Alt Codes & Symbols
There are hundreds of Alt key symbols. They are created by the combination of the alt key and numbers.
For example, Alt+1 to Alt+31 represent icon symbols like faces and icons, numbers 176 to 223 represent graphic lines and polygons.
THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO ALT CODE SYMBOLS
All about Alt Code Symbols
When personal computers were built for the first time, many characters like Latin languages (French, Portuguese), English with accent marks, symbols ($ sign, etc.), and icons (happy face, etc.) were not supported and were not associated with keys. So, IBM developed a way to display the special characters which can’t be input with the keyboard on the screen. While pressing the Alt key down, type the code defined for the character via the Alt Numpad input method. Then other operating systems developed this feature or extended forms that are still available now, such as DOS and Microsoft Windows systems.
How to use Alt Codes
Using Alt codes method is quite faster than searching for various symbols in the library, and then inserting it. Alt Codes also helps if you have a broken key. For instance, you can use the code “Alt+ 032” to add spaces between words.
There are some tips to remember about Alt Codes. For instance, you have to use the numbers on the “Numeric” keypad, as using the number keys right below your function keys may not work. Note that the “Num Lock” should always be on whenever you decide to type Alt codes. If your keyboard does not have a dedicated “Numpad,” then you have another option, in which you have to use an “Fn” key in combination along with a “Num Lock” key.
Be aware that not all the code symbols will show on printouts even though these codes show on your computer’s or laptop’s screen. Concerning the use of the Alt Codes for Apple, you should be aware that Apple has its method and does not rely on the other codes mentioned above. As using Alt codes on a Mac, you will need to use the “Character Viewer” button instead of using Alt codes.
Alt codes consist of 5 digits.
| Character | ALT Code | Character Name | Unicode Code Point |
|---|---|---|---|
| ␀ | ALT 0 | Control character – null (NUL) | U+0000 |
| ☺ | ALT 1 | White smiling face, smiley face | U+263A |
| ␁ | ALT 01 | Control character – start of heading (SOH) | U+0001 |
| ☻ | ALT 2 | Black smiling face | U+263B |
| ␂ | ALT 02 | Control character – start of text (STX) | U+0002 |
| ♥ | ALT 3 | Black heart suit | U+2665 |
| ␃ | ALT 03 | Control character – end of text (ETX) | U+0003 |
| ♦ | ALT 4 | Black diamond suit | U+2666 |
| ␄ | ALT 04 | Control character – end of transmission (EOT) | U+0004 |
| ♣ | ALT 5 | Black club suit | U+2663 |
| ␅ | ALT 05 | Control character – enquiry (ENG) | U+0005 |
| ♠ | ALT 6 | Black spade suit | U+2660 |
| ␆ | ALT 06 | Control character – acknowledge (ACK) | U+0006 |
| • | ALT 7 or ALT 0149 | Bullet | U+2022 |
| ␇ | ALT 07 | Control character – bell (BEL) | U+0007 |
| ◘ | ALT 8 | Inverse bullet | U+25D8 |
| ␈ | ALT 08 | Control character – backspace (BS) | U+0008 |
| ○ | ALT 9 | White circle | U+25CB |
| ␉ | ALT 09 | Control character – horizontal tabulation (HT) | U+0009 |
| ◙ | ALT 10 | Inverse white circle | U+25D9 |
| ␊ | ALT 010 | Control character – line feed (LF) | U+000A |
| ♂ | ALT 11 | Male sign, mars, alchemical symbol for iron | U+2642 |
| ␋ | ALT 011 | Control character – vertical tabulation (VT) | U+000B |
| ♀ | ALT 12 | Female sign, venus, alchemical symbol for copper | U+2640 |
| ␌ | ALT 012 | Control character – form feed (FF) | U+000C |
| ♪ | ALT 13 | Eighth note, quaver | U+266A |
| ␍ | ALT 013 | Control character – carriage return (CR) | U+000D |
| ♫ | ALT 14 | Beamed eighth notes, barred eighth notes, beamed quavers | U+266B |
| ␎ | ALT 014 | Control character – shift out (SO) | U+000E |
| ☼ | ALT 15 | White sun with rays | U+263C |
| ␏ | ALT 015 | Control character – shift in (SI) | U+000F |
| ► | ALT 16 | Black right-pointing pointer | U+25BA |
| ␐ | ALT 016 | Control character – data link escape (DLE) | U+0010 |
| ◄ | ALT 17 | Black left-pointing pointer | U+25C4 |
