Keyboard Special Characters
What is a Special Character?
A special character is a character that is not an alphabetic or numeric character. Punctuation marks and other symbols are examples of special characters. Unlike alphanumeric characters, special characters may have multiple uses. For example, when creating a web page with HTML, the quote (“) symbol is used to store attribute values. Because the quote is used in HTML, to use it on a web page, the extended special HTML character code “"” needs to be used. Also, like HTML, special characters may need to be escaped when used in the programming languages and command line to prevent problems.
Special Characters On Keyboard
Writing special characters on the keyboard can be very confusing for many users, and in that case, you can learn a few keyboard shortcuts to solve the problem within a matter of a second. However, you cannot remember all of these keyboard shortcuts as there are hundreds of Keyboard special characters.
Generally, people make use of 5-10 keyboard shortcuts. However, there are many easy ways by which these keyboard special characters can be written.
The three basic approaches are:
- Ctrl + Alt + “some key“
- ” Alt + “some number“
- “Some key“, Shift + ” some key“
The latter method is known as ASCII, which is applicable with on numerical section of the keyboard; however, it’s unnecessary in many cases as it’s not used in the latest laptops. Therefore, it’s better to learn keyboard shortcuts using Ctrl and Alt keyboards.
Now let’s move ahead and learn how these special characters on keyboard is written.
List of All Special Characters on Keyboard
White/Classic Smiley☺
Alt + 1
How to write/type a white/classic smiley face emojis on keyboard-Alt + 1?
Black Smiling face ☻
Alt + 2
How to write/type a black smiley face emojis on keyboard- Alt + 2?
Heart symbol ♥
Alt + 3
How to write/type black heart symbol/emojis on keyboard- Alt + 3?
Diamond Suit ♦
Alt + 4
How to write/type black diamond suit emoji/symbol on keyboard- Alt + 4?
Black Club Suit ♣
Alt+ 5
How to write/type playing card symbols/emojis on keyboard
Black Spade Suit ♠
Alt + 6
How to write/type playing card symbols/emojis on keyboard
Bullet •
Alt + 7
How to write/type bullet symbols/emojis on keyboard- Alt + 7
Inverse Bullet ◘
Alt + 8
How to write/type inverse bullet symbols/emojis on keyboard- Alt + 8
White Circle ○
Alt + 9
How to write/type circle bullet symbols/emojis on keyboard- Alt + 9
Inverse White Circle ◙
Alt + 10
How to write/type circle bullet symbols/emojis on keyboard- Alt + 10
Male Sign Emoji ♂
Alt + 11
How to write/type male sign emojis/symbols on keyboard- Alt + 11
Female Sign Emoji ♀
Alt + 12
How to write/type female sign emojis/symbols on keyboard- Alt + 12
Eighth Note Emoji ♪
Alt + 13
How to write/type eighth note emojis/symbols on keyboard- Alt + 13
Eighth Note/Music Symbol ♫
Alt + 14
How to write/type music emojis/symbols on keyboard- Alt + 14
White Sun ☼
Alt + 15
How to write/type white sun emojis/symbols on keyboard- Alt + 15
Black Right Pointing Pointer ►
Alt + 16
How to write/type black right-pointing triangle/pointer emojis/symbols on keyboard- Alt + 16
Black Left Pointing Pointer ◄
Alt +17
How to write/type black left-pointing triangle/pointer emojis/symbols on keyboard- Alt + 17
Up Down Arrow ↕
Alt + 18
How to write/type black updown arrow emojis/symbols on keyboard- Alt + 18
Double Exclamation Mark ‼
Alt + 19
How to write/type double exclamation mark emojis/symbols on keyboard- Alt + 19
Pilcrow/Paragraph ¶
Alt + 20
How to write/type pilcrow/paragraph emoji/symbol on keyboard- Alt + 20
Section Symbol §
Alt + 21
How to write/type double S/section emoji/symbol on keyboard- Alt + 21
Black Rectangle ▬
Alt + 22
How to write/type black rectangle emoji/symbol on keyboard- Alt + 22
Up Down Arrow With Base ↨
Alt + 23
How to write/type up down arrow with base emoji/symbol on keyboard- Alt + 23
Upward Arrow ↑
Alt + 24
How to write/type upward arrow emoji/symbol on keyboard- Alt + 24
Downward Arrow ↓
Alt + 25
How to write/type downward arrow emoji/symbol on keyboard- Alt + 25
Rightwards Arrow →
Alt + 26
How to write/type right arrow emoji/symbol on keyboard- Alt + 26
Leftwards Arrow ←
Alt + 27
How to write/type leftward/left arrow emoji/symbol on keyboard- Alt + 27
Right Angle ∟
Alt + 28
How to make/type right angle symbol/emoji on keyboard- Alt + 28
Left Right Arrow ↔
Alt + 29
How to write/type left-right arrow symbol/emoji on keyboard- Alt + 29
Black Up-pointing Triangle ▲
Alt +30
How to write/type left-right arrow symbol/emoji on keyboard- Alt + 29
Black Down-pointing Triangle ▼
Alt + 31
How to write/type black down-pointing triangle symbol/emoji on keyboard- Alt + 30
Exclamation Mark!
