ASCII Extended Character Set Highlighted by Typical Application ▼
& UTF / Unicode Characters & Symbols

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: ‑

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: ̄ (e.g. Ō like in RŌKɅ )
- Combining/conjoining macron: ︦ test: 4︦5

Peace, love & happiness! ☮ ❤ 😊 • Thanks to http://www.fileformat.info for their well-organized library of special symbols and emojis. For clarity, these :) :( are emoticons and emojis are images.
Also see the official Unicode emoji list here for renderings on multiple platforms (PC, Mac, phone, etc.).

⊘ 🍏: Indicates there may be issues displaying this symbol on the Mac, iPad or iPhone. The "info" i symbol 🛈 is a crucial and unfortunate one of these.

Copy & paste the Unicode special characters listed below by [alphabetically sorted] category:

Limitations:

• Note the entries marked "⊘ Mac" may work on PC-based browswers but might not render properly on Apple products (iPhone, iPad, Mac).
• Many characters work on both Windows & Mac browsers but may NOT render properly in email programs (e.g. Microsoft Outlook).

Animals (land/air): 🐾 🐔 🐗 🐯 🐇 🐌 🐢 🐁 🐘 🐕 🐶 😸 🐈
🐵 🙈 🙉 🙊 😼 🦀 🐧 🐄 🐮 🐼 🐜 🕷 🕸 🐽 🐷 🐖 🐎 🐴 🎠 🏇 🐞
🐸 🐹 🐰 🐻 🐺 🦖 🐦 🦂 (scorpion) 🦎 🦕 🐍 🐝 😿 🐿

Arrows: ▶ ◀ ▼ ▲ ▷ ▽ ◁ △ ⇔ ⇒ ⇓ ⇐ ← ⟵ → ⇉ ⟶ ⏏ ➤ ➜
⏪ ⏩ ↗ ↘ ↖ ↙ ➢ ⇨ ⇦ ⇧ ⇩ 🎯 ⏬ ➡ ⟫ ⏎ enter |
⊘ 🍏: ⮎ ⮏ ⮍ ⮌ ⭯ ⭮ ⎆ 🡻 🢁 🢂 🢀 🢆 ⬌

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

Body Parts/Hands/Fingers: 👅 👃 👂 👍 👎 ☞ ☜ 🙏 👋 🖖 ✋ 👐 🙋 👊 ✌ 👌 👉 🤞 Ѡ 💅 🧠

Bullets/Checks:
| a � | b · | c ⋅ | d · | e • | f ⬤ | e ● | g • | h ● | ⭕
| i ⚫ | j ⭘ | k ◯ | l ❖ | m ⌑ | n ◘ | o 🔘 | p ⊙ | q ⌖ | r ⊕ |
| s ⊗ | t ❍ | u ○ | v ❏ | w ∘| x ◈ | y ※ | z ▣ | 1 ◙ | 2 ▬
⦾ ⦿ 🔳 ✤ 🔲 ░ ▓ ▓ ▒ | ◌ | _ | ⃟ | ◇ | ⬚ |
∎ ■ █ ⬛ ◆ 🔹 🔷 🔶 | ✦ ✦ | ✧ ✧ | ☐ ⁍ ⁌ ⁃
⌘ | ❎ ✅ (✅) | ✓ ✔ ☑ ✘ ☒ ⌧ ❌
⌖ position indicator | � "replacement character" Q-mark | |
⊘ 🍏: 🙤 🙦 ⯍⯏ 🞴 🞿 ⯐ (square position indicator)

Callouts: (for email subject lines)
📢 ☞ 💡 ⚜ 🔎 ✍ ✎ ✏ ✑ 📖 🆕 ➑
👀 ⌚ ⏰ ⏱ ⏲ ⏳ 📅 📆 👷 🚧
🗓 👓 ❰ ❱ ❮ ❯ ෴ 📰 💥
【 】 🛑 🚩 ⏸ 🎗 ⧉ 📛 (name badge)
⊘ 🍏: ⯐ ⯑ 🛇

