Alt code shortcuts are popular in Windows PC to insert special characters and Unicode symbols. Many users do not know that they can also use alt code shortcuts in Apple’s MacBook and iMac computers. The default Apple keyboard also has two alt keys on the keyboard layout. They are named as “Option” on the keys with the small name “alt” on it. These alt keys are one of the hidden gems in Apple keyboard less used by most of the Mac users. In this article, we will provide a complete list alt code shortcuts for Mac to insert symbols.
You can use the option key to insert special symbols like trademark, copyright and currencies. These alt code Mac shortcuts will work on all default text editing apps like Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Notes, TextEdit or when typing emails.
Alt Code Shortcuts for Mac
You can use the default English keyboard layout (ABC) when using alt key with other modifier keys like Shift or letter keys. However, you should change the input source to Unicode Hex Input in order to use the four digit hexadecimal Unicode points.
Below is the complete list of keyboard shortcuts for inserting symbols using option or alt key in macOS. Use the search box for typing the symbol name to quickly filter the results. For example, type “cross” to filter all cross mark symbols. We have also grouped the shortcuts under different categories and you can sort the “Category” column to find relevant shortcuts easily.
- Accent – accented language characters like Ä, ë and Ǖ.
- Arrows – all arrow symbols like ➘, ➜ and ➵.
- Check – check mark symbols in Mac like ☑ and ✔.
- Cross – cross symbols like ✖ and ☒.
- Currency – all currency symbols like €, $ and £.
- Hearts – different hearts symbols like ❤ and ♥.
- Letters – default keyboard uppercase and lowercase letters.
- Math – mathematical symbols, fractions and operators like ≤, ≥ and ≠.
- Music – music symbols like ♫ and ♯.
- Numbers – default and circled numbers like ❶ and ➉.
- Punctuation – typography marks like ¶ and ¿.
- Sports – sports and activities related symbols like ♧ and ♞.
- Stars – star and asterisk symbols like ✨, ✰ and ✪.
- Symbol – special and letter like symbols like ©, ™ and ✐.
- Weather – nature related symbols like ❄, ☃ and ☂.
- Zodiac – astrology symbols like ♌ and ♏.
Mac Alt Code | Symbol | Description | Category |
---|---|---|---|
Option + Shift + k | | Apple Logo Symbol | Symbol |
Option + z | Ω | Ohm or Omega | Math |
Option + p | π | Greek Lowercase Pi | Math |
Option + m | µ | Micron or Micro Sign | Math |
Option + Shift + ; | Ú | Latin Uppercase U with Acute | Accent |
Option + 2 | ™ | Trademark | Symbol |
Option + s | ß | Latin Lowercase Sharp S | Letters |
Option + Shift + q | Œ | Latin Uppercase Ligature OE | Letters |
Option + q | œ | Latin Lowercase Ligature OE | Letters |
Option + Shift + o | Ø | Latin Uppercase O with Stroke | Letters |
Option + o | ø | Latin Lowercase O with Stroke | Letters |
Option + Shift + j | Ô | Latin Uppercase O with Circumflex | Accent |
Option + Shift + l | Ò | Latin Uppercase O with Grave | Accent |
Option + Shift + h | Ó | Latin Uppercase O with Acute | Accent |
Option + 0 | º | Masculine Ordinal Indicator | Math |
Option + Shift + b | ı | Latin Lowercase Dotless I | Letters |
Option + Shift + f | Ï | Latin Uppercase I with Diaeresis | Accent |
Option + Shift + d | Î | Latin Uppercase I with Circumflex | Accent |
Option + Shift + s | Í | Latin Uppercase I with Acute | Accent |
Option + f | ƒ | Latin Lowercase f with Hook or Florin | Letters |
Option + Shift + 6 | fl | Latin Lowercase Ligature FL | Letters |
Option + Shift + 5 | fi | Latin Lowercase Ligature FI | Letters |
Option + Shift + c | Ç | Latin Uppercase C with Cedilla | Accent |
Option + c | ç | Latin Lowercase C with Cedilla | Accent |
Option + Shift + ‘ | Æ | Latin Uppercase Æ | Letters |
Option + ‘ | æ | Latin Lowercase æ | Letters |
Option + Shift + a | Å | Latin Uppercase A with Ring Above | Accent |
Option + a | å | Latin Lowercase A with Ring Above | Accent |
Option + Shift + m | Â | Latin Uppercase A with Circumflex | Accent |
