Have you ever wondered how to write the Celsius degree symbol ° or how you can write these accents above vowels like é, è, ê, etc? Do I spell it naïve or naive? Both can be used (see Merriam Webster) but it seems the “naive” is used most of the time. Maybe because the ï is nowhere to be found on the keyboard. You can use the Windows ALT codes below to write all these special characters and more.
Three digit Alt codes
These alt codes are different in that they only require to key in the code as shown.
e.g. ALT + 3 gives ♥ (no need to type zeros).
How to use the 3 digit codes
With the cursor at the position where you want to insert the special character press ALT and type the code on the numeric key pad.
Example: for ♥ you press: ALT + 3
There are some things to note:
- Num Lock must be turned on. Activate by pressing the NUM LOCK key. A light will indicate that it is on. Without activated Num lock you may e.g. cause your browser to go to the previous page.
- this works only with the numeric key pad. If you have a laptop you can try to copy paste the symbols from this page
- works only with the left ALT key when you have the international keyboard activated
Symbol | Code | Symbol | Code |
☺ | 1 | ü | 129 |
☻ | 2 | é | 130 |
♥ | 3 | â | 131 |
♦ | 4 | ä | 132 |
♣ | 5 | à | 133 |
♠ | 6 | å | 134 |
• | 7 | ç | 135 |
◘ | 8 | ê | 136 |
○ | 9 | ë | 137 |
◙ | 10 | è | 138 |
♂ | 11 | ï | 139 |
♀ | 12 | î | 140 |
♪ | 13 | ì | 141 |
♫ | 14 | Ä | 142 |
☼ | 15 | Å | 143 |
► | 16 | É | 144 |
◄ | 17 | æ | 145 |
↕ | 18 | Æ | 146 |
‼ | 19 | ô | 147 |
¶ | 20 | ö | 148 |
§ | 21 | ò | 149 |
▬ | 22 | û | 150 |
↨ | 23 | ù | 151 |
↑ | 24 | ÿ | 152 |
↓ | 25 | ™ | 153 |
→ | 26 | Ü | 154 |
← | 27 | ¢ | 155 |
∟ | 28 | £ | 156 |
↔ | 29 | ¥ | 157 |
▲ | 30 | ₧ | 158 |
▼ | 31 | ƒ | 159 |
32 | á | 160 | |
! | 33 | í | 161 |
“ | 34 | ó | 162 |
# | 35 | ú | 163 |
$ | 36 | ñ | 164 |
% | 37 | Ñ | 165 |
& | 38 | ª | 166 |
‘ | 39 | º | 167 |
( | 40 | ¿ | 168 |
) | 41 | ⌐ | 169 |
* | 42 | ¬ | 170 |
+ | 43 | ½ | 171 |
, | 44 | ¼ | 172 |
– | 45 | ¡ | 173 |
. | 46 | « | 174 |
/ | 47 | » | 175 |
0 | 48 | ░ | 176 |
1 | 49 | ▒ | 177 |
2 | 50 | ▓ | 178 |
3 | 51 | │ | 179 |
4 | 52 | ┤ | 180 |
5 | 53 | ╡ | 181 |
6 | 54 | ╢ | 182 |
7 | 55 | ╖ | 183 |
8 | 56 | ╕ | 184 |
9 | 57 | ╣ | 185 |
: | 58 | ║ | 186 |
; | 59 | ╗ | 187 |
< | 60 | ╝ | 188 |
= | 61 | ╜ | 189 |
> | 62 | ╛ | 190 |
? | 63 | ┐ | 191 |
@ | 64 | └ | 192 |
A | 65 | ┴ | 193 |
B | 66 | ┬ | 194 |
C | 67 | ├ | 195 |
D | 68 | ─ | 196 |
E | 69 | ┼ | 197 |
F | 70 | ╞ | 198 |
G | 71 | ╟ | 199 |
H | 72 | ╚ | 200 |
I | 73 | ╔ | 201 |
J | 74 | ╩ | 202 |
K | 75 | ╦ | 203 |
L | 76 | ╠ | 204 |
M | 77 | ═ | 205 |
N | 78 | ╬ | 206 |
O | 79 | ╧ | 207 |
P | 80 | ╨ | 208 |
Q | 81 | ╤ | 209 |
R | 82 | ╥ | 210 |
S | 83 | ╙ | 211 |
T | 84 | ╘ | 212 |
U | 85 | ╒ | 213 |
V | 86 | ╓ | 214 |
W | 87 | ╫ | 215 |
X | 88 | ╪ | 216 |
Y | 89 | ┘ | 217 |
Z | 90 | ┌ | 218 |
[ | 91 | █ | 219 |
