Special Character Keyboard Commands
Updated: March 16, 2009 • By Lena Shore
Filed under: Web Development
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| HTML Name Code | HTML Number Code |
Glyph | MacOS | Windows | Description |
| ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | option – ] | Alt + 0145 | left single quote |
| ’ | ’ | ’ | option – shift – ] | Alt + 0146 | right single quote |
| ‚ | ‚ | ‚ | single low-9 quote | ||
| “ | “ | “ | option – [ | Alt + 0147 | left double quote |
| ” | ” | ” | option – shift – [ | Alt + 0148 | right double quote |
| „ | „ | „ | option – shift – w | double low-9 quote | |
| † | † | † | option – t | Alt + 0134 | dagger |
| ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | option – shift – 7 | Alt + 0135 | double dagger |
| … | … | option – ; | horizontal ellipsis | ||
| ‰ | ‰ | ‰ | option – shift – r | Alt + 0137 | per mill sign |
| ‹ | ‹ | ‹ | option – shift – 3 | Alt + 0139 | single left-pointing angle quote |
| › | › | › | option – shift – 4 | Alt + 0155 | single right-pointing angle quote |
| ♠ | ♠ | ♠ | black spade suit | ||
| ♣ | ♣ | ♣ | black club suit | ||
| ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | black heart suit | ||
| ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | black diamond suit | ||
| ‾ | ‾ | ‾ | overline, = spacing overscore | ||
| ← | ← | ← | leftward arrow | ||
| ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | upward arrow | ||
| → | → | → | rightward arrow | ||
| ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | downward arrow | ||
| ™ | ™ | ™ | option – 2 | Alt + 0153 | trademark sign |
| " | " | “ | double quotation mark | ||
| & | & | & | ampersand | ||
| < | < | < | less-than sign | ||
| > | > | > | greater-than sign | ||
| [ | [ | left square bracket | |||
| ] | ] | right square bracket | |||
| – | – | – | option – hyphen | Alt + 0150 | en dash |
| — | — | — | option – shift -hyphen | Alt + 0151 | em dash |
| |   | Alt + 0160 | nonbreaking space | ||
| ¡ | ¡ | ¡ | option – 1 | Alt + 0161 | inverted exclamation |
| ¢ | ¢ | ¢ | option – 4 | Alt + 0162 | cent sign |
| £ | £ | £ | option – 3 | Alt + 0163 | pound sterling |
| ¤ | ¤ | ¤ | Alt + 0164 | general currency sign | |
| ¥ | ¥ | ¥ | option – y | Alt + 0165 | yen sign |
| ¦ or &brkbar; | ¦ | ¦ | Alt + 0166 | broken vertical bar | |
| § | § | § | option – 6 | Alt + 0167 | section sign |
| ¨ or ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | option – shift – u | Alt + 0168 | umlaut |
| © | © | © | option – g | Alt + 0169 | copyright |
| ª | ª | ª | option – 9 | Alt + 0170 | feminine ordinal |
| « | « | « | option – | Alt + 0171 | left angle quote |
| ¬ | ¬ | ¬ | option – l | Alt + 0172 | not sign |
| ­ | ­ | | Alt + 0173 | soft hyphen | |
| ® | ® | ® | option – r | Alt + 0174 | registered trademark |
| ¯ or &hibar; | ¯ | ¯ | Alt + 0175 | macron accent | |
| ° | ° | ° | option – shift – 8 | Alt + 0176 | degree sign |
| ± | ± | ± | option – shift – = | Alt + 0177 | plus or minus |
| ² | ² | ² | Alt + 0178 | superscript two | |
| ³ | ³ | ³ | Alt + 0179 | superscript three | |
| ´ | ´ | ´ | option – shift – e | Alt + 0180 | acute accent |
| µ | µ | µ | option – m | Alt + 0181 | micro sign |
| ¶ | ¶ | ¶ | option – 7 | Alt + 0182 | paragraph sign |
| · | · | · | option – shift – 9 | Alt + 0183 | middle dot |
| ¸ | ¸ | ¸ | option – shift – z | Alt + 0184 | cedilla |
| ¹ | ¹ | ¹ | Alt + 0185 | superscript one | |
| º | º | º | option – 0 | Alt + 0186 | masculine ordinal |
| » | » | » | option – shift – | Alt + 0187 | right angle quote |
| ¼ | ¼ | ¼ | Alt + 0188 | one-fourth | |
| ½ | ½ | ½ | Alt + 0189 | one-half | |
| ¾ | ¾ | ¾ | Alt + 0190 | three-fourths | |
| ¿ | ¿ | ¿ | option – shift – ? | Alt + 0191 | inverted question mark |
| À | À | À | option – ` A | Alt + 0192 | uppercase A, grave accent |
| Á | Á | Á | option – e A | Alt + 0193 | uppercase A, acute accent |
| Â | Â | Â | option – i A | Alt + 0194 | uppercase A, circumflex accent |
| Ã | Ã | Ã | option – n A | Alt + 0195 | uppercase A, tilde |