Option + Shift + y | Á | Latin Uppercase A with Acute | Accent |
Option + 9 | ª | Feminine Ordinal Indicator | Math |
Option + Shift + 2 | € | Euro Symbol | Currency |
Option + y | ¥ | Japanese Yen Symbol | Currency |
Option + 3 | £ | Pound Sterling Symbol | Currency |
Option + 4 | ¢ | Cent Symbol | Currency |
Option + Shift + v | ◊ | Diamond or Lozenge | Math |
Option + . | ≥ | Greater than or Equal to | Math |
Option + , | ≤ | Lesser than or Equal to | Math |
Option + x | ≈ | Approximate or Almost Equal to | Math |
Option + b | ∫ | Integral Symbol | Math |
Option + 5 | ∞ | Infinity | Math |
Option + v | √ | Square Root Math Symbol | Math |
Option + Shift + 1 | ⁄ | Slash or Forward Slash or Right Slash | Punctuation |
Option + l | ¬ | Not Sign | Math |
Option + = | ≠ | Not Equal to | Math |
Option + / | ÷ | Divided by or Division Sign | Math |
Option + Shift + = | ± | Plus or Minus | Math |
Option + w | ∑ | Sigma or Sum or N-ary Summation | Math |
Option + Shift + p | ∏ | N-ary product Symbol | Math |
Option + j | ∆ | Triangle or Increment | Math |
Option + d | ∂ | Partial Differential | Math |
Option + r | ® | Registered | Symbol |
Option + g | © | Copyright | Symbol |
Option + Shift + 8 | ° | Degree | Math |
Option + Shift + t | ˇ | Caron or háček or Inverted Circumflex | Accent |
Option + Shift + i | ˆ | Circumflex | Accent |
Option + i | ˆ | Circumflex | Accent |
Option + Shift + x | ˛ | Ogonek | Accent |
Option + Shift + z | ¸ | Cedilla | Accent |
Option + Shift + g | ˝ | Double Acute Accent | Accent |
Option + k | ˚ | Ring Above | Accent |
Option + u | ¨ | Diaeresis | Accent |
Option + Shift + u | ¨ | Diaeresis | Accent |
Option + h | ˙ | Superscript Dot or Dot Above | Accent |
Option + Shift + . | ˘ | Breve | Accent |
Option + Shift + , | ¯ | Macron | Accent |
Option + Shift + n | ˜ | Lowercase Tilde | Accent |
Option + n | ˜ | Lowercase Tilde | Accent |
Option + Shift + e | ´ | Acute Accent | Accent |
Option + e | ´ | Acute Accent | Accent |
Option + 8 | • | Bullet | Punctuation |
Option + Shift + 7 | ‡ | Double Dagger | Cross |
Option + t | † | Dagger or Plus or Cross | Cross |
Option + Shift + r | ‰ | Per Mille Sign | Math |
Option + 7 | ¶ | Paragraph or Pilcrow sign | Punctuation |
Option + 6 | § | Section Sign | Punctuation |
Option + Shift + \ | » | Double Right Angle Quotation Mark | Punctuation |
Option + \ | « | Double Left Angle Quotation Mark | Punctuation |
Option + Shift + w | „ | Double Quote (European) | Punctuation |
Option + Shift + [ | ” | Right Double Quote | Punctuation |
Option + [ | “ | Left Double Quote | Punctuation |
Option + Shift + 4 | › | Single Right Angle Quotation Mark | Punctuation |
Option + Shift + 3 | ‹ | Single Left Angle Quotation Mark | Punctuation |
Option + Shift + 0 | ‚ | Comma | Punctuation |
Option + Shift + ] | ’ | Right Single Quote | Punctuation |
Option + ] | ‘ | Apostrophe or Left Single Quote | Punctuation |
Option + Shift + 9 | · | Dot Center | Punctuation |
Option + ; | … | Horizontal Ellipsis | Punctuation |
Option + Shift + / | ¿ | Inverted Question Mark | Punctuation |
Option + 1 | ¡ | Inverted Exclamation Mark | Punctuation |
Option + Shift + - | — | Em Dash | Punctuation |
Option + - | – | En Dash | Punctuation |
Option + 001E | ‑ | Hyphen | Punctuation |
Option + 0021 | ! | Exclamation | Punctuation |
Option + 0022 | “ | Double Quote | Punctuation |
Option + 0023 | # | Number Sign | Punctuation |
Option + 0024 | $ | Dollar Sign | Currency |
Option + 0025 | % | Percentage | Punctuation |
Option + 0026 | & | Ampersand | Punctuation |
Option + 0027 | ‘ | Single Quote | Punctuation |
Option + 0028 | ( | Left Parenthesis | Punctuation |
Option + 0029 | ) | Right Parenthesis | Punctuation |
Option + 002A | * | Asterisk | Punctuation |
Option + 002B | + | Plus Sign | Math |
Option + 002C | , | Comma | Punctuation |
Option + 002D | - | Minus | Math |
Option + 002E | . | Full stop | Punctuation |
Option + 002F | / | Right Slash | Punctuation |
Option + 0030 | 0 | Number Zero | Numbers |
Option + 0031 | 1 | Number One | Numbers |
Option + 0032 | 2 | Number Two | Numbers |
