How to Type Prime Symbols with Keyboard?

Prime symbols are units of measurements used to measure length and angle in mathematics. However, many people use prime symbols as punctuation symbols instead of apostrophe and quotation marks which is incorrect. Though there are no keys available to type prime symbols, you can type different prime symbols using alt code shortcuts in Windows and Mac.

Alt Codes for Prime Symbols

Below are the keyboard shortcuts for typing prime symbols in Windows and Mac.

Symbol	Name	Windows Code	Mac Code
′	Prime	Alt + 8242	2032 Alt + X
ʹ	Modifier Letter Prime	Alt + 697	02B9 Alt + X
″	Double Prime	Alt + 8243	2033 Alt + X
ʺ	Modifier Letter Double Prime	Alt + 698	02BA Alt + X
〞	Double Prime Quotation Mark	Alt + 12318	301E Alt + X
‴	Triple Prime	Alt + 8244	2034 Alt + X
‵	Reversed Prime	Alt + 8245	2035 Alt + X
‶	Reversed Double Prime	Alt + 8246	2036 Alt + X
〝	Reversed Double Prime Quotation Mark	Alt + 12317	301D Alt + X
‷	Reversed Triple Prime	Alt + 8247	2037 Alt + X
⁗	Quadruple Prime	Alt + 8279	2057 Alt + X
〟	Low Double Prime Quotation Mark	Alt + 12319	301F Alt + X

How to Type Prime Symbols?

Prime as Unit of Measurements

There are two different ways of using prime symbols in units. One is to measure length and other is to measure angle.

Prime Symbol	Length	Angle
Single prime	Feet	Arcminutes (1/60 of degree)
Double prime	Inches	Arcseconds (1/60 of arcminute)
Trippe prime	Ligne	Thirds (1/60 of arcsecond)
Quadruple prime		Fourths (1/60 of third of arc)

Sometime, single prime ′ is used to indicate minutes and double prime ″ is used to indicate seconds.

HTML Code Example

Below are the examples of using the symbols in HTML paragraph and span elements.

<span>&prime;</span>
<span>&Prime;</span>
<p>&#8244;</p>
<p>&#x2057;</p>

CSS Code Example

Below is the code example to use the symbols in CSS.

li:before {
	content:\301F;
	font-family:Arial;
}