Alt + 33
How to write/type exclamation mark symbol/emoji on keyboard- Alt + 33
Quotation Marks “
Alt + 34
How to write/type double quotation mark symbol/emoji on keyboard- Alt + 34
Number Sign #
Alt + 35
Dollar Sign $
Alt + 36
Percentage Sign %
Alt + 37
Ampersand/And &
Alt + 38
Apostrophe ‘
Alt + 39
Left Parenthesis (
Alt + 40
Right Parenthesis )
Alt + 41
Asterisk *
Alt + 42
Plus Sign +
Alt + 43
Comma ,
Alt + 44
Hyphen –
Alt + 45
Full Stop .
Alt + 46
Slash /
Alt + 47
Zero 0
Alt + 48
One 1
Alt + 49
Two 2
Alt + 50
Three 3
Alt + 51
Four 4
Alt + 52
Five 5
Alt + 53
Six 6
Alt + 54
Seven 7
Alt + 55
Eight 8
Alt + 56
Nine 9
Alt + 57
Colon :
Alt + 58
Semi Colon ;
Alt + 59
Less than <
Alt + 60
Equal to =
Alt + 61
Greater than >
Alt + 62
Question Mark ?
Alt + 63
At/Adress Sign @
Alt + 64
Capital A
Alt + 65
Capital B
Alt + 66
Capital C
Alt + 67
Capital D
Alt + 68
Capital E
Alt + 69
Capital F
Alt + 70
Capital G
Alt + 71
Capital H
Alt + 72
Capital I
Alt + 73
Capital J
Alt + 74
Capital K
Alt + 75
Capital L
Alt + 76
Capital M
Alt + 77
Capital N
Alt + 78
Capital O
Alt + 79
Capital P
Alt + 80
Capital Q
Alt + 81
Capital R
Alt + 82
Capital S
Alt + 83
Capital T
Alt + 84
Capital U
Alt + 85
Capital V
Alt + 86
Capital W
Alt + 87
Capital X
Alt + 88
Capital Y
Alt + 89
Capital Z
Alt + 90
Left Square Bracket [
Alt + 91
Backslash \
Alt + 92
Right Square Bracket ]
Alt + 93
Caret ^
Alt + 94
Underscore _
Alt + 95
Back Quote `
Alt + 96
Small a
Alt + 97
Small b
Alt + 98
Small c
Alt + 99
Small d
Alt + 100
Small e
Alt + 101
Small f
Alt + 102
Small g
Alt + 103
Small h
Alt + 104
Small i
Alt + 105
Small j
Alt + 106
Small k
Alt + 107
Small l
Alt + 108
Small m
Alt + 109
Small n
Alt + 110
Small o
Alt + 111
Small p
Alt + 112
Small q
Alt + 113
Small r
Alt + 114
Small s
Alt + 115
Small t
Alt + 116
Small u
Alt + 117
Small v
Alt + 118
Small w
Alt + 119
Small x
Alt + 120
Small y
Alt + 121
Small z
Alt + 122
Left Curly Bracket {
Alt + 123
Vertical Bar
Alt + 124
Right Curly Bracket }
Alt + 125
Approximately Equal ~
Alt + 126
House ⌂
Alt + 127
Cent Ç
Alt + 155
Pound £
Alt + 156
Yen and Yuan ¥
Alt + 157
Peseta(s) ₧
Alt + 158
Florin ƒ
Alt + 159
Lowercase ñ
Alt + 164
Uppercase Ñ
Alt + 165
Feminine Ordinal Indicator ª
Alt + 166
Degree º
Alt + 167
Inverted Question Mark ¿
Alt + 168
Registered Trademark
Alt + 169
Not ¬
Alt + 170
One Half ½
Alt + 171
Quarter ¼
Alt + 172
Inverted Exclamation Mark ¡
Alt + 173
Left-pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark «
Alt + 174
Right-pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark »
Alt + 175
Value Scale Light Shade ░
Alt + 176
Value Scale Medium Shade ▒
Alt + 177
Value Scale Dark Shade ▓
Alt + 178
Box Drawings Light Vertical │
Alt + 179
Box Drawings Light Vertical and Left ┤
Alt + 180
Box Drawings Vertical Single and Left Double ╡
Alt + 181
Box Drawings Vertical Double and Left Single ╢
Alt + 182
Box Drawings Down Double and Left Single ╖
Alt + 183
Box Drawings Down Single and Left Double ╕
Alt + 184
Box Drawings Double Vertical and Left ╣