Option + 0033 | 3 | Number Three | Numbers |
Option + 0034 | 4 | Number Four | Numbers |
Option + 0035 | 5 | Number Five | Numbers |
Option + 0036 | 6 | Number Six | Numbers |
Option + 0037 | 7 | Number Seven | Numbers |
Option + 0038 | 8 | Number Eight | Numbers |
Option + 0039 | 9 | Number Nine | Numbers |
Option + 003A | : | Colon | Punctuation |
Option + 003B | ; | Semicolon | Punctuation |
Option + 003C | < | Less than | Math |
Option + 003D | = | Is Equal to | Math |
Option + 003E | > | Greater than | Math |
Option + 003F | ? | Question Mark | Punctuation |
Option + 0040 | @ | At the Rate | Symbol |
Option + 0041 | A | Uppercase A | Letters |
Option + 0042 | B | Uppercase B | Letters |
Option + 0043 | C | Uppercase C | Letters |
Option + 0044 | D | Uppercase D | Letters |
Option + 0045 | E | Uppercase E | Letters |
Option + 0046 | F | Uppercase F | Letters |
Option + 0047 | G | Uppercase G | Letters |
Option + 0048 | H | Uppercase H | Letters |
Option + 0049 | I | Uppercase I | Letters |
Option + 004A | J | Uppercase J | Letters |
Option + 004B | K | Uppercase K | Letters |
Option + 004C | L | Uppercase L | Letters |
Option + 004D | M | Uppercase M | Letters |
Option + 004E | N | Uppercase N | Letters |
Option + 004F | O | Uppercase O | Letters |
Option + 0050 | P | Uppercase P | Letters |
Option + 0051 | Q | Uppercase Q | Letters |
Option + 0052 | R | Uppercase R | Letters |
Option + 0053 | S | Uppercase S | Letters |
Option + 0054 | T | Uppercase T | Letters |
Option + 0055 | U | Uppercase U | Letters |
Option + 0056 | V | Uppercase V | Letters |
Option + 0057 | W | Uppercase W | Letters |
Option + 0058 | X | Uppercase X | Letters |
Option + 0059 | Y | Uppercase Y | Letters |
Option + 005A | Z | Uppercase Z | Letters |
Option + 005B | [ | Left Bracket | Punctuation |
Option + 005C | \ | Left Slash | Punctuation |
Option + 005D | ] | Right Bracket | Punctuation |
Option + 005E | ^ | Cap | Punctuation |
Option + 005F | _ | Underscore | Punctuation |
Option + 0060 | ` | Apostrophe | Punctuation |
Option + 0061 | a | Lowercase a | Letters |
Option + 0062 | b | Lowercase b | Letters |
Option + 0063 | C | Lowercase c | Letters |
Option + 0064 | d | Lowercase d | Letters |
Option + 0065 | E | Lowercase e | Letters |
Option + 0066 | f | Lowercase f | Letters |
Option + 0067 | g | Lowercase g | Letters |
Option + 0068 | h | Lowercase h | Letters |
Option + 0069 | i | Lowercase i | Letters |
Option + 006A | j | Lowercase j | Letters |
Option + 006B | k | Lowercase k | Letters |
Option + 006C | l | Lowercase l | Letters |
Option + 006D | m | Lowercase m | Letters |
Option + 006E | n | Lowercase n | Letters |
Option + 006F | o | Lowercase o | Letters |
Option + 0070 | p | Lowercase p | Letters |
Option + 0071 | q | Lowercase q | Letters |
Option + 0072 | r | Lowercase r | Letters |
Option + 0073 | s | Lowercase s | Letters |
Option + 0074 | t | Lowercase t | Letters |
Option + 0075 | u | Lowercase u | Letters |
Option + 0076 | v | Lowercase v | Letters |
Option + 0077 | w | Lowercase w | Letters |
Option + 0078 | x | Lowercase x | Letters |
Option + 0079 | y | Lowercase y | Letters |
Option + 007A | z | Lowercase z | Letters |
Option + 007B | { | Left Brace or Curly Bracket | Punctuation |
Option + 007C | | | Pipeline | Punctuation |
Option + 007D | } | Right Brace or Curly Bracket | Punctuation |
Option + 007E | ~ | Intermediate or Approximate | Punctuation |
Option + 0080 | € | Euro Currency | Currency |
Option + 0083 | ƒ | Dutch Florin | Currency |
Option + 0085 | … | Three dots continuation | Punctuation |
Option + 0086 | † | Dagger | Cross |
Option + 0087 | ‡ | Double Dagger | Cross |
Option + 0088 | ˆ | Cap Arrow | Symbol |
Option + 0089 | ‰ | Per Mille | Math |
Option + 008A | Š | Uppercase S with Caron | Accent |
Option + 008B | ‹ | Single Angle Quotation Left | Punctuation |
Option + 008C | Œ | Uppercase O-E Ligature | Letters |
Option + 008E | Ž | Uppercase Z with Caron | Accent |
Option + 0095 | • | Big Dot | Punctuation |
Option + 0096 | – | En-dash symbol | Punctuation |
Option + 0097 | — | Em-dash symbol | Punctuation |
