Special characters on the keyboard: table, dialing rules

Each computer user, who is especially active in using social networks, wondered: what are special characters and where to find them on the keyboard? The answer to this question is not something complicated. The thing is that only frequently used symbols are displayed on the keyboard: letters, punctuation, arithmetic.

Special characters on the monitor




But in the world there are many other symbols. And to use them, you need to know some concepts. Such characters are called special. Their difference is that they are more comic than really useful.

How to enter special characters from the keyboard?

To begin, we’ll analyze the simplest and most understandable input of special characters that are already located on the device’s keyboard. To do this, hold down the Shift key and select the desired character.

Computer keyboard




But do not forget that for convenience, the characters are separated by keyboard layouts. Therefore, pay attention to the location of the mark relative to the main one.





Using special characters to create passwords

Many users have wondered how to create a strong password. To do this, you do not need to create huge sets of different letters, numbers and punctuation marks, just use an unusual icon. So how do you use special characters on the keyboard for a password?

Useful special characters




To use the special character when entering the password, you must enable NumLock. After that, you should hold down the Alt key and "+", then we type the necessary set of characters and get the sign we need. But in the password itself it will not be registered as a special character, but will be recorded in the encoding necessary for this.

Using Unicode on a Windows 10 Keyboard

To use the special characters on the Windows 10 keyboard, you need to go to the taskbar and request a table in the search bar. And then run this application.

Special symbols




In the table that opens, you can select the font. To copy a symbol, click on it twice and in the bottom line click "Copy". You can also select a character set language.





Enter special characters using the keyboard

The most practical way to type characters is to combine the Alt key and the desired Unicode. Special characters on the Alt keyboard will be discussed in the table below.

Keyboard layout




But before you learn about them, you need to understand the principle of entering these characters. To enter the character we need, press the Alt key, then on the right side of the keyboard press "+" and type in a digital command in which the desired character is encrypted.

Computer monitor




Special character tables for text description

And now, in fact, consider what some special characters look like. Many of them are used infrequently.

TitleSymbolismViewDescription
160space without gaps
iexcl161¡upside-down exclamation mark
cent162¢cent
pound163£GBP
euro0128Euro
8591shekel
curren164¤currency unit
yen165yen or yuan
166¦dotted vertical bar
sect167§paragraph
uml168¨diaeresis
copy169©copyright sign
ordf170ªordinal numerator (female)
186ºordinal numerator (male)
171"opening quote
187"closing quotation mark
not172¬negation
173place of possible transfer
176°degree
permilppm
acute180´accent mark
micro181µmicro
para182paragraph symbol
middot183·dot
cedil184¸cedilla
sup1185¹superscript (unit)
175the longitude sign is placed above the vowel
iquest191¿upside down question mark
174®registered trademark

Special character table - arrows

And these special characters are perfect for any scheme. This table is worth having at hand.

TitleSymbolismViewDescription
8629down and left arrow
8657double up arrow
8659double down arrow
8660double left-right arrow
8596left-right arrow
8658double right arrow
8595arrow to down
8593up arrow
8592left arrow
8594right arrow

Punctuation table

Well, you can’t do without these signs when writing articles. They are familiar to everyone without exception.

TitleSymbolismViewDescription
bull8226small black circle
hellip8230...ellipsis
prime8242single bar - minutes and feet
8243double stroke - seconds and inches
8254top underline
frasl8260fractional slope to the right
Basic punctuation
ndash8211-dash
mdash8212-long dash
lsquo8216''left single quote
8217''right single quote
8218single quote (bottom)
8220double quotation mark (tilt to the left)
8221double quotation mark (tilt to the right)
8222double quotation mark (bottom)

Arithmetic Sign Table

Such signs are just a godsend for a mathematician. No arithmetic expression can be written without their help.

TitleSymbolismViewDescription
times215×multiplication sign
divide247÷division sign
frasl8260fractional line
minus8722-minus sign
il60<less sign
gt62>mark more
le8804less or equal
ge8805more or equal
8776asymptotically equal
ne8800inequality
equiv8801identically coincides with
plusmn177±plus or minus
frac14188¼one quarter
frac12189½a half
frac34190¾three quarters
sup1185¹unit in superscript
178²two at the top index (square)
179³three at the top index (cube)
8730square root (radical)
8734infinity sign
sum8721summation mark
8719product sign
part8706partial differential
int8747integral
forall8704for all
exist8707exist
empty8709empty set; diameter
8711nabla
isin8712belongs
notin8713do not belong
ni8715contains
lowast8727operator asterisk
prop8733proportionally
ang8736angle
and8743logical AND
or8744logical OR
cap8745intersection
cup8746Union
there48756hence
sim8764similarity sign - 'changes with' - tilde sign
8773approximately equal to
sub8834this is a subset
sup8835this is a superset
nsub8836not a subset
sube8838is a subset of either equal
8839is a superset of either equal
8853plus in the mug
otimes8855circle multiplication sign
8869orthogonally, perpendicularly
sdot8901point operator
fnot402ƒfunction sign

Latin, Greek and Hebrew letters table

Not many, of course, will use these signs when working with a computer. However, knowing about them will not hinder for general development.

