Keyboard Symbols Shortcuts Cheatsheet

A computer keyboard has all the letters, numbers, and a few symbols. Here are the additional characters that require keyboard symbols shortcuts.

These special keyboard symbols include current and punctuation marks. This guide shows how to access additional symbols using keyboard symbols shortcuts.

For the names of the keyboard symbols see What are the keyboard symbols names?

Modifier keys for Windows and Mac

Windows and Mac keyboards have special keys used as modifiers. The typical modifier keys are alt or option, command, control, function, and shift.

Windows uses abbreviations, like Cmd and Ctrl for the modifier keys. Mac uses symbols for the modifier keys.

For example, to copy and paste:

• for Windows, the shortcut to copy is Ctrl + C and paste is Ctrl + V.
• for Mac, the shortcut to copy is ⌘ + C and paste is ⌘ + V.

The Mac’s command key or ⌘ was first introduced in 1980. There are many shortcuts with ⌘ on Mac.

For Windows, the control key or Ctrl, is the equivalent modifier as the ⌘ on Mac.

Here are the modifier keys for both Windows and Mac:

Key	Mac	Windows
Alt or Option	⌥	Alt
Caps Lock	Caps Lock	Caps Lock
Command	⌘	Cmd
Control	⌃	Ctrl
Delete, Backspace	Delete	Backspace
Escape, Cancel	Esc	Esc
Enter, Return	⏎	Enter
Function	fn	Fn
Shift	⇧	Shift
Tab	Tab	Tab

One popular use of the modifier keys is in Excel spreadsheets.

See the Excel Shortcuts for Windows and Mac.

Mac keyboard symbols shortcuts

This section shows the Mac keyboard symbols shortcuts sorted by modifier key: shift, option, and option + shift.

Mac keyboard symbols shortcuts using shift

The following symbols use shortcuts with the shift key.

Symbol	Name	Mac Shortcut
!	exclamation, exclamation point, bang	Shift + 1
@	at, at sign, at symbol	Shift + 2
#	pound, hash, number	Shift + 3
$	dollar sign, currency	Shift + 4
%	percent, parts per 100	Shift + 5
^	carat, hat, circumflex, exponent	Shift + 6
&	and, ampersand	Shift + 7
*	asterisk	Shift + 8
(	open bracket, open parenthesis	Shift + 9
)	left parenthesis	Shift + 0
~	tilde	Shift + `
_	underscore	Shift + –
+	plus sign, addition	Shift + =
{	open brace, open curly bracket	Shift + [
}	close brace, close curly bracket	Shift + ]
|	pipe, vertical pipe	Shift + \
:	colon	Shift + ;
“	double quote, quotation mark	Shift + ‘
<	open angle brackets, less than	Shift + ,
>	close angle brackets, greater than	Shift + .
?	question mark	Shift + /
A-Z	capital letters	Shift + a-z

Mac keyboard symbols shortcuts using option

The following symbols use shortcuts with the option key.

Symbol	Name	Mac Shortcut
¡	inverted exclamation mark	Option + 1
™	trademark	Option + 2
£	British pound, pound sterling	Option + 3
¢	cent	Option + 4
∞	infinity	Option + 5
§	section, silcrow	Option + 6
¶	paragraph, pilcrow	Option + 7
•	bullet	Option + 8
ª	feminine ordinal indicator	Option + 9
º	masculine ordinal indicator	Option + 0
–	en dash	Option + –
≠	not equal, inequality	Option + =
“	curly double quotes, smart double quotes	Option + [
‘	curly single quotes, smart single quotes	Option + ]
«	guillemet, angle quotes	Option + \
…	ellipsis	Option + ;
≤	less than or equal to	Option + ,
≥	greater than or equal to	Option + .
÷	division	Option + /
å	a with a ring above	Option + a
∫	integral	Option + b
ç	c with cedilla	Option + c
∂	partial differntial	Option + d
´	acute accent	Option + e
ƒ	f with hook, Dutch florin	Option + f
©	copyright	Option + g
˙	dot above	Option + h
ˆ	circumflex accent	Option + i
∆	upper case delta, change	Option + j
˚	ring, ring above	Option + k
¬	not sign, negation	Option + l
µ	lower case mu, mean, micro	Option + m
˜	small tilde	Option + n
ø	o with slash	Option + o
π	lower case pi	Option + p
œ	ethel, ligature oe	Option + q
®	registered trademark	Option + r
ß	sharp s, eszett	Option + s
†	dagger, cross	Option + t
¨	diaeresis	Option + u
√	square root, radical	Option + v
∑	upper case sigma, summation	Option + w
≈	almost equal to, approximately	Option + x
¥	Japanese yen, Chinese yuan	Option + y
Ω	upper case omega	Option + z

Mac keyboard symbols shortcuts using option + shift

The following symbols use shortcuts with the option + shift keys.