Option + 0098 | ˜ | Intermediate | Symbol |
Option + 0099 | ™ | Trademark | Symbol |
Option + 009A | š | Lowercase s with Caron | Accent |
Option + 009B | › | Single Angle Quotation Right | Punctuation |
Option + 009C | œ | Lowercase o-e Ligature | Letters |
Option + 009E | ž | Lowercase z with Caron | Accent |
Option + 009F | Ÿ | Umlaut Y Uppercase | Accent |
Option + 00A1 | ¡ | Down Exclamation Mark | Punctuation |
Option + 00A2 | ¢ | Cent | Currency |
Option + 00A3 | £ | Pound | Currency |
Option + 00A4 | ¤ | General Currency | Currency |
Option + 00A5 | ¥ | Japanese Yen | Currency |
Option + 00A6 | ¦ | Pipeline with Break | Punctuation |
Option + 00A7 | § | Section Symbol | Punctuation |
Option + 00A9 | © | Copyright | Symbol |
Option + 00AA | ª | Feminine Ordinal Number | Math |
Option + 00AB | « | Double Angle Quotation Left | Punctuation |
Option + 00AC | ¬ | Not Symbol | Math |
Option + 00AD | | Hyphen or Dash | Punctuation |
Option + 00AE | ® | Registered | Symbol |
Option + 00AF | ¯ | Upper Dash | Punctuation |
Option + 00B0 | ° | Degree Sign | Math |
Option + 00B1 | ± | Plus or Minus Sign | Math |
Option + 00B2 | ² | Power of Two (Square) | Math |
Option + 00B3 | ³ | Power of Three (Cube) | Math |
Option + 00B5 | µ | Micron | Math |
Option + 00B6 | ¶ | Paragraph | Punctuation |
Option + 00B7 | · | Center Dot | Punctuation |
Option + 00B9 | ¹ | Citation One | Punctuation |
Option + 00BA | º | Masculine Ordinal Number | Math |
Option + 00BB | » | Double Angle Quotation Right | Punctuation |
Option + 00BB | » | Double Greater than Mark | Punctuation |
Option + 00BC | ¼ | One fourth fraction | Math |
Option + 00BD | ½ | One half fraction | Math |
Option + 00BE | ¾ | Three fourth fraction | Math |
Option + 00BF | ¿ | Down Question Mark | Punctuation |
Option + 00C0 | À | Latin Grave A Uppercase | Accent |
Option + 00C1 | Á | Latin Acute A Uppercase | Accent |
Option + 00C2 | Â | Latin Circumflex A Uppercase | Accent |
Option + 00C3 | Ã | Latin Tilde A Uppercase | Accent |
Option + 00C4 | Ä | Latin Umlaut A Uppercase | Accent |
Option + 00C5 | Å | Latin Uppercase A with Ring Above | Accent |
Option + 00C6 | Æ | Latin Uppercase A-E Ligature | Letters |
Option + 00C7 | Ç | Latin Uppercase C Cedilla | Accent |
Option + 00C8 | È | Latin Grave E Uppercase | Accent |
Option + 00C9 | É | Latin Acute E Uppercase | Accent |
Option + 00CA | Ê | Latin Circumflex E Uppercase | Accent |
Option + 00CB | Ë | Latin Umlaut E Uppercase | Accent |
Option + 00CC | Ì | Latin Grave I Uppercase | Accent |
Option + 00CD | Í | Latin Acute I Uppercase | Accent |
Option + 00CE | Î | Latin Circumflex I Uppercase | Accent |
Option + 00CF | Ï | Latin Umlaut I Uppercase | Accent |
Option + 00D0 | Ð | Old English Eth (Uppercase) | Letters |
Option + 00D1 | Ñ | Latin Tilde I Uppercase | Accent |
Option + 00D2 | Ò | Latin Grave O Uppercase | Accent |
Option + 00D3 | Ó | Latin Acute O Uppercase | Accent |
Option + 00D4 | Ô | Latin Circumflex O Uppercase | Accent |
Option + 00D5 | Õ | Latin Tilde O Uppercase | Accent |
Option + 00D6 | Ö | Latin Umlaut O Uppercase | Accent |
Option + 00D7 | × | Multiplication Sign | Math |
Option + 00D8 | Ø | Uppercase Nordic O Slash | Letters |
Option + 00D8 | Ø | Phi | Math |
Option + 00D9 | Ù | Latin Grave U Uppercase | Accent |
Option + 00DA | Ù | Latin Acute U Uppercase | Accent |
Option + 00DB | Û | Latin Circumflex U Uppercase | Accent |
Option + 00DC | Ü | Latin Umlaut U Uppercase | Accent |
Option + 00DD | Ý | Latin Acute Y Uppercase | Accent |
Option + 00DE | Þ | Old English Thorn (Uppercase) | Letters |
Option + 00DF | ß | German Sharp S | Letters |
Option + 00E0 | à | Latin Grave a Lowercase | Accent |
Option + 00E1 | á | Latin Acute a Lowercase | Accent |
Option + 00E2 | â | Latin Circumflex a Lowercase | Accent |
Option + 00E3 | ã | Latin Tilde a Lowercase | Accent |
Option + 00E4 | ä | Latin Umlaut a Lowercase | Accent |
Option + 00E5 | å | Latin Lowercase a with Ring Above | Letters |
Option + 00E6 | æ | Latin Lowercase a-e Ligature | Letters |
Option + 00E7 | ç | Latin Lowercase C Cedilla | Accent |
Option + 00E8 | è | Latin Grave e Lowercase | Accent |