\ | 92 | ▄ | 220 |
] | 93 | ▌ | 221 |
^ | 94 | ▐ | 222 |
_ | 95 | ▀ | 223 |
` | 96 | α | 224 |
a | 97 | ß | 225 |
b | 98 | Γ | 226 |
c | 99 | π | 227 |
d | 100 | Σ | 228 |
e | 101 | σ | 229 |
f | 102 | µ | 230 |
g | 103 | τ | 231 |
h | 104 | Φ | 232 |
i | 105 | Θ | 233 |
j | 106 | Ω | 234 |
k | 107 | δ | 235 |
l | 108 | ∞ | 236 |
m | 109 | ë | 237 |
n | 110 | ε | 238 |
o | 111 | ∩ | 239 |
p | 112 | ≡ | 240 |
q | 113 | ± | 241 |
r | 114 | ≥ | 242 |
s | 115 | ≤ | 243 |
t | 116 | ⌠ | 244 |
u | 117 | ⌡ | 245 |
v | 118 | ÷ | 246 |
w | 119 | ≈ | 247 |
x | 120 | ° | 248 |
y | 121 | ∙ | 249 |
z | 122 | • | 250 |
{ | 123 | √ | 251 |
| | 124 | ⁿ | 252 |
} | 125 | ² | 253 |
~ | 126 | ■ | 254 |
⌂ | 127 | 255 | |
Ç | 128 |
Four digit Alt codes
How to use the four digit Alt codes
With the cursor at the position where you want to insert the special character press ALT and type the code on the numeric key pad.
Example: for ® you press: ALT + 0174
There are some things to note:
- Num Lock must be turned on. Activate by pressing the NUM LOCK key. A light will indicate that it is on. Without activated Num lock you may e.g. cause your browser to go to the previous page.
- this works only with the numeric key pad. If you have a laptop you can try to copy paste the symbols from this page
- works only with the left ALT key when you have the international keyboard activated
- you need to include all numbers of the code. If there is a zero then you have to type it
Letters
A based
Capital | Code | Small | Code |
À | 0192 | à | 0224 |
Á | 0193 | á | 0225 |
 | 0194 | â | 0226 |
à | 0195 | ã | 0227 |
Ä | 0196 | ä | 0228 |
Å | 0197 | å | 0229 |
Æ | 0198 | æ | 0230 |
E based
Capital | Code | Small | Code |
È | 0200 | è | 0232 |
É | 0201 | é | 0233 |
Ê | 0202 | ê | 0234 |
Ë | 0203 | ë | 0235 |
I based
Capital | Code | Small | Code |
Ì | 0204 | ì | 0236 |
Í | 0205 | í | 0237 |
Î | 0206 | î | 0238 |
Ï | 0207 | ï | 0239 |
O based
Capital | Code | Small | Code |
Ò | 0210 | ò | 0242 |
Ó | 0211 | ó | 0243 |
Ô | 0212 | ô | 0244 |
Õ | 0213 | õ | 0245 |
Ö | 0214 | ö | 0246 |
Ø | 0216 | ø | 0248 |
U based
Capital | Code | Small | Code |
Ù | 0217 | ù | 0249 |
Ú | 0218 | ú | 0250 |
Û | 0219 | û | 0251 |
Ü | 0220 | ü | 0252 |
other letters
Capital | Code | Small | Code |
Ç | 0199 | ç | 0231 |
Œ | 0140 | œ | 0156 |
Ð | 0208 | ð | 0240 |
Ñ | 0209 | ñ | 0241 |
Þ | 0222 | þ | 0254 |
ß | 0223 | ||
Š | 0138 | š | 0154 |
Ý | 0221 | ý | 0253 |
Ÿ | 0159 | ÿ | 0255 |
Ž | 0142 | ž | 0158 |
Currency
Symbol | Description | Code |
¢ | cent | 0162 |
€ | Euro | 0128 |
ƒ | Florin | 0131 |
£ | Pound | 0163 |
¥ | Yen | 0165 |
Math Symbols
Symbol | Code |
¼ | 0188 |
½ | 0189 |
¾ | 0190 |
‰ | 0137 |
÷ | 0247 |
± | 0177 |
Punctuation
Symbol | Code |
¡ | 0161 |
¿ | 0191 |
« | 0171 |
» | 0187 |
‹ | 0139 |
› | 0155 |
¤ | 0164 |
° | 0176 |
© | 0169 |
® | 0174 |
™ | 0153 |
• | 0149 |
– | 0150 |
— | 0151 |
¬ | 0172 |
† | 0134 |
‡ | 0135 |
§ | 0167 |
¶ | 0182 |