Clothing/Accessories: 👛 👠 👟 👞 👗 👕 🎽

Dashes & Hyphens

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

Environment/Ecology: Also see "Plants" and "Weather/Nature/Planet."
| 🍃 | 🍂 | General recycling: ♻ ♲ Recycled paper: ♼

Faces/Feelings:
☻ ☺ 🙂 😉 👍 up | 👎 down | 🖕 middle | 🤞 ♡ 🍼 ♫ ☮ ❤ 💕 ♡ 💔 💘 ☯ 🧘 lotus/meditating ⚰ coffin |
a 😏 smirk | b 😄 | c 😋 😜 😛 😝 tongues | 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 ☹ | 10 💤 | 11 😖 confounded | 12 |
A 😲 | B 😨 | C _ | D 😎 | E 🤨 Colbert face | F 🤓 nerd | G Joyful Tears 😂 | H Sad Tears 😭 |
I 🤮 vomiting | J 🤦 | K 🤕 head bandage | L 💀 | M 😶 | N 😇 | O 😴 sleeping | P 🤒 sick |
Q 😌 relieved | R 💋 | S 👏 clapping hands | T 🤠 | U 😰 cold sweat | V 😅 sweaty smile | W 😘 face blowing kiss | X 💦 sweat | Y 🤪 looney | Z 😵 💫 dizzy |
🙄 rolling eyes | 😪 sleepy/snot | 🤧 sneezing | |
⊘ 🍏: 🗢

Flags: ⚑ 🚩 🏁

Food/Candy/Drinks: 🍽 🍴 🥄 🥣 🍆 🍌 🥓 🍍 🍿 🍭 🍨 🍊 🍅 🍏 🍎 🍻 🍶 🍷 🍸
🍦 🍺 🍕 🍩 ☕ 🍼 🍒 🍗 🥪 🍔 🍟 🥜 🥑 🥧 🥕 🥛 🍪 🍄 🥨 🥠 fortune cookie
🍯 🌮 taco 🍳 cooking/egg 🍲 stew | 🍞 🥖

Globe with meridians 🌐 | earth globe Americas 🌎 |

Health/Drugs: 💉 ✚ ☤ ℞ 💊 👓 | 🚭 no smoking | 🧘 meditation |

Holiday/Party/Celebration: 🐰 🍀 🎄 🎅 🎉 🎁 🎂 🍹 🍸 🏆 🍻 🍺
👻 🎃 💀 ☠ 👹 👺 🎗 💐 🎈 🦃 ☃ 🎆 👰🍾 🎏 koinobori/May 5th | 🏮 izakaya/akachōchin |
⊘ 🍏:

Legal: ⚖ (waiting for gavel!)

Letters: ƒ
Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ Ⓕ Ⓖ Ⓗ Ⓘ Ⓙ Ⓚ Ⓛ Ⓜ Ⓝ Ⓞ Ⓟ Ⓠ Ⓡ Ⓢ Ⓣ Ⓤ Ⓥ Ⓦ Ⓧ Ⓨ Ⓩ
🄰 🄱 🄲 🄳 🄴 🄵 🄶 🄷 🄸 🄹 🄺 🄻 🄼 🄽 🄾 🄿 🅀 🅁 🅂 🅃 🅄 🅅 🅆 🅇 🅈 🅉
🅰 🅱 🅲 🅳 🅴 🅵 🅶 🅷 🅸 🅹 🅺 🅻 🅼 🅽 🅾 🅿 🆀 🆁 🆂 🆃 🆄 🆅 🆆 🆇 🆈 🆉
⊘ 🍏: 🆊

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

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

Measurement/Rulers: ⅊ (property line) ℄ (center line) |
📐 (triangular ruler) | ∡ (measured angle) | 📏 (straight ruler) | ⌱ (dimension origin) | ⟀ 3D angle |
⊘ 🍏: ⏍ (square foot)

Military/Firearms: 🎖 🔫

Miscellaneous Symbols: ⚕ ♿ 👻 ✠ 🏳 ⚑ 🏰 ✚ ♔ ♕ 👑 🤳 ⚜ ⅌ ("per" as a reference to someone, or as a ratio)
⊘ 🍏: ⛨