| ␑ | ALT 017 | Control character – device control one (DC1) | U+0011 |
| ↕ | ALT 18 | Up down arrow | U+2195 |
| ␒ | ALT 018 | Control character – device control two (DC2) | U+0012 |
| ‼ | ALT 19 | Double exclamation mark | U+203C |
| ␓ | ALT 019 | Control character – device control three (DC3) | U+0013 |
| ¶ | ALT 20 or ALT 0182 | Pilcrow sign, paragraph sign | U+00B6 |
| ␔ | ALT 020 | Control character – device control four (DC4) | U+0014 |
| § | ALT 21 or ALT 0167 | Section sign | U+00A7 |
| ␕ | ALT 021 | Control character – negative acknowledge (NAK) | U+0015 |
| ▬ | ALT 22 | Black rectangle | U+25AC |
| ␖ | ALT 022 | Control character – synchronous idle (SYN) | U+0016 |
| ↨ | ALT 23 | Up down arrow with base | U+21A8 |
| ␗ | ALT 023 | Control character – end of transmission block (ETB) | U+0017 |
| ↑ | ALT 24 | Upwards arrow | U+2191 |
| ␘ | ALT 024 | Control character – cancel (CAN) | U+0018 |
| ↓ | ALT 25 | Downwards arrow | U+2193 |
| ␙ | ALT 025 | Control character – end of medium (EM) | U+0019 |
| → | ALT 26 | Rightwards arrow, Z notation total function | U+2192 |
| ␚ | ALT 026 | Control character – substitute (SUB) | U+001A |
| ← | ALT 27 | Leftwards arrow | U+2190 |
| ␛ | ALT 027 | Control character – escape (ESC) | U+001B |
| ∟ | ALT 28 | Right angle | U+221F |
| ␜ | ALT 028 | Control character – file separator (FS) | U+001C |
| ↔ | ALT 29 | Left right arrow, Z notation relation | U+2194 |
| ␝ | ALT 029 | Control character – group separator (GS) | U+001D |
| ▲ | ALT 30 | Black up-pointing triangle | U+25B2 |
| ␞ | ALT 030 | Control character – record separator (RS) | U+001E |
| ▼ | ALT 31 | Black down-pointing triangle | U+25BC |
| ␟ | ALT 031 | Control character – unit separator (US) | U+001F |
| ALT 32 or ALT 032 | Space | U+0020 | |
| ! | ALT 33 or ALT 033 | Exclamation mark, factorial | U+0021 |
| “ | ALT 34 or ALT 034 | Quotation mark | U+0022 |
| # | ALT 35 or ALT 035 | Number sign, pound sign, hash, crosshatch, octothorpe | U+0023 |
| $ | ALT 36 or ALT 036 | Dollar sign, milréis, escudo | U+0024 |
| % | ALT 37 or ALT 037 | Percent sign | U+0025 |
| & | ALT 38 or ALT 038 | Ampersand | U+0026 |
| ‘ | ALT 39 or ALT 039 | Apostrophe | U+0027 |
| ( | ALT 40 or ALT 040 | Left parenthesis, opening parenthesis | U+0028 |
| ) | ALT 41 or ALT 041 | Right parenthesis, closing parenthesis | U+0029 |
| * | ALT 42 or ALT 042 | Asterisk, star | U+002A |
| + | ALT 43 or ALT 043 | Plus sign | U+002B |
| , | ALT 44 or ALT 044 | Comma, decimal separator | U+002C |
| – | ALT 45 or ALT 045 | Hyphen, minus sign | U+002D |
| . | ALT 46 or ALT 046 | Full stop, period, dot, decimal point | U+002E |
| / | ALT 47 or ALT 047 | Solidus, slash, forward slash, virgule | U+002F |
| 0 | ALT 48 or ALT 048 | Digit zero | U+0030 |
| 1 | ALT 49 or ALT 049 | Digit one | U+0031 |
| 2 | ALT 50 or ALT 050 | Digit two | U+0032 |
| 3 | ALT 51 or ALT 051 | Digit three | U+0033 |
| 4 | ALT 52 or ALT 052 | Digit four | U+0034 |
| 5 | ALT 53 or ALT 053 | Digit five | U+0035 |
| 6 | ALT 54 or ALT 054 | Digit six | U+0036 |
| 7 | ALT 55 or ALT 055 | Digit seven | U+0037 |
| 8 | ALT 56 or ALT 056 | Digit eight | U+0038 |
| 9 | ALT 57 or ALT 057 | Digit nine | U+0039 |
| : | ALT 58 or ALT 058 | Colon | U+003A |
| ; | ALT 59 or ALT 059 | Semicolon | U+003B |
| < | ALT 60 or ALT 060 | Less-than sign | U+003C |
| = | ALT 61 or ALT 061 | Equals sign | U+003D |
| > | ALT 62 or ALT 062 | Greater-than sign | U+003E |
| ? | ALT 63 or ALT 063 | Question mark | U+003F |
| @ | ALT 64 or ALT 064 | Commercial at, at sign | U+0040 |
| A | ALT 65 or ALT 065 | Latin capital letter A | U+0041 |
| B | ALT 66 or ALT 066 | Latin capital letter B | U+0042 |
| C | ALT 67 or ALT 067 | Latin capital letter C | U+0043 |
| D | ALT 68 or ALT 068 | Latin capital letter D | U+0044 |
| E | ALT 69 or ALT 069 | Latin capital letter E | U+0045 |
| F | ALT 70 or ALT 070 | Latin capital letter F | U+0046 |
| G | ALT 71 or ALT 071 | Latin capital letter G | U+0047 |
| H | ALT 72 or ALT 072 | Latin capital letter H | U+0048 |
| I | ALT 73 or ALT 073 | Latin capital letter I | U+0049 |
| J | ALT 74 or ALT 074 | Latin capital letter J | U+004A |