Option + 00E9 | é | Latin Acute e Lowercase | Accent |
Option + 00EA | ê | Latin Circumflex e Lowercase | Accent |
Option + 00EB | ë | Latin Umlaut e Lowercase | Accent |
Option + 00EC | ì | Latin Grave i Lowercase | Accent |
Option + 00ED | í | Latin Acute i Lowercase | Accent |
Option + 00EE | î | Latin Circumflex i Lowercase | Accent |
Option + 00EF | ï | Latin Umlaut i Lowercase | Accent |
Option + 00F0 | ð | Old English Eth (Lowercase) | Letters |
Option + 00F1 | ñ | Latin Tilde i Lowercase | Accent |
Option + 00F2 | ò | Latin Grave o Lowercase | Accent |
Option + 00F3 | ó | Latin Acute o Lowercase | Accent |
Option + 00F4 | ô | Latin Circumflex o Lowercase | Accent |
Option + 00F5 | õ | Latin Tilde o Lowercase | Accent |
Option + 00F6 | ö | Latin Umlaut o Lowercase | Accent |
Option + 00F7 | ÷ | Division Sign | Math |
Option + 00F8 | ø | Latin Lowercase O with Stroke | Letters |
Option + 00F9 | ù | Latin Grave u Lowercase | Accent |
Option + 00FA | ú | Latin Acute u Lowercase | Accent |
Option + 00FB | û | Latin Circumflex u Lowercase | Accent |
Option + 00FC | ü | Latin Umlaut u Lowercase | Accent |
Option + 00FD | ý | Latin Acute y Lowercase | Accent |
Option + 00FE | þ | Old English Thorn (Lowercase) | Letters |
Option + 00FF | ÿ | Latin Umlaut y Lowercase | Accent |
Option + 2710 | ✐ | Pencil | Symbol |
Option + 2711 | ✑ | White Nib | Symbol |
Option + 2712 | ✒ | Black Nib | Symbol |
Option + 2713 | ✓ | Tick Mark | Check |
Option + 2714 | ✔ | Bold Tick Mark | Check |
Option + 2715 | ✕ | Cross Mark | Cross |
Option + 2716 | ✖ | Bold Cross Mark | Cross |
Option + 2717 | ✗ | Styled Cross Mark | Cross |
Option + 2718 | ✘ | Bold Style Cross Mark | Cross |
Option + 2719 | ✙ | Embossed Plus | Cross |
Option + 271A | ✚ | Bold Plus | Cross |
Option + 271B | ✛ | Cursor | Cross |
Option + 271C | ✜ | Bold Cursor | Cross |
Option + 271D | ✝ | Simple Cross | Cross |
Option + 271E | ✞ | Jesus Cross | Cross |
Option + 271F | ✟ | Embossed Cross | Cross |
Option + 2720 | ✠ | Maltese Cross | Cross |
Option + 2721 | ✡ | Six Star (Star of David) | Stars |
Option + 2722 | ✢ | Four Teardrop Spoked Asterisk | Stars |
Option + 2723 | ✣ | Four Balloon Spoked Asterisk | Stars |
Option + 2724 | ✤ | Bold Four Balloon Spoked Asterisk | Stars |
Option + 2725 | ✥ | Four Clubs Spoked Asterisk | Stars |
Option + 2726 | ✦ | Black Four Pointed Star | Stars |
Option + 2727 | ✧ | White Four Pointed Star | Stars |
Option + 2728 | ✨ | Sparkles | Stars |
Option + 2729 | ✩ | Five Pointed Star | Stars |
Option + 272A | ✪ | Five Pointed Star in Circle | Stars |
Option + 272B | ✫ | White Center Black Star | Stars |
Option + 272C | ✬ | Black Center White Star | Stars |
Option + 272D | ✭ | Outlined Black Star | Stars |
Option + 272E | ✮ | Bold Outlined Black Star | Stars |
Option + 272F | ✯ | Pinwheel Star | Stars |
Option + 2730 | ✰ | White Star with Shadow | Stars |
Option + 2731 | ✱ | Bold Asterisk | Stars |
Option + 2732 | ✲ | Open Center Asterisk | Stars |
Option + 2733 | ✳ | Eight Spoked Asterisk | Stars |
Option + 2734 | ✴ | Eight Point Black Star | Stars |
Option + 2735 | ✵ | Eight Point Pinwheel Star | Stars |
Option + 2736 | ✶ | Six Point Black Star | Stars |
Option + 2737 | ✷ | Eight Point Rectilinear Black Star | Stars |
Option + 2738 | ✸ | Bold Eight Point Rectilinear Black Star | Stars |
Option + 2739 | ✹ | Twelve Point Black Star | Stars |
Option + 273A | ✺ | Sixteen Spoked Asterisk | Stars |
Option + 273D | ✽ | Flower | Stars |
Option + 2742 | ❂ | Flower Donut | Symbol |
Option + 2744 | ❄ | Snowflake | Weather |
Option + 2751 | ❑ | Lower Right Shadowed White Square | Symbol |
Option + 2763 | ❣ | Heavy Heart Exclamation Mark | Hearts |
Option + 2764 | ❤ | Heavy Black Heart | Hearts |
Option + 2765 | ❥ | Rotated Heavy Black Heart Bullet | Hearts |
Option + 2766 | ❦ | Floral Heart | Hearts |
Option + 2767 | ❧ | Rotated Floral Heart Bullet | Hearts |
Option + 2776 | ❶ | Negative Circled Digit One | Numbers |
Option + 2777 | ❷ | Negative Circled Digit Two | Numbers |
Option + 2778 | ❸ | Negative Circled Digit Three | Numbers |