Money: (Finance/Currency/Card Games/Gambling)
📈 📉 📊 🃏 💰 💵 💸 💱 💲 ＄ $ € | ₠ Euro-Currency |
Ruble: ₽ | Pound: £ ￡ 💷 | Yen: ¥ ￥ 💴 | Currency Exchange: 💱 | Rupee: ₹ | Korean Won: ₩ |
♥ ♡ ♦ ◇ ♣ ♧ ♠ ♤ 🎲
⊘ 🍏: 🂡

Music/Sounds/Instruments:
♩ ♫ ♪ ♯ ♭ 🎹 🎸 🎷 🎺 🥁 🎶 | ♮ (natural) | 🔔 🕭 🔕 🛎 📢
⊘ 🍏: 𝅝 𝄠 𝅘𝅥𝅮 𝄆 𝄇 𝄫

Numbers/Math/Logic:
Superscript: In Word, for zero one-hundredths currency, use normal zeros then superscript and underline them. In other applications, try these but don't underline... ⁰⁰
| ⁰ | ¹ | ² | ³ | ⁴ | ⁵ | ⁶ | ⁷ | ⁸ | ⁹ | ⁺ | ⁻ | ⁽ ⁾ |
Subscript: ₀ ₁ ₂ ₃ ₄ ₅ ₆ ₇ ₈ ₉ ₊ ₋ ₌ ₍ ₎
More superscript & subscript numbers here.
💯 ∞ № ⓪ ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ ⑧ ⑨ ⑩ ⑪ ⑫ ⑬ ⑭ ⑮ ⑯ ⑰ ⑱ ⑲ ⑳
Continuing at 21, but different size/style... ㉑ ㉒ ㉓ ㉔ ㉕ ... ㊵
⓵ ⓶ ⓷ ⓸ ⓹ ⓺ ⓻ ⓼ ⓽ ⓾
➊ ➋ ➌ ➍ ➎ ➏ ➐ ➑ ➒ ➓
❶ ❷ ❸ ❹ ❺ ❻ ❼ ❽ ❾ ❿ (These look larger than set above ONLY on Firefox.)
ROMAN: 1 Ⅰ | 2 Ⅱ | 3 Ⅲ | 4 Ⅳ | 5 Ⅴ | 6 Ⅵ | 7 Ⅶ | 8 Ⅷ | 9 Ⅸ | 10 Ⅹ | 11 Ⅺ | 12 Ⅻ |
CJK: ㉈ ㉉ ㉊ ㉋ ㉌ ㉍ ㉎ ㉏
✖ Δ ≠ ≅ ≈ ≤ ≥ ∑ √ ⅒ ⅑ ⅛ ⅐ ⅙ ⅕ ⅓ ¼ ⅜ ½ ⅝ ⅔ ¾ ⅘ ⅚ ⅞ | ∃ there exists |
Vulgar Fraction Calculators: 1 | 2 |
⊘ 🍏: ㉐

Organization: 📁 📂

People/Professionals: 👫 👭 👴 👩 👵 🚶 👮 🚼 ⚥ ⚤ ♀ ♂ ⚲ ⚢ ⚣ 🧟 (zombie) 💃 🕺 (dancers) 🚺 🚹

Phone/Conversation: ✆ ☎ ☏ 📱 📞

Plants: (also see Beach): ☘ 🌲 🌳 🌻 🍁 🍂 🌵 🌱 🌷 🌻 🌹 | 🌿 herb | |

Political/Government: ☭ | 🗳 ballot box |

Punctuation: (also see "general writing" yellow boxes in table above):
" Neutral quotation mark | ' Neutral apostrophe | ※ Reference mark | † Dagger | ‡ Double dagger |
⋮ Vertical Ellipsis | ⸎ Editorial coronis | ꧁ ꧂ Javanese left & right rerenggan |