| K | ALT 75 or ALT 075 | Latin capital letter K | U+004B |
| L | ALT 76 or ALT 076 | Latin capital letter L | U+004C |
| M | ALT 77 or ALT 077 | Latin capital letter M | U+004D |
| N | ALT 78 or ALT 078 | Latin capital letter N | U+004E |
| O | ALT 79 or ALT 079 | Latin capital letter O | U+004F |
| P | ALT 80 or ALT 080 | Latin capital letter P | U+0050 |
| Q | ALT 81 or ALT 081 | Latin capital letter Q | U+0051 |
| R | ALT 82 or ALT 082 | Latin capital letter R | U+0052 |
| S | ALT 83 or ALT 083 | Latin capital letter S | U+0053 |
| T | ALT 84 or ALT 084 | Latin capital letter T | U+0054 |
| U | ALT 85 or ALT 085 | Latin capital letter U | U+0055 |
| V | ALT 86 or ALT 086 | Latin capital letter V | U+0056 |
| W | ALT 87 or ALT 087 | Latin capital letter W | U+0057 |
| X | ALT 88 or ALT 088 | Latin capital letter X | U+0058 |
| Y | ALT 89 or ALT 089 | Latin capital letter Y | U+0059 |
| Z | ALT 90 or ALT 090 | Latin capital letter Z | U+005A |
| [ | ALT 91 or ALT 091 | Left square bracket, opening square bracket | U+005B |
| \ | ALT 92 or ALT 092 | Reverse Solidus, backslash | U+005C |
| ] | ALT 93 or ALT 093 | Right square bracket, closing square bracket | U+005D |
| ^ | ALT 94 or ALT 094 | Circumflex accent | U+005E |
| _ | ALT 95 or ALT 095 | Low line, underscore | U+005F |
| ` | ALT 96 or ALT 096 | Grave accent | U+0060 |
| a | ALT 97 or ALT 097 | Latin small letter a | U+0061 |
| b | ALT 98 or ALT 098 | Latin small letter b | U+0062 |
| c | ALT 99 or ALT 099 | Latin small letter c | U+0063 |
| d | ALT 100 or ALT 0100 | Latin small letter d | U+0064 |
| e | ALT 101 or ALT 0101 | Latin small letter e | U+0065 |
| f | ALT 102 or ALT 0102 | Latin small letter f | U+0066 |
| g | ALT 103 or ALT 0103 | Latin small letter g | U+0067 |
| h | ALT 104 or ALT 0104 | Latin small letter h | U+0068 |
| i | ALT 105 or ALT 0105 | Latin small letter i | U+0069 |
| j | ALT 106 or ALT 0106 | Latin small letter j | U+006A |
| k | ALT 107 or ALT 0107 | Latin small letter k | U+006B |
| l | ALT 108 or ALT 0108 | Latin small letter l | U+006C |
| m | ALT 109 or ALT 0109 | Latin small letter m | U+006D |
| n | ALT 110 or ALT 0110 | Latin small letter n | U+006E |
| o | ALT 111 or ALT 0111 | Latin small letter o | U+006F |
| p | ALT 112 or ALT 0112 | Latin small letter p | U+0070 |
| q | ALT 113 or ALT 0113 | Latin small letter q | U+0071 |
| r | ALT 114 or ALT 0114 | Latin small letter r | U+0072 |
| s | ALT 115 or ALT 0115 | Latin small letter s | U+0073 |
| t | ALT 116 or ALT 0116 | Latin small letter t | U+0074 |
| u | ALT 117 or ALT 0117 | Latin small letter u | U+0075 |
| v | ALT 118 or ALT 0118 | Latin small letter v | U+0076 |
| w | ALT 119 or ALT 0119 | Latin small letter w | U+0077 |
| x | ALT 120 or ALT 0120 | Latin small letter x | U+0078 |
| y | ALT 121 or ALT 0121 | Latin small letter y | U+0079 |
| z | ALT 122 or ALT 0122 | Latin small letter z | U+007A |
| { | ALT 123 or ALT 0123 | Left curly bracket, opening curly bracket, left brace | U+007B |
| | | ALT 124 or ALT 0124 | Vertical line, vertical bar | U+007C |
| } | ALT 125 or ALT 0125 | Right curly bracket, closing curly bracket, right brace | U+007D |
| ~ | ALT 126 or ALT 0126 | Tilde | U+007E |
| ⌂ | ALT 127 | House | U+2302 |
| ␡ | ALT 0127 | Control character – delete (DEL) | U+007F |
| Ç | ALT 128 or ALT 0199 | Latin capital letter C with cedilla | U+00C7 |
| € | ALT 0128 | Euro sign | U+20AC |
| ü | ALT 129 or ALT 0252 | Latin small letter u with diaeresis | U+00FC |
| ␦ | ALT 0129 | Control character – high octet preset (HOP) | U+0081 |
| é | ALT 130 or ALT 0233 | Latin small letter e with acute | U+00E9 |
| ‚ | ALT 0130 | Single low-9 quotation mark | U+201A |
| â | ALT 131 or ALT 0226 | Latin small letter a with circumflex | U+00E2 |
| ä | ALT 132 or ALT 0228 | Latin small letter a with diaeresis | U+00E4 |
| „ | ALT 0132 | Double low-9 quotation mark | U+201E |
| à | ALT 133 or ALT 0224 | Latin small letter a with grave | U+00E0 |
| … | ALT 0133 | Horizontal ellipsis, three dot leader | U+2026 |
| å | ALT 134 or ALT 0229 | Latin small letter a with ring above | U+00E5 |
