Florence): ⚜

ASCII / Unicode character reference table provided by Dan Goese.

Click here to see more "special character" resources in far-right column of Dan's Favorites.

Full, traditional ASCII table is provided here.

The Euro (€) symbol replaced the previous "Euro Currency Unit" symbol (₠) on January 1, 1999.