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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
Special character tables for text description
And now, in fact, consider what some special characters look like. Many of them are used infrequently.
Title | Symbolism | View | Description |
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| 160 | | space without gaps |
iexcl | 161 | ¡ | upside-down exclamation mark |
cent | 162 | ¢ | cent |
pound | 163 | £ | GBP |
euro | 0128 | € | Euro |
| 8591 | ₪ | shekel |
curren | 164 | ¤ | currency unit |
yen | 165 | | yen or yuan |
| 166 | ¦ | dotted vertical bar |
sect | 167 | § | paragraph |
uml | 168 | ¨ | diaeresis |
copy | 169 | © | copyright sign |
ordf | 170 | ª | ordinal numerator (female) |
| 186 | º | ordinal numerator (male) |
| 171 | " | opening quote |
| 187 | " | closing quotation mark |
not | 172 | ¬ | negation |
| 173 | | place of possible transfer |
| 176 | ° | degree |
permil | | ‰ | ppm |
acute | 180 | ´ | accent mark |
micro | 181 | µ | micro |
para | 182 | ¶ | paragraph symbol |
middot | 183 | · | dot |
cedil | 184 | ¸ | cedilla |
sup1 | 185 | ¹ | superscript (unit) |
| 175 | | the longitude sign is placed above the vowel |
iquest | 191 | ¿ | 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.
Title | Symbolism | View | Description |
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| 8629 | ↵ | down and left arrow |
| 8657 | ⇑ | double up arrow |
| 8659 | ⇓ | double down arrow |
| 8660 | ⇔ | double left-right arrow |
| 8596 | ↔ | left-right arrow |
| 8658 | ⇒ | double right arrow |
| 8595 | ↓ | arrow to down |
| 8593 | ↑ | up arrow |
| 8592 | ← | left arrow |
| 8594 | → | right arrow |
Punctuation table
Well, you can’t do without these signs when writing articles. They are familiar to everyone without exception.
Title | Symbolism | View | Description |
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bull | 8226 | • | small black circle |
hellip | 8230 | ... | ellipsis |
prime | 8242 | ′ | single bar - minutes and feet |
| 8243 | ″ | double stroke - seconds and inches |
| 8254 | ‾ | top underline |
frasl | 8260 | ⁄ | fractional slope to the right |
Basic punctuation |
ndash | 8211 | - | dash |
mdash | 8212 | - | long dash |
lsquo | 8216 | '' | left single quote |
| 8217 | '' | right single quote |
| 8218 | ‚ | single quote (bottom) |
| 8220 | “ | double quotation mark (tilt to the left) |
| 8221 | ” | double quotation mark (tilt to the right) |
| 8222 | „ | double quotation mark (bottom) |
Arithmetic Sign Table
Such signs are just a godsend for a mathematician. No arithmetic expression can be written without their help.
Title | Symbolism | View | Description |
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times | 215 | × | multiplication sign |
divide | 247 | ÷ | division sign |
frasl | 8260 | ⁄ | fractional line |
minus | 8722 | - | minus sign |
il | 60 | < | less sign |
gt | 62 | > | mark more |
le | 8804 | ≤ | less or equal |
ge | 8805 | ≥ | more or equal |
| 8776 | ≈ | asymptotically equal |
ne | 8800 | ≠ | inequality |
equiv | 8801 | ≡ | identically coincides with |
plusmn | 177 | ± | plus or minus |
frac14 | 188 | ¼ | one quarter |
frac12 | 189 | ½ | a half |
frac34 | 190 | ¾ | three quarters |
sup1 | 185 | ¹ | unit in superscript |
| 178 | ² | two at the top index (square) |
| 179 | ³ | three at the top index (cube) |
| 8730 | √ | square root (radical) |
| 8734 | ∞ | infinity sign |
sum | 8721 | ∑ | summation mark |
| 8719 | ∏ | product sign |
part | 8706 | ∂ | partial differential |
int | 8747 | ∫ | integral |
forall | 8704 | ∀ | for all |
exist | 8707 | ∃ | exist |
empty | 8709 | ∅ | empty set; diameter |
| 8711 | ∇ | nabla |
isin | 8712 | ∈ | belongs |
notin | 8713 | ∉ | do not belong |
ni | 8715 | ∋ | contains |
lowast | 8727 | ∗ | operator asterisk |
prop | 8733 | ∝ | proportionally |
ang | 8736 | ∠ | angle |
and | 8743 | ∧ | logical AND |
or | 8744 | ∨ | logical OR |
cap | 8745 | ∩ | intersection |
cup | 8746 | ∪ | Union |
there4 | 8756 | ∴ | hence |
sim | 8764 | | similarity sign - 'changes with' - tilde sign |
| 8773 | ≅ | approximately equal to |
sub | 8834 | ⊂ | this is a subset |
sup | 8835 | ⊃ | this is a superset |
nsub | 8836 | ⊄ | not a subset |
sube | 8838 | ⊆ | is a subset of either equal |
| 8839 | ⊇ | is a superset of either equal |
| 8853 | ⊕ | plus in the mug |
otimes | 8855 | ⊗ | circle multiplication sign |
| 8869 | ⊥ | orthogonally, perpendicularly |
sdot | 8901 | ⋅ | point operator |
fnot | 402 | ƒ | function 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.