Real Estate/Hospitality/Furniture: ⌂ 🔑 🏠 🏢 | 🏩 LOVE hotel 🏨 hotel | 🚹 🚺 🛁 🛏 🚽 🚿 🛋 | broomstick (han) 帚 | Sweep (han) 掃 | Put Litter in its Place: 🚮 |
⊘ 🍏: ⚿

Religions/Cults/Cultures: | ✝ | ✡ | ☪ | ☥ | ⛪ | ☦ | ☥ | ☬ Khanda/Sikh | ☸ wheel of dharma | | |

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

Script & Doublestruck Letters: 𝒟𝒢 𝔻𝔾

Security: 🔒

Shapes/Lines: ⬡ ⬢ 💠 ⏣ ⊡ ⁙ ◬ ⦚ ⌗ 〇 🔻 🔴
⊘ | ⃠ | ⌽ | ⍉ | Ø | ɷ
| ⦵ | ⃞ | ⃝ | ⃟ | 🛆 | ‗ | _ | ⎯ | ＿ | ﹍ | ﹏
〜 〰 ᔐ 𝆗 ᔑ | ̳ | ﹎ | ⃤
⊘ 🍏: 𝄙 𝄘 ⸾ ⎅

Signs NOT Related to Traffic: | Tag: 🏷 |

Spacers: "hair space" (thinnest)   | narrow no-break space   | normal no-break space   | normal space | medium "mathematical" space   |

Speech/Thought Bubbles: 🗨 💬 💭 | "Anger" bubble: 🗯 |
⊘ 🍏: 🗫 🗪 🗩 🗭 🗬 🗮 🗰 (mood bubble)

Sports: 🚴 🚲 🚵 🏄 ⚔ ⛳ 🏈 ⚾ ⚽ 🏁 🎱 🎳 🏀 ⛷ 🏃 ‍ | KOM 👑 | 🏆 🏅 🥇 🥈 🥉

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

Technology & Science: ☰ (hamburger navigation menu trigram) 🤖 ✇ 💾 🎮 💿 📺 📻 📶
📡 ⌁ 🔌 📷 📧 🖥 💻 📹 🎥 🔊 🔇 🔈 🔉 🧪
⊘ 🍏: ⏻ ⏼ ⏽ ⭘ ⏾ 🖵 🖳 🖰 2-button mouse | 🕪 🕩 🕨

Telephones: 📞 ✆ ☏ 📱 📲 ☏ | Recorder ⌕ | off 📴 |
⊘ 🍏: 🕻 🕿 🕾 🖁

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

Travel/Vehicles/Traffic Signs: 🛑 ⛔ 🔴 | No Entry: 🚫 | 🚀 🏍 🏜 🏝 ✈ 🛸
🚌 🚓 🚗 🛴 🏎 🚔 🚒 🚙 ⛽ 🚥 🚦 🚸 🚦 🚥 🚩
⊘ 🍏: ⛗ ⮏ 🛇 (prohibited) |

Warnings/Alerts: 🚨 ⚠ ⚛ ☢ ☣ 💣 ☠ 🆘 ✚ 🚧 🚩 ⚡

Weather/Nature/Planet: ❄ ☃ 🌡 ☁ ﹅ ✿ ❀ ☂ 🌂 ☔ ⁕ 💮 ☼ ☀ ❂
🌐 🌎 🌍 🌏 🌞 ⚛ ⚛ ⛆ 🌙 🌧 ⛈ 🌦 🌈 🌀 🌂 🌄 ⛰ | ☄ comet | |
⊘ 🍏: ⚝

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): ⚜

This ASCII / Unicode character reference is 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.

OTHER NOTES:

1. The Euro (€) symbol replaced the previous "Euro Currency Unit" symbol (₠) on January 1, 1999.
2. The "paragraph" symbol/mark (alt-0182) ¶ is now called the "pilcrow." The pilcrow was a type of rubrication used in the Middle Ages to mark a new train of thought, before the convention of visually discrete paragraphs was commonplace. The word pilcrow originates from the Greek word paragraphos. This was rendered in Old French as paragraphe and later changed to pelagraphe. The earliest reference of the modern pilcrow is in 1440 with the Middle English word pylcrafte.