Symbol	Name	Mac Shortcut
⁄	fraction slash	Option + Shift + 1
€	euro	Option + Shift + 2
‹	single left angle quote	Option + Shift + 3
›	single right angle quote	Option + Shift + 4
fi	small ligature fi	Option + Shift + 5
fl	small ligature fl	Option + Shift + 6
‡	double dagger, double cross	Option + Shift + 7
°	degree sign	Option + Shift + 8
·	middle dot	Option + Shift + 9
‚	single low quote	Option + Shift + 0
—	em dash	Option + Shift + –
±	plus or minus sign	Option + Shift + =
”	right double quote	Option + Shift + [
’	right single quote	Option + Shift + ]
»	double right angle quote	Option + Shift + \
Ú	u with acute	Option + Shift + ;
Æ	capital letter AE	Option + Shift + ‘
¯	macron	Option + Shift + ,
˘	breve	Option + Shift + .
¿	inverted question mark	Option + Shift + /
Å	capital a with ring above	Option + Shift + a
I	lower case dotless i	Option + Shift + b
Ç	capital c with cedilla	Option + Shift + c
Î	capital i with circumflex	Option + Shift + d
´	acute accent	Option + Shift + e
Ï	capital i with diaeresis	Option + Shift + f
˝	double acute accent	Option + Shift + g
Ó	capital o with acute	Option + Shift + h
ˆ	circumflex accent	Option + Shift + i
Ô	capital o with circumflex	Option + Shift + j
	Apple symbol	Option + Shift + k
Ò	capital o with grave	Option + Shift + l
Â	capital a with circumflex	Option + Shift + m
˜	small tilde	Option + Shift + n
Ø	capital o with stroke	Option + Shift + o
∏	upper case pi	Option + Shift + p
Œ	capital ligature OE	Option + Shift + q
‰	per mille sign, parts per 1000	Option + Shift + r
Í	capital i with acute	Option + Shift + s
ˇ	caron	Option + Shift + t
¨	diaeresis	Option + Shift + u
◊	lozenge	Option + Shift + v
„	double low quote	Option + Shift + w
˛	ogonek	Option + Shift + x
Á	capital a with acute	Option + Shift + y
¸	cedilla	Option + Shift + z

Windows keyboard symbols shortcuts

This table shows special symbol names using Windows shortcuts.

Symbol	Name	Windows Shortcut
£	British pound, pound sterling	Alt + 0163
$	U.S. dollar, currency	Shift + 4
¢	cent	Alt + 0162
€	euro	Alt + Ctrl + E
¥	Japanese yen, Chinese yuan	Alt + 0165
∞	infinity	Alt+236
§	section, silcrow	Alt + 0167
¶	paragraph, pilcrow	Alt + 0182
™	trademark	Alt + 0153
©	copyright	Alt + 0169
®	registered trademark	Alt + 0174
•	bullet	Alt + 0149
º	degree	Alt + 0176
±	plus or minus	Alt + 177
≠	not equal sign, inequality	Alt + 8800
≈	approximately	Alt + 247
∑	upper case sigma, summation	Alt + 931
π	lower case pi	Alt + 960
∏	upper case pi	Alt + 227
√	square root, radical	Alt + 251
%	percent, parts per 100	Shift + 5
‰	per mille, parts per 1000	Alt + 0137
÷	division	Alt + 247
≤	less than or equal to	Alt + 243
≥	greater than or equal to	Alt + 8805
†	dagger, cross	Alt + 0134
‡	double dagger, double cross	Alt + 0135
…	ellipsis	Alt + 0133
–	en dash	Alt + 0150
—	em dash	Alt + 0151
∆	upper case delta, change	Alt + 30
Ω	upper case omega	Alt + 234
µ	lower case mu, mean, micro	Alt + 230

For the names of the keyboard symbols see What are the keyboard symbols names?