| Ä | Ä | Ä | option – u A | Alt + 0196 | uppercase A, umlaut |
| Å | Å | Å | option – shift – a | Alt + 0197 | uppercase A, ring |
| Æ | Æ | Æ | option – shift – ‘ | Alt + 0198 | uppercase AE |
| Ç | Ç | Ç | option – shift – c | Alt + 0199 | uppercase C, cedilla |
| È | È | È | option – ` E | Alt + 0200 | uppercase E, grave accent |
| É | É | É | option – e E | Alt + 0201 | uppercase E, acute accent |
| Ê | Ê | Ê | option – i E | Alt + 0202 | uppercase E, circumflex accent |
| Ë | Ë | Ë | option – u E | Alt + 0203 | uppercase E, umlaut |
| Ì | Ì | Ì | option – ` I | Alt + 0204 | uppercase I, grave accent |
| Í | Í | Í | option – e I | Alt + 0205 | uppercase I, acute accent |
| Î | Î | Î | option – i I | Alt + 0206 | uppercase I, circumflex accent |
| Ï | Ï | Ï | option – u I | Alt + 0207 | uppercase I, umlaut |
| Ð | Ð | Ð | Alt + 0208 | uppercase Eth, Icelandic | |
| Ñ | Ñ | Ñ | option – n N | Alt + 0209 | uppercase N, tilde |
| Ò | Ò | Ò | option – ` O | Alt + 0210 | uppercase O, grave accent |
| Ó | Ó | Ó | option – e O | Alt + 0211 | uppercase O, acute accent |
| Ô | Ô | Ô | option – i O | Alt + 0212 | uppercase O, circumflex accent |
| Õ | Õ | Õ | option – n O | Alt + 0213 | uppercase O, tilde |
| Ö | Ö | Ö | option – u O | Alt + 0214 | uppercase O, umlaut |
| × | × | × | Alt + 0215 | multiplication sign | |
| Ø | Ø | Ø | option – shift – o | Alt + 0216 | uppercase O, slash |
| Ù | Ù | Ù | option – ` U | Alt + 0217 | uppercase U, grave accent |
| Ú | Ú | Ú | option – e U | Alt + 0218 | uppercase U, acute accent |
| Û | Û | Û | option – i U | Alt + 0219 | uppercase U, circumflex accent |
| Ü | Ü | Ü | option – u U | Alt + 0220 | uppercase U, umlaut |
| Ý | Ý | Ý | Alt + 0221 | uppercase Y, acute accent | |
| Þ | Þ | Þ | Alt + 0222 | uppercase THORN, Icelandic | |
| ß | ß | ß | option – s | Alt + 0223 | lowercase sharps, German |
| à | à | à | option – ` a | Alt + 0224 | lowercase a, grave accent |
| á | á | á | option – e a | Alt + 0225 | lowercase a, acute accent |
| â | â | â | option – i a | Alt + 0226 | lowercase a, circumflex accent |
| ã | ã | ã | option – n a | Alt + 0227 | lowercase a, tilde |
| ä | ä | ä | option – u a | Alt + 0228 | lowercase a, umlaut |
| å | å | å | option – a | Alt + 0229 | lowercase a, ring |
| æ | æ | æ | option – ‘ | Alt + 0230 | lowercase ae |
| ç | ç | ç | option – c | Alt + 0231 | lowercase c, cedilla |
| è | è | è | option – ` e | Alt + 0232 | lowercase e, grave accent |
| é | é | é | option – e e | Alt + 0233 | lowercase e, acute accent |
| ê | ê | ê | option – i e | Alt + 0234 | lowercase e, circumflex accent |
| ë | ë | ë | option – u e | Alt + 0235 | lowercase e, umlaut |
| ì | ì | ì | option – ` i | Alt + 0236 | lowercase i, grave accent |
| í | í | í | option – e i | Alt + 0237 | lowercase i, acute accent |
| î | î | î | option – i i | Alt + 0238 | lowercase i, circumflex accent |
| ï | ï | ï | option – u i | Alt + 0239 | lowercase i, umlaut |
| ð | ð | ð | Alt + 0240 | lowercase eth, Icelandic | |
| ñ | ñ | ñ | option – n n | Alt + 0241 | lowercase n, tilde |
| ò | ò | ò | option – ` o | Alt + 0242 | lowercase o, grave accent |
| ó | ó | ó | option – e o | Alt + 0243 | lowercase o, acute accent |
| ô | ô | ô | option – i o | Alt + 0244 | lowercase o, circumflex accent |
| õ | õ | õ | option – n o | Alt + 0245 | lowercase o, tilde |
| ö | ö | ö | option – u o | Alt + 0246 | lowercase o, umlaut |
| ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | Alt + 0247 | division sign | |
| ø | ø | ø | option – o | Alt + 0248 | lowercase o, slash |
| ù | ù | ù | option – ` u | Alt + 0249 | lowercase u, grave accent |
| ú | ú | ú | option – e u | Alt + 0250 | lowercase u, acute accent |
| û | û | û | option – i u | Alt + 0251 | lowercase u, circumflex accent |
| ü | ü | ü | option – u u | Alt + 0252 | lowercase u, umlaut |
| ý | ý | ý | Alt + 0253 | lowercase y, acute accent | |
| þ | þ | þ | Alt + 0254 | lowercase thorn, Icelandic | |
| ÿ | ÿ | ÿ | option – u y | Alt + 0255 | lowercase y, umlaut |
