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 |