Title | Symbolism | View | Description |
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Letters |
Agrave | 192 | À | uppercase A with blunt accent |
| 193 | Á | And with acute accent |
Acirc | 194 | Â | And with circumflex (diacritical mark over the vowel) |
| 195 | Ã | And with a tilde |
Auml | 196 | Ä | And with a three (a sign above the vowel to pronounce it separately from the previous vowel) |
| 197 | Å | And with the top circle |
Aelig | 198 | Æ | AE characters |
Ccedil | 199 | Ç | C with a cedilla |
Egrave | 200 | È | E with blunt accent |
| 201 | É | E with acute accent |
| 202 | Ê | E with circumflex (diacritical mark over the vowel) |
| 203 | Ë | E with three |
Igrave | 204 | Ì | I with blunt accent |
| 205 | Í | I with acute accent |
Icirc | 206 | Î | I with circumflex |
Iuml | 207 | Ï | I with three |
Et | 208 | Ð | ETH characters |
Ntilde | 209 | Ñ | N with tilde |
Ograve | 210 | Ò | O with a blunt accent |
| 211 | Ó | O with acute accent |
Ocirc | 212 | Ô | O with circumflex |
Otilde | 213 | Õ | O with tilde |
Uml | 214 | Ö | O with a three |
Oslash | 216 | Ø | O with a stroke |
Ugrave | 217 | Ù | U with blunt accent |
| 218 | Ú | U with acute accent |
| 219 | Û | U with circumflex |
Uml | 220 | Ü | U with three |
Yacute | 221 | Ý | Acute accented |
Thorn | 222 | Þ | Thorn |
agrave | 224 | à | lowercase A with blunt accent |
| 225 | á | And with acute accent |
acirc | 226 | â | And with circumflex |
atilde | 227 | ã | And with a tilde |
auml | 228 | ä | And with three |
aring | 229 | å | And with the top circle |
aelig | 230 | æ | Aye |
ccedil | 231 | ç | And with a cedilla |
egrave | 232 | è | E with blunt accent |
| 233 | é | E with acute accent |
| 234 | ê | E with circumflex |
euml | 235 | ë | E with three |
igrave | 236 | ì | I with blunt accent |
| 237 | í | I with acute accent |
icirc | 238 | î | I with circumflex |
iuml | 239 | ï | I with three |
eth | 240 | ð | eth characters |
ntilde | 241 | ñ | N with tilde |
ograve | 242 | ò | O with a blunt accent |
| 243 | ó | O with acute accent |
ocirc | 244 | ô | O with circumflex |
otilde | 245 | õ | I with tilde |
ouml | 246 | ö | I with three |
oslash | 248 | ø | O with a stroke |
ugrave | 249 | ù | U with blunt accent |
| 250 | ú | U with acute accent |
| 251 | û | U with circumflex |
uuml | 252 | ü | U with three |
yacute | 253 | ý | Acute Y |
thorn | 254 | þ | thorn |
yuml | 255 | ÿ | Y with a three |
Letters of the greek alphabet |
| 913 | Α | greek capital letter alpha |
| 914 | Β | beta |
| 915 | Γ | greek capital letter gamma |
| 916 | Δ | delta |
| 917 | Ε | greek capital letter epsilon |
| 918 | Ζ | zeta |
| 919 | | greek capital letter this |
| 920 | Θ | theta |
| 921 | Ι | greek capital letter iota |
| 922 | Κ | kappa |
