Special Characters and Symbols to Copy and Paste

Click a symbol and it's copied, ready to paste anywhere. Accented letters, curly quotes, dashes, arrows, math, currencies or hearts, with the keyboard shortcut so you can type it yourself.

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Uppercase accents

Lowercase accents

Other European letters

Punctuation and quotes

Special spaces

Currencies

Math

Arrows

Bullets and shapes

Symbols

Superscripts and subscripts

Greek letters

Hearts and stars

Hover over or tap a symbol to see its codes. Click to copy it.

Alt code: hold Alt and type the number on the numeric keypad (Windows). On Mac, Ctrl + Cmd + Space opens the full character viewer.

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How to copy a special character

  1. Find the symbol

    Browse the categories or type a letter (e), a code (U+00C9) or the symbol itself into the search box.

  2. Click it

    It's instantly copied to your clipboard and added to the text box at the bottom, so you can build a word or a string of symbols.

  3. Paste it

    Ctrl + V (Cmd + V on Mac) into your document, email, message or username. Your latest symbols stay at the top of the page.

Every useful symbol in one place

Accents and foreign letters

é, ñ, ü, ç, ø and more in uppercase and lowercase, plus letters from French, Spanish, German, Polish, Czech, Turkish, Romanian and the Nordic languages.

Proper typography

Curly quotes “ ”, em and en dashes — and –, the ellipsis, non-breaking and thin spaces, ©, ™, ® and superscripts like ² and ³.

Codes for every character

Unicode code point, HTML entity to paste into a web page, Windows Alt code and a Mac tip when there is one.

Compose box

Clicked symbols are added one after another so you can copy a whole string, and your last 24 symbols stay one click away.

How to type é, ñ, ©, ™ and other special characters

A standard US keyboard has no keys for accented letters or symbols like © and ™, yet you need them for words like café, résumé or jalapeño, foreign names like Zoë or Müller, and legal notices. There are three ways to get them. The easiest: click the character above and paste it. On Windows, hold down Alt and type the code on the numeric keypad: Alt + 0233 for é, Alt + 0241 for ñ, Alt + 0169 for ©, Alt + 0153 for ™, Alt + 0176 for °. On Mac, press and hold a letter key such as E: a small menu offers é, è, ê and ë, and you just type the number shown. The codes for each character appear at the bottom of the tool when you hover over or tap it.

Quotes, dashes and spaces: the right marks

Straight quotes (" and ') come from typewriters; typeset text uses curly quotes “ ” and ‘ ’, and the right single quote ’ is also the proper apostrophe. The em dash (—) sets off a break in a sentence, while the shorter en dash (–) marks ranges like 9–5 or 2026–2027. A hyphen (-) only joins words. The ellipsis is a single character (…). Other languages use other marks: French guillemets « », German „ “ and Spanish opening ¿ and ¡ are all here too. A non-breaking space keeps two items on the same line, for example between a number and its unit (10 km) or in a name like Mr. Smith. These spaces are invisible: in the "Special spaces" category, each one is shown with its name.

Unicode, HTML entities and symbols that don't display

Every character has a unique number in the Unicode standard, written for example U+00C9 for É. That's what lets you copy it from one site to another without it changing. To write it in a web page's code, you can use its HTML entity, such as é or É: click a code at the bottom of the tool to copy it. The search also accepts these codes, or just a letter: type "c" to see Ç, ç, Č or Ć. If a symbol shows up as an empty box for the person you send it to, their font doesn't contain it; accented letters, simple arrows and common symbols work everywhere. Colored hearts are emoji, so how they look depends on the phone.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I copy a special character?

Click or tap the symbol: it's copied to your clipboard and added to the text box at the bottom. Then paste it with Ctrl + V, Cmd + V on Mac, or a long press and "Paste" on a phone.

How do I type an accented letter like é on a US keyboard?

On Windows, hold Alt and type 0233 on the numeric keypad. On Mac, press and hold the E key, then choose é from the menu. Or just click é in this tool.

What is a non-breaking space?

A space that prevents a line break between two items, for example between a number and its unit (10 km), so they always stay together on the same line.

Why does a symbol show up as a box?

The font on that device doesn't include the character. The text isn't damaged: it will display correctly on a device that has the right font.

Are my recent symbols saved?

Yes, only in your browser, on this device. Nothing is sent over the internet; the "Clear" button empties the list.

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