Option + 2779 | ❹ | Negative Circled Digit Four | Numbers |
Option + 277A | ❺ | Negative Circled Digit Five | Numbers |
Option + 277B | ❻ | Negative Circled Digit Six | Numbers |
Option + 277C | ❼ | Negative Circled Digit Seven | Numbers |
Option + 277D | ❽ | Negative Circled Digit Eight | Numbers |
Option + 277E | ❾ | Negative Circled Digit Nine | Numbers |
Option + 277F | ❿ | Negative Circled Digit Ten | Numbers |
Option + 2780 | ➀ | Circled Sans-serif Digit One | Numbers |
Option + 2781 | ➁ | Circled Sans-serif Digit Two | Numbers |
Option + 2782 | ➂ | Circled Sans-serif Digit Three | Numbers |
Option + 2783 | ➃ | Circled Sans-serif Digit Four | Numbers |
Option + 2784 | ➄ | Circled Sans-serif Digit Five | Numbers |
Option + 2785 | ➅ | Circled Sans-serif Digit Six | Numbers |
Option + 2786 | ➆ | Circled Sans-serif Digit Seven | Numbers |
Option + 2787 | ➇ | Circled Sans-serif Digit Eight | Numbers |
Option + 2788 | ➈ | Circled Sans-serif Digit Nine | Numbers |
Option + 2789 | ➉ | Circled Sans-serif Digit Ten | Numbers |
Option + 2798 | ➘ | Bold South East Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 2799 | ➙ | Bold Right Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 279A | ➚ | Bold North East Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 279B | ➛ | Drafting Point Right Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 279C | ➜ | Bold Round Tipped Right Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 279D | ➝ | Triangle Head Right Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 279E | ➞ | Bold Triangle Head Right Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 279F | ➟ | Dashed Triangle Head Right Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 27A0 | ➠ | Bold Dashed Triangle Head Right Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 27A1 | ➡ | Black Right Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 27A2 | ➢ | 3D Top Lighted Right Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 27A3 | ➣ | 3D Bottom Lighted Right Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 27A4 | ➤ | Black Right Arrow Head | Arrows |
Option + 27A5 | ➥ | Bold Down Curved Right Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 27A6 | ➦ | Bold Up Curved Right Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 27A7 | ➧ | Squat Right Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 27A8 | ➨ | Bold Concave Black Right Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 27A9 | ➩ | Right Shadowed White Right Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 27AA | ➪ | Left Shadowed White Right Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 27AB | ➫ | Back Tilted Shadowed White Right Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 27AC | ➬ | Front Tilted Shadowed White Right Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 27AD | ➭ | Bold Lower Shadowed White Right Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 27AE | ➮ | Bold Upper Shadowed White Right Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 27AF | ➯ | Notched Lower Shadowed White Right Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 27B0 | ➰ | Curly Loop | Symbol |
Option + 27B1 | ➱ | Notched Upper Shadowed White Right Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 27B2 | ➲ | Circled Bold White Right Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 27B3 | ➳ | White Feathered Right Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 27B4 | ➴ | Black Feathered South East Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 27B5 | ➵ | Black Feathered Right Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 27B6 | ➶ | Black Feathered North East Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 27B7 | ➷ | Bold Black Feathered South East Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 27B8 | ➸ | Bold Black Feathered Right Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 27B9 | ➹ | Bold Black Feathered North East Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 27BA | ➺ | Teardrop Barbed Right Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 27BB | ➻ | Bold Teardrop Shanked Right Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 27BC | ➼ | Wedge Tailed Right Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 27BD | ➽ | Heavy Wedge Tailed Rightwards Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 27BE | ➾ | Open Outlined Rightwards Arrow | Arrows |
