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Free toolOver 1,500 special characters, grouped and searchable. Hover any symbol to see the Alt code for your keyboard — Windows or Mac, detected automatically — and click it to copy the symbol itself.
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Search by name (“rupee”, “degree”, “tick”), by Alt code (0169), or jump straight to a category.
The chip shows the Windows Alt code or the Mac Option combo, whichever matches your device. Switch keyboards any time with the toggle.
One click puts the symbol on your clipboard, ready to paste into Word, Excel, WhatsApp, an email or your code.
A handful earn their keep every week. On Windows, hold Alt and type these on the numeric keypad: Alt + 0169 for ©, Alt + 0174 for ®, Alt + 0153 for ™, Alt + 248 for °, Alt + 241 for ±, Alt + 0189 for ½ and Alt + 251 for √. The rupee sign ₹ has no classic Alt code: type 20B9 then Alt + X in Word, or press AltGr + 4 on an Indian keyboard layout — or just click it above.
The two systems work differently. Windows Alt codes are numeric and need a real numeric keypad, which most laptops no longer have. macOS instead maps symbols onto letter keys: ⌥ + G gives ©, ⌥ + 2 gives ™, ⌥ + P gives π, ⇧ ⌥ + 8 gives °. Beyond that set, macOS needs the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, where you hold ⌥ and type the four-digit hex code. Either way, copying from this page is faster than remembering any of it.
A shortcut for typing a character your keyboard has no key for. Hold the Alt key on Windows, type a number on the numeric keypad, release Alt, and the symbol appears: Alt + 0169 gives ©, Alt + 241 gives ±, Alt + 248 gives °.
Three usual causes: you used the number row instead of the numeric keypad (Alt codes only read the keypad), Num Lock is off, or your laptop has no keypad at all. On a laptop, copy the symbol from this page instead — that is exactly what the click-to-copy is for.
Most of Unicode was never assigned one. For those we show the hex form instead: type 2192 then press Alt + X in Word, WordPad or Outlook and it becomes →. Everywhere else, clicking the symbol here is faster.
Switch the toggle to Mac. Common symbols have real Option combos — Option + G is ©, Option + 2 is ™, Option + P is π. The rest show as ⌥ + a hex code, which needs the Unicode Hex Input keyboard added under System Settings → Keyboard → Input Sources.
Yes. They are ordinary Unicode text, so they paste into spreadsheets, documents, chat, email subject lines, file names and web pages. Only a handful of decorative ones fall back to a box on very old systems.
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