| † | ALT 0134 | Dagger, obelisk, cross | U+2020 |
| ç | ALT 135 or ALT 0231 | Latin small letter c with cedilla | U+00E7 |
| ‡ | ALT 0135 | Double dagger, double obelisk, diesis | U+2021 |
| ê | ALT 136 or ALT 0234 | Latin small letter e with circumflex | U+00EA |
| ˆ | ALT 0136 | Modifier Letter Circumflex Accent | U+02C6 |
| ë | ALT 137 or ALT 0235 | Latin small letter e with diaeresis | U+00EB |
| ‰ | ALT 0137 | Per mille sign, per thousand | U+2030 |
| è | ALT 138 or ALT 0232 | Latin small letter e with grave | U+00E8 |
| Š | ALT 0138 | Latin capital letter S with caron, S hacek | U+0160 |
| ï | ALT 139 or ALT 0239 | Latin small letter i with diaeresis | U+00EF |
| ‹ | ALT 0139 | Single left-pointing angle quotation mark, left guillemet | U+2039 |
| î | ALT 140 or ALT 0238 | Latin small letter i with circumflex | U+00EE |
| Π| ALT 0140 | Latin capital ligature OE | U+0152 |
| ì | ALT 141 or ALT 0236 | Latin small letter i with grave | U+00EC |
| ␦ | ALT 0141 | Control character – reverse line feed (RI) | U+008D |
| Ä | ALT 142 or ALT 0196 | Latin capital letter A with diaeresis | U+00C4 |
| Ž | ALT 0142 | Latin capital letter Z with caron, Z hacek | U+017D |
| Å | ALT 143 or ALT 0197 | Latin capital letter A with ring above | U+00C5 |
| ␦ | ALT 0143 | Control character – single shift three (SS3) | U+008F |
| É | ALT 144 or ALT 0201 | Latin capital letter E with acute | U+00C9 |
| ␦ | ALT 0144 | Control character – device control string (DCS) | U+0090 |
| æ | ALT 145 or ALT 0230 | Latin small letter ae, ash (from Old English æsc) | U+00E6 |
| ‘ | ALT 0145 | Left single quotation mark | U+2018 |
| Æ | ALT 146 or ALT 0198 | Latin capital letter AE | U+00C6 |
| ’ | ALT 0146 | Right single quotation mark | U+2019 |
| ô | ALT 147 or ALT 0244 | Latin small letter o with circumflex | U+00F4 |
| “ | ALT 0147 | Left double quotation mark | U+201C |
| ö | ALT 148 or ALT 0246 | Latin small letter o with diaeresis | U+00F6 |
| ” | ALT 0148 | Right double quotation mark | U+201D |
| ò | ALT 149 or ALT 0242 | Latin small letter o with grave | U+00F2 |
| û | ALT 150 or ALT 0251 | Latin small letter u with circumflex | U+00FB |
| – | ALT 0150 | En dash | U+2013 |
| ù | ALT 151 or ALT 0249 | Latin small letter u with grave | U+00F9 |
| — | ALT 0151 | Em dash | U+2014 |
| ÿ | ALT 152 or ALT 0255 | Latin small letter y with diaeresis | U+00FF |
| ˜ | ALT 0152 | Small tilde | U+02DC |
| Ö | ALT 153 or ALT 0214 | Latin capital letter O with diaeresis | U+00D6 |
| ™ | ALT 0153 | Trade mark sign | U+2122 |
| Ü | ALT 154 or ALT 0220 | Latin capital letter U with diaeresis | U+00DC |
| š | ALT 0154 | Latin small letter s with caron, s hacek | U+0161 |
| ¢ | ALT 155 or ALT 0162 | Cent sign | U+00A2 |
| › | ALT 0155 | Single right-pointing angle quotation mark, right guillemet | U+203A |
| £ | ALT 156 or ALT 0163 | Pound sign, pound sterling, Irish punt, lira sign | U+00A3 |
| œ | ALT 0156 | Latin small ligature oe | U+0153 |
| ¥ | ALT 157 or ALT 0165 | Yen sign, yuan sign | U+00A5 |
| ␦ | ALT 0157 | Control character – operating system command (OSC) | U+009D |
| ₧ | ALT 158 | Peseta sign | U+20A7 |
| ž | ALT 0158 | Latin small letter z with caron, z hacek | U+017E |
| ƒ | ALT 159 or ALT 0131 | Latin small letter f with hook, florin currency symbol, function symbol | U+0192 |
| Ÿ | ALT 0159 | Latin capital letter Y with diaeresis | U+0178 |
| á | ALT 160 or ALT 0225 | Latin small letter a with acute | U+00E1 |
| í | ALT 161 or ALT 0237 | Latin small letter i with acute | U+00ED |
| ó | ALT 162 or ALT 0243 | Latin small letter o with acute | U+00F3 |
| ú | ALT 163 or ALT 0250 | Latin small letter u with acute | U+00FA |
| ñ | ALT 164 or ALT 0241 | Latin small letter n with tilde, small letter enye | U+00F1 |
| ¤ | ALT 0164 | Currency sign | U+00A4 |
| Ñ | ALT 165 or ALT 0209 | Latin capital letter N with tilde, capital letter enye | U+00D1 |
| ª | ALT 166 or ALT 0170 | Feminine ordinal indicator | U+00AA |
| ¦ | ALT 0166 | Broken bar, parted rule (in typography) | U+00A6 |
| º | ALT 167 or ALT 0186 | Masculine ordinal indicator | U+00BA |
| ¿ | ALT 168 or ALT 0191 | Inverted question mark, turned question mark | U+00BF |