TitleSymbolismViewDescription
Letters
Agrave192Àuppercase A with blunt accent
193ÁAnd with acute accent
Acirc194ÂAnd with circumflex (diacritical mark over the vowel)
195ÃAnd with a tilde
Auml196ÄAnd with a three (a sign above the vowel to pronounce it separately from the previous vowel)
197ÅAnd with the top circle
Aelig198ÆAE characters
Ccedil199ÇC with a cedilla
Egrave200ÈE with blunt accent
201ÉE with acute accent
202ÊE with circumflex (diacritical mark over the vowel)
203ËE with three
Igrave204ÌI with blunt accent
205ÍI with acute accent
Icirc206ÎI with circumflex
Iuml207ÏI with three
Et208ÐETH characters
Ntilde209ÑN with tilde
Ograve210ÒO with a blunt accent
211ÓO with acute accent
Ocirc212ÔO with circumflex
Otilde213ÕO with tilde
Uml214ÖO with a three
Oslash216ØO with a stroke
Ugrave217ÙU with blunt accent
218ÚU with acute accent
219ÛU with circumflex
Uml220ÜU with three
Yacute221ÝAcute accented
Thorn222ÞThorn
agrave224àlowercase A with blunt accent
225áAnd with acute accent
acirc226âAnd with circumflex
atilde227ãAnd with a tilde
auml228äAnd with three
aring229åAnd with the top circle
aelig230æAye
ccedil231çAnd with a cedilla
egrave232èE with blunt accent
233éE with acute accent
234êE with circumflex
euml235ëE with three
igrave236ìI with blunt accent
237íI with acute accent
icirc238îI with circumflex
iuml239ïI with three
eth240ðeth characters
ntilde241ñN with tilde
ograve242òO with a blunt accent
243óO with acute accent
ocirc244ôO with circumflex
otilde245õI with tilde
ouml246öI with three
oslash248øO with a stroke
ugrave249ùU with blunt accent
250úU with acute accent
251ûU with circumflex
uuml252üU with three
yacute253ýAcute Y
thorn254þthorn
yuml255ÿY with a three
Letters of the greek alphabet
913Αgreek capital letter alpha
914Βbeta
915Γgreek capital letter gamma
916Δdelta
917Εgreek capital letter epsilon
918Ζzeta
919greek capital letter this
920Θtheta
921Ιgreek capital letter iota
922Κkappa
923Λgreek capital letter lambda
924Μmu
925greek capital letter nude
926ΞXi
927Οgreek capital letter omicron
928Πpi
929greek capital letter ro
931Σsigma
932greek capital letter tau
933Υipsilon
934greek capital letter phi
935Χhee
936greek capital letter psi
937Ωomega
945αgreek lowercase letter alpha
946βbeta
947γgreek lowercase letter gamma
948δdelta
949εgreek lowercase letter epsilon
950ζzeta
951greek lowercase letter this
952θtheta
953ιgreek small letter iota
954κkappa
955λgreek lowercase letter lambda
956μmu
957greek lowercase letter nude
958ξXi
959οgreek lowercase letter omicron
960πpi
961greek lower case letter ro
962ςsigma (final)
963σgreek lowercase letter sigma
964τtau
965υgreek lowercase letter ipsilon
966φfi
967greek lowercase letter chi
968ψpsi
969ωgreek lowercase letter omega
Hebrew letters
1488אaleph
1489בbet
1490גgimel
1491דdaled
1492הneck
1493וvav
1494זzain
1495חhat
1496טthet
1497יyod
1498ךcafe spotlight
1499כcafe
1500לlamed
1501םma'am spotlight
1502מma'am
1503ןnun spotlights
1504נnun
1505סSamekh
1506עain
1507ףpay spotlight
1508פpay
1509ץtsadik spotlight
1510צtzadik
1511קkuf
1512רreish
1513שtire
1514תtav

Additional character table

Here are some more helpful signs. Perhaps they will also come in handy someday.

TitleSymbolismViewDescription
9824suit sign 'spades'
9827sign suit 'clubs'
9829sign of suit 'hearts'
9830tambourine badge
9674rhombus
9675a circle
9679black circle
9668triangle to the left
9660black triangle down
9658black triangle to the right
9650black triangle up
9632black square
9642black box
9643small square
9792female beginning
9794male beginning
34"double quote
amp38&ampersand
lt60<less sign
gt62>more sign
circ710ˆcircumflex symbol
tilde732˜tilde
trade8482brand name

Finally

There are many symbols in the world that computer users need to use for their own purposes. It is impossible to know all of them. After all, humanity over its centuries-old history has created more than a million different codes and other types of information encoded in the image, but there are tables of special characters that are available to all users.

Special character




These signs have a huge scope, so many will have to face them. Entering special characters from the keyboard is easy. The main thing is to be able to use the capabilities of your device, and this will allow you to use various special characters for your own purposes.




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