Special Characters and Symbols unicode
A collection of frequently used Unicode symbols. Click any character to copy it to the clipboard.
What this tool does
Many symbols needed in documents, code, and design files cannot be typed directly: arrows, mathematical signs, currency symbols, copyright marks, and specialised brackets and quotation marks. Collecting the common ones in one place is faster than searching for each of them.
This tool groups symbols by category and copies a character to the clipboard on click. Copied characters are plain Unicode, so they can be pasted into documents, code comments, commit messages, or design tools.
When to use it
Use it to add arrows and symbols to documents or slides, to include special marks in a README or commit message, to insert currency and unit symbols into interface copy, or to indicate flow in code comments.
Input and output examples
Arrow category
right, left, up, down, and double arrows
Clicking a symbol copies it to the clipboard.
Currency category
won, dollar, euro, pound, yen, cent
Useful for price displays and localised interface text.
Notes and limitations
Special characters render differently depending on the font and may appear as empty boxes where the glyph is missing, so verify anything shown to users in the target environment. Avoid special characters in filenames, URLs, and database keys, where they invite encoding problems and parsing errors.
Frequently asked questions
The copied symbol shows as a box.
The font in use does not include that glyph. Choose another font or a more widely supported symbol.