| ¨ | ALT 0168 | Diaeresis | U+00A8 |
| ⌐ | ALT 169 | Reversed not sign, beginning of line | U+2310 |
| © | ALT 0169 | Copyright sign | U+00A9 |
| ¬ | ALT 170 or ALT 0172 | Not sign, angled dash | U+00AC |
| ½ | ALT 171 or ALT 0189 | Vulgar fraction one half | U+00BD |
| ¼ | ALT 172 or ALT 0188 | Vulgar fraction one quarter | U+00BC |
| ¡ | ALT 173 or ALT 0161 | Inverted exclamation mark | U+00A1 |
| | ALT 0173 | Soft hyphen, discretionary hyphen | U+00AD |
| « | ALT 174 or ALT 0171 | Left-pointing double angle quotation mark, left guillemet, chevrons (in typography) | U+00AB |
| ® | ALT 0174 | Registered sign | U+00AE |
| » | ALT 175 or ALT 0187 | Right-pointing double angle quotation mark, right guillemet | U+00BB |
| ¯ | ALT 0175 | Macron, overline, overbar | U+00AF |
| ░ | ALT 176 | Light shade | U+2591 |
| ▒ | ALT 177 | Medium shade, speckles fill, dotted fill | U+2592 |
| ▓ | ALT 178 | Dark shade | U+2593 |
| │ | ALT 179 | Box drawings light vertical | U+2502 |
| ³ | ALT 0179 | Superscript three, cubed | U+00B3 |
| ┤ | ALT 180 | Box drawings light vertical and left | U+2524 |
| ´ | ALT 0180 | Acute accent | U+00B4 |
| ╡ | ALT 181 | Box drawings vertical single and left double | U+2561 |
| ╢ | ALT 182 | Box drawings vertical double and left single | U+2562 |
| ╖ | ALT 183 | Box drawings down double and left single | U+2556 |
| ╕ | ALT 184 | Box drawings down single and left double | U+2555 |
| ¸ | ALT 0184 | Cedilla | U+00B8 |
| ╣ | ALT 185 | Box drawings double vertical and left | U+2563 |
| ¹ | ALT 0185 | Superscript one | U+00B9 |
| ║ | ALT 186 | Box drawings double vertical | U+2551 |
| ╗ | ALT 187 | Box drawings double down and left | U+2557 |
| ╝ | ALT 188 | Box drawings double up and left | U+255D |
| ╜ | ALT 189 | Box drawings up double and left single | U+255C |
| ╛ | ALT 190 | Box drawings up single and left double | U+255B |
| ¾ | ALT 0190 | Vulgar fraction three quarters | U+00BE |
| ┐ | ALT 191 | Box drawings light down and left | U+2510 |
| └ | ALT 192 | Box drawings light up and right | U+2514 |
| À | ALT 0192 | Latin capital letter A with grave | U+00C0 |
| ┴ | ALT 193 | Box drawings light up and horizontal | U+2534 |
| Á | ALT 0193 | Latin capital letter A with acute | U+00C1 |
| ┬ | ALT 194 | Box drawings light down and horizontal | U+252C |
| Â | ALT 0194 | Latin capital letter A with circumflex | U+00C2 |
| ├ | ALT 195 | Box drawings light vertical and right | U+251C |
| Ã | ALT 0195 | Latin capital letter A with tilde | U+00C3 |
| ─ | ALT 196 | Box drawings light horizontal | U+2500 |
| ┼ | ALT 197 | Box drawings light vertical and horizontal | U+253C |
| ╞ | ALT 198 | Box drawings vertical single and right double | U+255E |
| ╟ | ALT 199 | Box drawings vertical double and right single | U+255F |
| ╚ | ALT 200 | Box drawings double up and right | U+255A |
| È | ALT 0200 | Latin capital letter E with grave | U+00C8 |
| ╔ | ALT 201 | Box drawings double down and right | U+2554 |
| ╩ | ALT 202 | Box drawings double up and horizontal | U+2569 |
| Ê | ALT 0202 | Latin capital letter E with circumflex | U+00CA |
| ╦ | ALT 203 | Box drawings double down and horizontal | U+2566 |
| Ë | ALT 0203 | Latin capital letter E with diaeresis | U+00CB |
| ╠ | ALT 204 | Box drawings double vertical and right | U+2560 |
| Ì | ALT 0204 | Latin capital letter I with grave | U+00CC |
| ═ | ALT 205 | Box drawings double horizontal | U+2550 |
| Í | ALT 0205 | Latin capital letter I with acute | U+00CD |
| ╬ | ALT 206 | Box drawings double vertical and horizontal | U+256C |
| Î | ALT 0206 | Latin capital letter I with circumflex | U+00CE |
| ╧ | ALT 207 | Box drawings up single and horizontal double | U+2567 |
| Ï | ALT 0207 | Latin capital letter I with diaeresis | U+00CF |
| ╨ | ALT 208 | Box drawings up double and horizontal single | U+2568 |
| Ð | ALT 0208 | Latin capital letter eth | U+00D0 |
| ╤ | ALT 209 | Box drawings down single and horizontal double | U+2564 |
| ╥ | ALT 210 | Box drawings down double and horizontal single | U+2565 |
| Ò | ALT 0210 | Latin capital letter O with grave | U+00D2 |