Alt + 185
Box Drawings Double Vertical ║
Alt + 186
Box Drawings Double Down and Left ╗
Alt + 187
Box Drawings Double Up and Left ╝
Alt + 188
Box Drawings Up Double and Left Single ╜
Alt + 189
Box Drawings Up Single and Left Double ╛
Alt + 190
Box Drawings Light Down and Left ┐
Alt + 191
Box Drawings Light Up and Right └
Alt + 192
Box Drawings Light Up and Horizontal ┴
Alt + 193
Box Drawings Light Down and Horizontal ┬
Alt + 194
Box Drawings Light Vertical and Right ├
Alt + 195
Box Drawings Light Horizontal ─
Alt + 196
Box Drawings Light Vertical and Horizontal ┼
Alt + 197
Box Drawings Vertical Single and Left Double ╞
Alt + 198
Box Drawings Vertical Double and Right Single ╟
Alt + 199
Box Drawings Double Up and Right ╚
Alt + 200
Box Drawings Double Down and Right ╔
Alt + 201
Box Drawings Double Up and Horizontal ╩
Alt + 202
Box Drawings Double Down and Horizontal ╦
Alt + 203
Box Drawings Double Vertical and Right ╠
Alt + 204
Box Drawings Double Horizontal ═
Alt + 205
Box Drawings Double Vertical and Horizontal ╬
Alt + 206
Box Drawings Up Single and Horizontal Double ╧
Alt + 207
Box Drawings Up Double and Horizontal Single ╨
Alt + 208
Box Drawings Down Single and Horizontal Double ╤
Alt + 209
Box Drawings Down Double and Horizontal Single ╥
Alt + 210
Box Drawings Up Double and Right Single ╙
Alt + 211
Box Drawings Up Single and Right Double ╘
Alt + 212
Box Drawings Down Single and Right Double ╒
Alt + 213
Box Drawings Down Double and Right Single ╓
Alt + 214
Box Drawings Vertical Double and Horizontal Single ╫
Alt + 215
Box Drawings Vertical Single and Horizontal Double ╪
Alt + 216
Box Drawings Light Up and Left ┘
Alt + 217
Box Drawings Light Down and Right ┌
Alt + 218
Full Block █
Alt + 219
Lower Half Block ▄
Alt + 220
Left Half Block ▌
Alt + 221
Right Half Block ▐
Alt + 222
Upper Half Block ▀
Alt + 223
Alpha α
Alt + 224
Eszett ß
Alt + 225
Gamma Γ
Alt + 226
Pi π
Alt + 227
Sigma Σ
Alt + 228
Sigma σ
Alt + 229
Mu µ
Alt + 230
Torque τ
Alt + 231
Phi Φ
Alt + 232
Theta Φ
Alt + 233
Omega Ω
Alt + 234
Delta δ
Alt + 235
Infinity ∞
Alt + 236
Phi φ
Alt + 237
Epsilon ε
Alt + 238
Intersection ∩
Alt + 239
Triple Bar ≡
Alt + 240
Plus Minus ±
Alt + 241
Greater than or Equal to ≥
Alt + 242
Less than or Equal to ≤
Alt + 243
Top Half Integral ⌠
Alt + 244
Bottom Half Integral ⌡
Alt + 245
Approximate ≈
Alt + 247
Degree °
Alt + 248
Bullet Operator ∙
Alt + 249
Bold Middot ·
Alt + 250
Square Root √
Alt + 251
Superscript Latin Small Letter n ⁿ
Alt + 252
Black Square ■
Alt + 254
Euro €
Alt + 0128
Apostrophe ‘
Alt + 0130
Quotation Mark „
Alt + 0132
Horizontal Ellipses …
Alt + 0133
Dagger/Obelisk/Obelus †
Alt + 0134
Dagger ‡
Alt + 0135
Per Mille
Alt + 0137
Latin Small Letter S with Caron Š
Alt + 0138
Single Left Pointing Angle Quotation Mark ‹
Alt + 0139
Ligature of O and E Œ
Alt + 0140
Latin Capital Letter Z with Caron Ž
Alt + 0142
Left Single Quote Mark ‘
Alt + 0145
Right Single Quote Mark ’
Alt + 0146
Left Double Quotation Mark “
Alt + 0147
Right Double Quotation Mark ”