| 923 | Λ | greek capital letter lambda |
| 924 | Μ | mu |
| 925 | | greek capital letter nude |
| 926 | Ξ | Xi |
| 927 | Ο | greek capital letter omicron |
| 928 | Π | pi |
| 929 | | greek capital letter ro |
| 931 | Σ | sigma |
| 932 | | greek capital letter tau |
| 933 | Υ | ipsilon |
| 934 | | greek capital letter phi |
| 935 | Χ | hee |
| 936 | | greek capital letter psi |
| 937 | Ω | omega |
| 945 | α | greek lowercase letter alpha |
| 946 | β | beta |
| 947 | γ | greek lowercase letter gamma |
| 948 | δ | delta |
| 949 | ε | greek lowercase letter epsilon |
| 950 | ζ | zeta |
| 951 | | greek lowercase letter this |
| 952 | θ | theta |
| 953 | ι | greek small letter iota |
| 954 | κ | kappa |
| 955 | λ | greek lowercase letter lambda |
| 956 | μ | mu |
| 957 | | greek lowercase letter nude |
| 958 | ξ | Xi |
| 959 | ο | greek lowercase letter omicron |
| 960 | π | pi |
| 961 | | greek lower case letter ro |
| 962 | ς | sigma (final) |
| 963 | σ | greek lowercase letter sigma |
| 964 | τ | tau |
| 965 | υ | greek lowercase letter ipsilon |
| 966 | φ | fi |
| 967 | | greek lowercase letter chi |
| 968 | ψ | psi |
| 969 | ω | greek lowercase letter omega |
Hebrew letters |
| 1488 | א | aleph |
| 1489 | ב | bet |
| 1490 | ג | gimel |
| 1491 | ד | daled |
| 1492 | ה | neck |
| 1493 | ו | vav |
| 1494 | ז | zain |
| 1495 | ח | hat |
| 1496 | ט | thet |
| 1497 | י | yod |
| 1498 | ך | cafe spotlight |
| 1499 | כ | cafe |
| 1500 | ל | lamed |
| 1501 | ם | ma'am spotlight |
| 1502 | מ | ma'am |
| 1503 | ן | nun spotlights |
| 1504 | נ | nun |
| 1505 | ס | Samekh |
| 1506 | ע | ain |
| 1507 | ף | pay spotlight |
| 1508 | פ | pay |
| 1509 | ץ | tsadik spotlight |
| 1510 | צ | tzadik |
| 1511 | ק | kuf |
| 1512 | ר | reish |
| 1513 | ש | tire |
| 1514 | ת | tav |
Additional character table
Here are some more helpful signs. Perhaps they will also come in handy someday.
Title | Symbolism | View | Description |
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| 9824 | ♠ | suit sign 'spades' |
| 9827 | ♣ | sign suit 'clubs' |
| 9829 | ♥ | sign of suit 'hearts' |
| 9830 | ♦ | tambourine badge |
| 9674 | ◊ | rhombus |
| 9675 | ○ | a circle |
| 9679 | ● | black circle |
| 9668 | ◄ | triangle to the left |
| 9660 | ▼ | black triangle down |
| 9658 | ► | black triangle to the right |
| 9650 | ▲ | black triangle up |
| 9632 | ■ | black square |
| 9642 | ▪ | black box |
| 9643 | ▫ | small square |
| 9792 | ♀ | female beginning |
| 9794 | | male beginning |
| 34 | " | double quote |
amp | 38 | & | ampersand |
lt | 60 | < | less sign |
gt | 62 | > | more sign |
circ | 710 | ˆ | circumflex symbol |
tilde | 732 | ˜ | tilde |
trade | 8482 | ™ | brand 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.
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.