Option + 27BF | ➿ | Double Curly Loop | Symbol |
Option + 20A3 | ₣ | French Franc | Currency |
Option + 20A4 | ₤ | British Pound | Currency |
Option + 20A5 | ₥ | Mill Sign | Currency |
Option + 20A6 | ₦ | Nigerian Naira | Currency |
Option + 20A7 | ₧ | Spanish Peseta | Currency |
Option + 20A8 | ₨ | Indian Rupee | Currency |
Option + 20A9 | ₩ | South Korean Won | Currency |
Option + 20AA | ₪ | Israeli New Sheqel | Currency |
Option + 20AB | ₫ | Vietnamese Dong | Currency |
Option + 20AC | € | Euro Sign | Currency |
Option + 20AD | ₭ | Laos Kip | Currency |
Option + 20AE | ₮ | Mongolian Tugrik | Currency |
Option + 20AF | ₯ | Greece Drachma | Currency |
Option + 20B0 | ₰ | German Penny Sign | Currency |
Option + 20B1 | ₱ | Philippine Peso | Currency |
Option + 20B2 | ₲ | Paraguayan Guarani | Currency |
Option + 20B3 | ₳ | Argentine Austral | Currency |
Option + 20B4 | ₴ | Ukrainian Hryvnia | Currency |
Option + 20B5 | ₵ | Cent Sign | Currency |
Option + 20B9 | ₹ | Indian Rupee Symbol | Currency |
Option + 20BA | ₺ | Turkish Lira | Currency |
Option + 20BD | ₽ | Russian Ruble | Currency |
Option + 2211 | ∑ | Summation Sign | Math |
Option + 2213 | ∓ | Minus or Plus Sign | Math |
Option + 221A | √ | Square Root | Math |
Option + 221B | ∛ | Cube Root | Math |
Option + 221C | ∜ | Fourth Root | Math |
Option + 221D | ∝ | Proportional to | Math |
Option + 221E | ∞ | Infinity | Math |
Option + 221F | ∟ | Right Angle | Math |
Option + 2221 | ∡ | Measured Angle | Math |
Option + 2225 | ∥ | Parallel to | Math |
Option + 222B | ∫ | Integral | Math |
Option + 222C | ∬ | Double Integral | Math |
Option + 222E | ∮ | Contour Integral | Math |
Option + 222F | ∯ | Surface Integral | Math |
Option + 2234 | ∴ | Therefore | Math |
Option + 2235 | ∵ | Because | Math |
Option + 2237 | ∷ | Proportion | Math |
Option + 223A | ∺ | Geometric Proportion | Math |
Option + 2243 | ≃ | Asymptotically Equal to | Math |
Option + 2600 | ☀ | Black Sun with Rays | Weather |
Option + 2601 | ☁ | Cloud | Weather |
Option + 2602 | ☂ | Umbrella | Weather |
Option + 2603 | ☃ | Snowman | Weather |
Option + 2604 | ☄ | Comet | Weather |
Option + 2605 | ★ | Black Star | Weather |
Option + 2606 | ☆ | White Star | Weather |
Option + 2607 | ☇ | Lightning | Weather |
Option + 2608 | ☈ | Thunderstorm | Weather |
Option + 2609 | ☉ | Sun Symbol | Weather |
Option + 260E | ☎ | Black Telephone | Symbol |
Option + 260F | ☏ | White Telephone | Symbol |
Option + 2611 | ☑ | Ballot Box with Check | Check |
Option + 2612 | ☒ | Ballot Box with Cross | Cross |
Option + 2613 | ☓ | Cross Mark | Cross |
Option + 261A | ☚ | Black Hand with Left Pointing Index | Symbol |
Option + 261B | ☛ | Black Hand with Right Pointing Index | Symbol |
Option + 261C | ☜ | White Hand with Left Pointing Index | Symbol |
Option + 261D | ☝ | White Hand with Up Pointing Index | Symbol |
Option + 261E | ☞ | White Hand with Right Pointing Index | Symbol |
Option + 261F | ☟ | White Hand with Down Pointing Index | Symbol |
Option + 2620 | ☠ | Skull and Crossbones | Symbol |
Option + 263A | ☺ | White Smiling Face | Symbol |
Option + 263B | ☻ | Black Smiling Face | Symbol |
Option + 263C | ☼ | White Sun with Rays | Weather |
Option + 263D | ☽ | First Quarter Moon | Weather |
Option + 263E | ☾ | Last Quarter Moon | Weather |
Option + 2640 | ♀ | Female Symbol | Symbol |
Option + 2642 | ♂ | Male Symbol | Symbol |
Option + 2648 | ♈ | Aries | Zodiac |
Option + 2649 | ♉ | Taurus | Zodiac |
Option + 264A | ♊ | Gemini | Zodiac |
Option + 264B | ♋ | Cancer | Zodiac |
Option + 264C | ♌ | Leo | Zodiac |
Option + 264D | ♍ | Virgo | Zodiac |
Option + 264E | ♎ | Libra | Zodiac |
Option + 264F | ♏ | Scorpio | Zodiac |
Option + 2650 | ♐ | Sagittarius | Zodiac |
Option + 2651 | ♑ | Capricorn | Zodiac |
Option + 2652 | ♒ | Aquarius | Zodiac |