| ╙ | ALT 211 | Box drawings up double and right single | U+2559 |
| Ó | ALT 0211 | Latin capital letter O with acute | U+00D3 |
| ╘ | ALT 212 | Box drawings up single and right double | U+2558 |
| Ô | ALT 0212 | Latin capital letter O with circumflex | U+00D4 |
| ╒ | ALT 213 | Box drawings down single and right double | U+2552 |
| Õ | ALT 0213 | Latin capital letter O with tilde | U+00D5 |
| ╓ | ALT 214 | Box drawings down double and right single | U+2553 |
| ╫ | ALT 215 | Box drawings vertical double and horizontal single | U+256B |
| × | ALT 0215 | Multiplication sign, z notation cartesian product | U+00D7 |
| ╪ | ALT 216 | Box drawings vertical single and horizontal double | U+256A |
| Ø | ALT 0216 | Latin capital letter O with stroke | U+00D8 |
| ┘ | ALT 217 | Box drawings light up and left | U+2518 |
| Ù | ALT 0217 | Latin capital letter U with grave | U+00D9 |
| ┌ | ALT 218 | Box drawings light down and right | U+250C |
| Ú | ALT 0218 | Latin capital letter U with acute | U+00DA |
| █ | ALT 219 | Full block, solid block | U+2588 |
| Û | ALT 0219 | Latin capital letter U with circumflex | U+00DB |
| ▄ | ALT 220 | Lower half block | U+2584 |
| ▌ | ALT 221 | Left half block | U+258C |
| Ý | ALT 0221 | Latin capital letter Y with acute | U+00DD |
| ▐ | ALT 222 | Right half block | U+2590 |
| Þ | ALT 0222 | Latin capital letter thorn | U+00DE |
| ▀ | ALT 223 | Upper half block | U+2580 |
| α | ALT 224 | Greek small letter alpha | U+03B1 |
| ß | ALT 225 or ALT 0223 | Latin small letter sharp s, eszett | U+00DF |
| Γ | ALT 226 | Greek capital letter gamma | U+0393 |
| π | ALT 227 | Greek small letter pi | U+03C0 |
| ã | ALT 0227 | Latin small letter a with tilde | U+00E3 |
| Σ | ALT 228 | Greek capital letter sigma | U+03A3 |
| σ | ALT 229 | Greek small letter sigma | U+03C3 |
| µ | ALT 230 or ALT 0181 | Micro sign | U+00B5 |
| τ | ALT 231 | Greek capital letter tau | U+03A4 |
| Φ | ALT 232 | Greek capital letter phi | U+03A6 |
| Θ | ALT 233 | Greek capital letter theta | U+0398 |
| Ω | ALT 234 | Greek capital letter omega | U+03A9 |
| δ | ALT 235 | Greek small letter delta | U+03B4 |
| ∞ | ALT 236 | Infinity | U+221E |
| φ | ALT 237 | Greek small letter phi | U+03C6 |
| ε | ALT 238 | Greek small letter epsilon | U+03B5 |
| ∩ | ALT 239 | Intersection | U+2229 |
| ≡ | ALT 240 | Identical to | U+2261 |
| ð | ALT 0240 | Latin small letter eth | U+00F0 |
| ± | ALT 241 or ALT 0177 | Plus-minus sign | U+00B1 |
| ≥ | ALT 242 | Greater-than or equal to | U+2265 |
| ≤ | ALT 243 | Less-than or equal to | U+2264 |
| ⌠ | ALT 244 | Top half integral | U+2320 |
| ⌡ | ALT 245 | Bottom half integral | U+2321 |
| õ | ALT 0245 | Latin small letter o with tilde | U+00F5 |
| ÷ | ALT 246 or ALT 0247 | Division sign, obelus | U+00F7 |
| ≈ | ALT 247 | Almost equal to, asymptotic to | U+2248 |
| ° | ALT 248 or ALT 0176 | Degree sign | U+00B0 |
| ø | ALT 0248 | Latin small letter o with stroke | U+00F8 |
| ∙ | ALT 249 | Bullet operator | U+2219 |
| · | ALT 250 or ALT 0183 | Middle dot, midpoint (in typography), interpunct, Georgian comma, Greek ano teleia | U+00B7 |
| √ | ALT 251 | Square root, radical sign | U+221A |
| ⁿ | ALT 252 | Superscript Latin small letter n | U+207F |
| ² | ALT 253 or ALT 0178 | Superscript two, squared | U+00B2 |
| ý | ALT 0253 | Latin small letter y with acute | U+00FD |
| ■ | ALT 254 | Black square | U+25A0 |
| þ | ALT 0254 | Latin small letter thorn | U+00FE |
| ALT 255 or ALT 0160 | No-break space, non-breaking space, nbsp | U+00A0 |
Division Symbol – Alt Codes
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Delta Symbol – Alt Codes
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Minus Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Greater than Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Fraction Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Angle Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Plus Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Equal Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Identical Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Percent Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Spanish Symbol – Alt Codes
