What is Alt code ?
Alt code is used to include/type symbols and characters which are not available in keyboard. To include a symbol , just hold the alt key and press the code for the symbol simultaneously.
For example,
- to include a smiley press and hold Alt key and press 1 simultaneously . ☺
- to create a check mark, use alt code Alt + 251 . √
List of frequently used symbols, characters and their Alt codes.
+Currency Symbol for countries
Symbol | Name of Symbol | Alt Code |
¢ | Cent Symbol | Alt + 155 |
Alt + 0162 | ||
£ | Pound Symbol | Alt + 156 |
Alt + 0163 | ||
¤ | General currency Symbol | Alt + 0164 |
¥ | Yen Symbol | Alt + 157 |
Alt + 0165 | ||
₣ | French franc Symbol | Alt + 8355 |
₤ | Lira Symbol | Alt + 8356 |
₧ | Peseta Symbol | Alt + 158 |
Alt + 8359 | ||
₪ | New sheqel Symbol | Alt + 8362 |
₫ | Dong Symbol | Alt + 8363 |
€ | Euro Symbol | Alt + 0128 |
Alt + 8364 |
+Copyright, Legal , Technical Representations & Symbols
Symbol | Name of Symbol | Alt Code |
§ | Section Symbol | Alt + 21 |
Alt + 0167 | ||
© | Copyright Symbol | Alt + 0169 |
® | Registered trademark Symbol | Alt + 0174 |
ª | Feminine ordinal indicator | Alt + 166 |
Alt + 0170 | ||
¬ | Not Symbol | Alt + 170 |
Alt + 0172 | ||
⌐ | Reversed not Symbol | Alt + 169 |
Alt + 8976 | ||
µ | Micro Symbol | Alt + 0181 |
† | Dagger | Alt + 0134 |
‡ | Double dagger | Alt + 0135 |
‰ | Per mille Symbol | Alt + 0137 |
Alt + 8240 | ||
′ | Prime | Alt + 8242 |
″ | Double prime | Alt + 8243 |
℅ | Care of | Alt + 8453 |
№ | Numero Symbol | Alt + 8470 |
™ | Trademark Symbol | Alt + 0153 |
Alt + 8482 | ||
Ω | Ohm Symbol | Alt + 8486 |
⌂ | House | Alt + 127 |
Alt + 8962 |
+Shaded Shapes and Symbols
Symbol | Name of Character | Alt Code |
▀ | Upper half block symbol | Alt + 223 |
Alt + 9600 | ||
▄ | Lower half block symbol | Alt + 220 |
Alt + 9604 | ||
█ | Full block symbol | Alt + 219 |
Alt + 9608 | ||
▌ | Left half block symbol | Alt + 221 |
Alt + 9612 | ||
▐ | Right half block symbol | Alt + 222 |
Alt + 9616 | ||
░ | Light shade symbol | Alt + 176 |
Alt + 9617 | ||
▒ | Medium shade symbol | Alt + 177 |
Alt + 9618 | ||
▓ | Dark shade symbol | Alt + 178 |
Alt + 9619 | ||
■ | Black square symbol | Alt + 254 |
Alt + 9632 | ||
□ | White square symbol | Alt + 9633 |
▪ | Black small square symbol | Alt + 9642 |
▫ | White small square symbol | Alt + 9643 |
▬ | Black rectangle symbol | Alt + 22 |
Alt + 9644 | ||
▲ | Black up-pointing triangle symbol | Alt + 30 |
Alt + 9650 | ||
► | Black right-pointing pointer symbol | Alt + 16 |
Alt + 9658 | ||
▼ | Black down-pointing triangle symbol | Alt + 31 |
Alt + 9660 | ||
◄ | Black left-pointing pointe symbolr | Alt + 17 |
Alt + 9668 | ||
◊ | Lozenge symbol | Alt + 9674 |
○ | White circle symbol | Alt + 9 |
Alt + 9675 | ||
● | Black circle symbol | Alt + 9679 |
◘ | Inverse bullet symbol | Alt + 8 |
Alt + 9688 | ||