Option + 2653 | ♓ | Pisces | Zodiac |
Option + 2654 | ♔ | White Chess King | Sports |
Option + 2655 | ♕ | White Chess Queen | Sports |
Option + 2656 | ♖ | White Chess Rook | Sports |
Option + 2657 | ♗ | White Chess Bishop | Sports |
Option + 2658 | ♘ | White Chess Knight | Sports |
Option + 2659 | ♙ | White Chess Pawn | Sports |
Option + 265A | ♚ | Black Chess King | Sports |
Option + 265B | ♛ | Black Chess Queen | Sports |
Option + 265C | ♜ | Black Chess Rook | Sports |
Option + 265D | ♝ | Black Chess Bishop | Sports |
Option + 265E | ♞ | Black Chess Knight | Sports |
Option + 265F | ♟ | Black Chess Pawn | Sports |
Option + 2660 | ♠ | Black Spade Suit | Sports |
Option + 2661 | ♡ | White Hearts Suit | Sports |
Option + 2662 | ♢ | White Spade Suit | Sports |
Option + 2663 | ♣ | Black Club Suit | Sports |
Option + 2664 | ♤ | White Spade Suit | Sports |
Option + 2665 | ♥ | Black Hearts Suit | Sports |
Option + 2666 | ♦ | Black Diamond Suit | Sports |
Option + 2667 | ♧ | White Club Suit | Sports |
Option + 2669 | ♩ | Crotchet or Quarter note | Music |
Option + 266A | ♪ | Quaver or Eighth note | Music |
Option + 266B | ♫ | Musical Single Bar | Music |
Option + 266C | ♬ | Musical Double Bar | Music |
Option + 266D | ♭ | Music Flat Sign | Music |
Option + 266E | ♮ | Music Natural Sign | Music |
Option + 266F | ♯ | Music Sharp Sign | Music |
Using Alt Keys in Mac
You can use one of the option keys on your keyboard to use the shortcuts. For example, press “Option + Shift + =” keys together to make plus or minus symbol like ±.
Similar to any other text content, you can increase or decrease the font size of the symbols and apply colors in Mac.
Related: 1000+ alt code shortcuts for emoji symbols in Windows.
Typing Accented Characters with Alt Key
You can use the below shortcuts as a reference to insert accented characters in Mac. Remember, while option + a will produce å, you don’t need to press and hold the option key in most cases. For example, pressing option + u will produce umlaut with the two dots above like ¨. Now you can leave the keys and type e to produce ë.
Accent | Example | Small Letter | Capital Letter |
---|---|---|---|
Acute | á Á | [Option + E] Vowel | [Option + E] [Shift + Vowel] |
Circumflex | â Â | [Option + I] Vowel | [Option + I] [Shift + Vowel] |
Grave | à À | [Option + `] Vowel | [Option + `] [Shift + Vowel] |
Umlaut | ë Ë | [Option + U] Vowel | [Option + U] [Shift + Vowel] |
Cedilla | ç Ç | Option + C | Option + Shift + C |
Eszett | ß | Option + S | Option + S |
Alternatively, press and hold a special letter key to view additional options similar to iPhone or iPad keyboard. In order to show the options in capital letters, press and hold shift with the special key.
Check out our article to get the completed list of 500+ keyboard shortcuts to type accented characters in Mac.
Using Unicode Hex Input
Mac offers different keyboard input methods to type in a language different than your standard keyboard layout. You can change the input method to Unicode Hex Input and type keyboard characters and accented letters. For example, after switching to Unicode Hex Input, open Pages and type Option + 0024 to insert $ symbol. You need to use this method for most of the shortcuts in the above table.
Inserting Emojis and Special Symbols
Similar to Windows Character Map, Mac has a Character Viewer tool to insert emojis, symbols and special characters in any text content. Press, “Command + Control + Space” or “Fn + E” keys to open Character Viewer and insert the symbol you need.
Alternatively, you can also select “Show Emoji & Symbols” option from the “Input menu” icon in the top menu bar.
In Character Viewer, you can search for letters under “Latin” group or search breve or macron to find all relevant letters.
Wrapping Up
Many users think alt code shortcuts are useful only in Windows operating system. However, you can also use option or alt key in your Mac to insert symbols and special characters. In addition, you can also use Character Viewer to insert emojis and symbols in all Mac documents.
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