The Spanish language uses Latin alphabets. The pronunciation of the alphabet is phonemic, especially in comparison with the English alphabet,…
Cursed emoji – Alt Codes
Generally, Cursed Emojis or also known as the Cursed Expressions, refers to a set of images of the type of…
Heart Symbol – Alt Codes
The heart in some cultures is the spot of physical and spiritual energy and represents the “central wisdom of senses…
Telephone Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Smiles Symbol – Alt Codes
Smiles are a representation of facial expression. Smile icon is a yellow face with smiling eyes and a broad, closed…
German Symbol – Alt Codes
The basic German alphabet is similar to the English alphabet for most of its characters. There are some special characters…
Playing card Symbol – Alt Codes
According to one of the versions, the ancient Egyptian god Dhouti invented playing cards. With the assistance of cards, he…
Suitcards Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Snowflake Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Mahjong tile Symbol – Alt Codes
Mahjong tiles are the pieces used for playing mahjong game, mahjong solitaire and other games. Tiles are divided into four…
Italian Symbol – Alt Codes
Italian alphabet consists of twenty-one letters including the vowels ( a, e, i, o, u ). Some letters are not…
Cowboy emoji – Alt Codes
A smiling face that was displayed to wear a wide-brimmed, brown-leather cowboy hat is now the emoji for identifying a…
Ghost emoji – Alt Codes
A white, cartoon ghost is emoji that makes a silly face. In most versions, its tongue is stuck out, while…
Clap emoji – Alt Codes
The Clap Emoji is an ideogram that generally depicts two hands clapping together, commonly used online to mimic the “ratchet…
Pensive emoji – Alt Codes
A pensive, remorseful face is thought to be saddened by life. When creating this symbol, it was considered that this…
Infinity Symbol – Alt Codes
This symbol takes the shape of a horizontal 8 number, and it represents the idea of eternity, the endless and…
Food emoji – Alt Codes
Food emojis have direct meanings representing the vegetable or the meal but also have some indirect meanings related to other…
Integral Symbol – Alt Codes
The integral symbol ∫ takes the shape of long English (s) letter. It is a mathematical operator that assigns to…
Lozenge Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Rectangle Symbol – Alt Codes
A rectangle is a four-sided shape, and all the angles are right angles. If you want to figure out if…
Circle Symbol – Alt Codes
The circle in geometry is a simple closed shape, and it has been known to be perfect between all shapes…
Dollar Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Ellipse Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Degree Symbol – Alt Codes
The degree symbol takes the shape of a small superscript circle. This particular symbol is mainly used in many fields…
Trigram Symbol – Alt Codes
Trigram symbols are part of the classical Chinese ancient culture I Ching. These symbols are used in Taoist cosmology. They…
Euro Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Diamond Symbol – Alt Codes
The diamond in shape is represented in the alt code, also known as a rhombus < ♢ >. It has…
Square Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Harpoon Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Trademark Symbol – Alt Codes
The trademark symbol indicates that the object is preceding a trademark mark, and it is used for unregistered trademarks. The…
Summation Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Parallelogram Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Pentagon Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Hexagon Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Intersection Symbol – Alt Codes
The intersection symbol takes the shape of a horseshoe opening downwards. The intersection is used in math to indicate that…
Triangle Symbol – Alt Codes
The triangle is a three-sided geometric shape. Triangle has three sides and three corners. There are different types of triangles….