Alt + 0148
Em Dash —
Alt + 0151
Trademark Symbol ™
Alt + 0153
Latin Small ‘s’ With Caron
Alt + 0154
Single Right Pointing Angle Quotation Mark ›
Alt + 0155
Lowercase Ligature of Letters ‘o’ and ‘e’ œ
Alt + 0156
Latin Small Letter ‘z’ with Caron ž
Alt + 0158
Latin Small Letter ‘y’ With Diaeresis
Alt + 0159
Currency Sign/Symbol ¤
Alt + 0164
Broken Bar ¦
Alt + 0166
Diaeresis ¨
Alt + 0168
Copyright ©
Alt + 0169
Squared Symbol ²
Alt + 0178
Cubed Symbol ³
Alt + 0179
Tilde ´
Alt + 0180
Diacritical Mark ¸
Alt + 0184
Superscript 1 ¹
Alt + 0185
Vulgar Fraction One Quarter ¼
Alt + 0188
Vulgar Fraction One Half ½
Alt + 0189
Vulgar Fraction Three Quarter ¾
Alt + 0190
Grave Accent À
Alt + 0192
Capital ‘A’ Accute Accent Á
Alt + 0193
Capital ‘A’ with Circumflex Â
Alt + 0194
Capital ‘A’ with Tilde Ã
Alt + 0195
Capital ‘A’ with Two Dots/Diaeresis Ä
Alt + 0196
Capital ‘A’ With a Ring Å
Alt + 0197
Combined ‘AE’ Letter Æ
Alt + 0198
Capital Letter C with Cedilla
Alt + 0199
Capital ‘E’ Grave Accent È
Alt + 0200
‘Capital ‘E’ Accute Accent É
Alt + 0201
Capital E with Circumflex Ê
Alt + 0202
Capital E with Two Dots/Diaeresis Ë
Alt + 0203
Capital ‘I’ with Grave Accent Ì
Alt + 0204
Capital ‘I’ with Accute Accent Í
Alt + 0205
Capital ‘I’ with Circumflex Î
Alt + 0206
Capital ‘I’ with Two Dots/Diaeresis Ï
Alt + 0207
Icelandic eth Ð
Alt + 0208
Capital ‘O’ Grave Accent Ò
Alt + 0210
Capital ‘O’ Acute Accent Ó
Alt + 0211
Capital ‘O’ with Circumflex Ô
Alt + 0212
Capital ‘O’ with Tilde Õ
Alt + 0213
Capital ‘O’ with Two Dots/Diaeresis Ö
Alt + 0214
Multiplication Sign ×
Alt + 0215
Slashed Zero/Diameter (Ø)
Alt + 0216
Capital ‘U’ with Grave Accent Ù
Alt + 0217
Capital ‘U’ with Accute Accent Ú
Alt + 0218
Capital ‘U’ with Circumflex Û
Alt + 0219
Capital ‘U’ with Two Dots/Diaeresis Ü
Alt + 0220
Y with Acute Accent Ý
Alt + 0221
Thorn Letter Þ
Alt + 0222
Beta ß
Alt + 0223
Small ‘a’ with Grave Accent à
Alt + 0224
Small ‘a’ with Acute Accent á
Alt + 0225
Small ‘a’ with Circumflex â
Alt + 0226
Small ‘a’ with Tilde ã
Alt + 0227
Small ‘a’ with Two Dots/Diaeresis ä
Alt + 0228
Small ‘a’ with Ring å
Alt + 0229
Combined small ‘a e’ Letters æ
Alt + 0230
Small ‘c’ with Cedilla ç
Alt + 0231
Small ‘e’ Grave Accent è
Alt + 0232
Small ‘e’ Acute Accent é
Alt + 0233
Small ‘e’ with Circumflex ê
Alt + 0234
Small ‘e’ with Two Dots/Diaereses ë
Alt + 0235
Grave Accent ‘i’ ì
Alt + 0236
Acute Accent ‘i’ í
Alt + 0237
Small ‘i’ with Circumflex î
Alt + 0238
Small ‘i’ with Two Dots/Diaeresis ï
Alt + 0239
Small ‘o’ with Grave Accent ò
Alt + 0242
Small ‘o’ with Acute Accent ó
Alt + 0243
Small ‘o’ with Circumflex ô
Alt + 0244
Small ‘o’ with Tilde õ
Alt + 0245
Small ‘o’ with Two Dots/Diaeresis ö
Alt + 0246
Small ‘u’ with Grave Accent ù
Alt + 0249
Small ‘u’ with Acute Accent ú
Alt + 0250
Small ‘u’ with Circumflex û
Alt + 0251
Small ‘u’ with Two Dots/Diaeresis ü
Alt + 0252
Small ‘y’ with Acute Accent ý
Alt + 0253
Small ‘y’ with Two Dots/Diaeresis ÿ
Alt + 0255
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