◙ | Inverse white circle symbol | Alt + 10 |
Alt + 9689 | ||
◦ | White bullet symbol | Alt + 9702 |
+Dingbats - Printer Characters and symbols
Symbol | Name of the Symbol | Alt Code for the Symbol |
☺ | White smiling face symbol | Alt + 1 |
Alt + 9786 | ||
☻ | Black smiling face symbol | Alt + 2 |
Alt + 214 | ||
Alt + 9787 | ||
☼ | White sun-rays symbol | Alt + 15 |
Alt + 9788 | ||
♀ | Female Symbol | Alt + 12 |
Alt + 9792 | ||
♂ | Male Symbol | Alt + 11 |
Alt + 9794 | ||
♠ | Spade suit symbol | Alt + 6 |
Alt + 9824 | ||
♣ | Club suit symbol | Alt + 5 |
Alt + 9827 | ||
♥ | Heart suit symbol | Alt + 3 |
Alt + 9829 | ||
♦ | Diamond suit symbol | Alt + 4 |
Alt + 9830 | ||
♪ | Eighth note symbol | Alt + 13 |
Alt + 9834 | ||
♫ | Beamed eighth notes symbol | Alt + 14 |
Alt + 9835 |
+Mathematical symbols and Characters
Symbol | Name of the Symbol | Alt Code for the Symbol |
× | Multiplication Symbol | Alt + 0215 |
÷ | Division Symbol | Alt + 246 |
Alt + 0247 | ||
− | Subtract or Minus Symbol | Alt + 8722 |
± | Plus or minus Symbol | Alt + 241 |
Alt + 0177 | ||
π | Greek lowercase letter pi symbol | |
⁄ | Fornt Slash or Fraction slash symbol | Alt + 8260 |
ⁿ ² |
Super script lowercase
n Super script 2 |
Alt + 252 Alt + 8319 |
Alt + 253 | ||
℮ | Estimated symbol | Alt + 8494 |
∂ | Partial differential symbol | Alt + 8706 |
∆ | Increment symbol | Alt + 8710 |
∏ | N-ary product symbol | Alt + 8719 |
∑ | N-ary summation symbol | Alt + 8721 |
∕ | Division slash symbol | Alt + 8725 |
∙ | Bullet operator symbol | Alt + 250 |
Alt + 8729 | ||
√ | Square root symbol | Alt + 251 |
Alt + 8730 | ||
∞ | Infinity symbol | Alt + 236 |
Alt + 8734 | ||
∟ | Right angle symbol | Alt + 28 |
Alt + 8735 | ||
∩ | Intersection symbol | Alt + 239 |
Alt + 8745 | ||
∫ | Integral symbol | Alt + 8747 |
⌠ | Top half integral symbol | Alt + 244 |
Alt + 8992 | ||
⌡ | Bottom half integral symbol | Alt + 245 |
Alt + 8993 | ||
≈ | Almost equal to symbol | Alt + 247 |
Alt + 8776 | ||
≠ | Not equal to symbol | Alt + 8800 |
≡ | Identical to symbol | Alt + 240 |
Alt + 8801 | ||
≤ | Less than or equal to symboll | Alt + 243 |
Alt + 8804 | ||
≥ | Greater than or equal to symbol | Alt + 242 |
Alt + 8805 |
+Arrow symbols and Representations
Symbol | Name of the Symbol | Alt Code for the Symbol |
¦ | Broken vertical bar symbol | Alt + 0166 |
º | Degree Symbol | Alt + 248 |
Alt + 0176 | ||
¶ | Paragraph Symbol | Alt + 20 |
Alt + 0182 | ||
· | Middle dot | Alt + 249 |
Alt + 0183 | ||
• | Bullet symbol | Alt + 7 |
Alt + 8226 | ||
← | Leftwards arrow symbol | Alt + 27 |
Alt + 8592 | ||
↑ | Upward arrow symbol | Alt + 24 |
Alt + 8593 | ||
→ | Rightward arrow symbol | Alt + 26 |
Alt + 8594 | ||
↓ | Downward arrow symbol | Alt + 25 |
Alt + 8595 | ||
↔ | Left and right arrow symbol | Alt + 29 |
Alt + 8596 | ||
↕ | Up and down arrow symbol | Alt + 18 |
Alt + 23 | ||
Alt + 8597 |