Alt Code Shortcuts for Question Mark Symbols

You can type the question mark symbol ? by pressing “Shift + /” keys on the standard keyboard layout. However, there are different types of question mark symbols available like upside down question mark. You can use alt key in Windows PC and option key in MacBook to insert these special question mark symbols.

Alt Code Shortcuts for Question Mark Symbols

Here is a list of shortcuts for question mark symbols that you can type in Windows and Mac using keyboard.

Insert Question Mark Symbols in Windows PC

On Windows PC, first turn on number lock key. Then, press one of the alt keys on either side of the space bar and type the decimal code using number pad. For example, alt + 8263 will produce double question mark symbol like ⁇.

If you don’t have a keyboard with separate number pad there is an alternate option for typing question marks in Word documents. Type the hexadecimal code given under “Mac Shortcut” column of the above table. Then, press alt + x keys to toggle the code into a symbol. For example, 2E2E + alt + x will produce the reversed question mark symbol like ⸮.

Insert Question Mark Symbols in MacBook

On MacBook, you can use option code shortcuts to insert question mark symbols. However, you first need to change the input method to Unicode Hex Input for this to work. After changing the input method, press option key and type the hexadecimal code to make the symbol. For example, option + 2048 will make question exclamation mark like ⁈.

Insert Question Marks in Web Documents

You can also insert question mark symbols on HTML and CSS web documents.

• Use decimal code in ≟ format with any HTML tag. Alternatively, you can use hexadecimal code like ≟ inside a HTML tag.
• On CSS, use the hexadecimal code in the format \225F; to insert symbols.

Question Mark Emoji

Unicode emoji has three question mark symbols with the following code point.

• U+2049 – Exclamation question mark ⁉
• U+2753 – Question mark ❓
• U+2754 – White question mark ❔

We have already included these question mark emoji also in the above shortcuts table, though the names are different. In addition to using keyboard shortcuts, you can also insert emoji using the below methods.

Insert Question Mark Emoji

If you want to insert question mark emoji on Windows PC, press “Win Logo + ;” shortcuts keys. This will open the emoji keyboard pop-up. Type “question” on the cursor place to filter the result and insert symbol on your document. This works on Windows 10 and you can insert question mark emoji on all documents, chat conversation and presentations.

On MacBook, press “Control + Command + Space” shortcut keys to open Character Viewer app. This is similar to Windows emoji keyboard. You can search for “question” and insert question mark emoji from Character Viewer app.

Question Mark Symbols Shortcuts Reference

Below is an image for all question marks, which you can use for offline reference.