Diagonal Symbol – Alt Codes
Diagonal is a line that connects one corner with the corner furthest away. An example of diagonal is a line…
Pound Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Music emoji – Alt Codes
Music emoji is the picture of a sign that is used to express the sound of a musical play, song,…
Root Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Less than Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Body part emoji – Alt Codes
Body parts emojis have direct meanings representing the vegetable or the meal but also have some indirect implications related to…
Arc Symbol – Alt Codes
An arc is a portion of a circle. It could be a portion of some other curved shape, such as…
Domino tile Symbol – Alt Codes
Dominos is a game that uses rectangular tiles divided in the middle by a line; each has a number between…
French Symbol – Alt Codes
French alphabet consists of a set of different characters which are not used in English one. There are 5 French…
Hourglass Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Watch Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Calendar Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Gender Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Alarm clock Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Flags Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Chess Symbol – Alt Codes
Chess is the most popular strategy games around the world. The history of chess began 1500 years ago, in the…
Peso Symbol – Alt Codes
The Peso is a monetary unit that originated in Spain and is now it’s in use in several countries in…
Bullet Symbol – Alt Codes
Bullet symbol also called glyph. It is usually preferred when typing a list of items in a word text to…
Animal Symbol – Alt Codes
Animal symbols are worldwide unique collections that belong to the world of myths, traditions, and religious cultures around the globe….
Arrow Symbol – Alt Codes
Arrows are used to point direction. In its purest form, an arrow may take a lot of shapes like a…
Alphabet Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Yen Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Turkish lira Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Russian ruble Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Rupee Symbol – Alt Codes
The rupee is a common name for the currency of many countries like India, Maldives, Pakistan, and Nepal. The sign…
Paseta Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Franc Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Florin Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Cent Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Zodiac Symbol – Alt Codes
Aries – The first Zodiac Symbol – It is considered a fire sign; people born under this sign are known…
Weather Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Star Symbol – Alt Codes
The star symbol is any shape with several points arrayed within an imaginary circle. One of the most famous stars…
Skull Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Registered Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Recycle Symbol – Alt Codes
The recycling symbols were generated as a part of a campaign to raise awareness about the environment. It was initiated…
Planet Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Peace Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Cross Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Copyright Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Check Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Biohazard Symbol – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Music notes Symbols – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Music Symbols – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
Heart emoji Symbols – Alt Codes
The Num lock should always be enabled. If it is disabled when you are attempting an alt code, it may…
How to create Symbols using Alt Codes
Below there are shown some tips on how you can type and create the symbols by using Alt codes. You are provided with an example of the cent (currency symbols) that you can type, namely the sign < ¢ > on your Windows PC. Follow these steps:
- Step 1 – At first, you need to open a document where you wish to type or see the symbol you create through Alt codes.
- Step 2 – Next, make sure that the key to “Num Lock” is positioned as “ON.”
- Step 3- Then, you must press and hold down simultaneously, the left “Alt’ key of your keyboard.
- Step 4 – Next, click the one/1 key on the number pad.
- Step 5 – Once you press 1, then immediately press the five/5 key on the number pad.
- Step 6 – Finally, you need to press the five/5 key on the number pad.
See the photo below for further examples:
Windows Alt Key Codes for Mac.
Below there are some further examples that you can try on your keyboard. You may notice that some lower numbers have a designated keyboard key like the < $ > sign.
Currency Symbol examples with keyboard codes:
- Symbol – $ (Dollar); Keyboard codes: Alt 3 6;
- Symbol – ¢ (Cents); Keyboard codes: Alt 1 5 5;
- Symbol – £ (Pound); Keyboard codes: Alt 1 5 6;
- Symbol – € (Euro); Keyboard codes: Alt 0 1 2 8;
- Symbol – ₣ (French Franc); Keyboard codes: Alt 8 3 5 5.
Can Alt Codes don’t work
Sometimes it happens so that the Alt codes do not function and work as expected. The reason for that has to do with some details such as code pages and sometimes even Windows registry settings. For instance, if you tried to insert the Alt code for the French Franc in WordPad, Microsoft Word, or Outlook, it would work fine. However, it will not work using Excel, Gmail, my code editor, or other similar programs. Along with these programs, any code which is higher than about 255 will cause some unexpected results. Hence, you will immediately see a symbol produced, but it will not be the one you wanted, making it more confusing.
About Alt Key Symbols
There are hundreds of Alt key symbols. They are created by the combination of the alt key and numbers. For example, Alt+1 to Alt+31 represent icon symbols like faces and icons, while numbers 176 to 223 represent graphic polygons and lines.
The Alt key is widely known as part of the key combinations, by which you can do the following procedures:
- “Ctrl+Alt+Delete” shows a task manager in some operating systems.
- “Alt+⌘ Cmd+Esc” shows the “Force Quit” pop-up window in the Apple system.
- “Alt+F4” closes the current window. It can also shut down the system if the desktop is in the foreground.
- “Alt+⇧ Shift” switches among the layout of the language system.
- “Alt+Tab ↹” switches among the opened window.
How to type an Alt Key Symbol on keyboard
For instance, let’s create a degree symbol using its “Alt Code” value on the keyboard. Follow the following steps:
- Step 1 – At first, make sure that the “Num Lock” key is switched “on.”
- Step 2 – Next, you need to press and hold down simultaneously the Alt key.
- Step 3 – Then, type the ‘Alt Code” value of the degree symbol (or any other symbol you want to see in your document) along with “0176” on the numeric pad of your computer or laptop.
- Step 4 – Next, release the “Alt key,” You will immediately get a < ° > degree symbol in your document.
*Note: Above mentioned method is not applicable for Mac OS; You can use this method with Windows.
Alt Code Symbols
The Alt Code Symbol Directory