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How to Type Special Characters on Windows with ALT Codes

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Special characters come in all kinds of designs (and uses). If you want to type special characters on Windows with ALT codes, follow this guide.

There will be times while writing when words and numbers aren’t enough. You might want to use special characters to emphasize your point.

On Windows, you can use ALT codes to help you type special characters quickly using your keyboard. Combining the ALT key with these commands will insert special characters into your document or terminal instantly.

To help you, we’ve put together a list of special characters on Windows that you can type with ALT codes. We’ve arranged the ALT codes into different categories, making the type of characters you need easier to find. You can hit Ctrl + F on this page and search for the specific key combination or character description you need.

If you want to know how to type special characters on Windows using the ALT key, follow the steps below.

Before You Begin Typing Unicode Values with the ALT key

Important Note: You will need a keyboard with a separate number pad on your keyboard, and the NumLock key should be enabled.

You can use the touch keyboard to type special characters if you have a laptop or another keyboard without a number pad.

The apps on your computer aren’t the only place to type special characters. For example, you can learn to type special characters on a Chromebook.

List of ALT Keyboard Shortcuts on Windows

When you’re writing a report that calls for a special letter, you might not know where to start. Luckily, we’re starting with your options to type special letters using ALT keyboard shortcuts. Note that you can type special letters with multiple ALT keyboard shortcuts. Just use the one that works best for you.

Keyboard ShortcutCharacterDescription
Alt + 128 / Alt + 0199ÇLatin Capital Letter C With Cedilla
Alt + 129 / Alt + 0252üLatin Small Letter U With Diaeresis
Alt + 130 / Alt + 0233éLatin Small Letter E With Acute
Alt + 131 / Alt + 0226âLatin Small Letter A With Circumflex
Alt + 132 / Alt + 0228äLatin Small Letter A With Diaeresis
Alt + 133 / Alt + 0224àLatin Small Letter A With Grave
Alt + 134 / Alt + 0229åLatin Small Letter A With Ring Above
Alt + 135 / Alt + 0231çLatin Small Letter C With Cedilla
Alt + 136 / Alt + 0234êLatin Small Letter E With Circumflex
Alt + 137 / Alt + 0235ëLatin Small Letter E With Diaeresis
Alt + 138 / Alt + 0232èLatin Small Letter E With Grave
Alt + 139 / Alt + 0239ïLatin Small Letter I With Diaeresis
Alt + 140 / Alt + 0238îLatin Small Letter I With Circumflex
Alt + 141 / Alt + 0236ìLatin Small Letter I With Grave
Alt + 142 / Alt + 0196ÄLatin Capital Letter A With Diaeresis
Alt + 143 / Alt + 0197ÅLatin Capital Letter A With Ring Above
Alt + 144 / Alt + 0201ÉLatin Capital Letter E With Acute
Alt + 145 / Alt + 0230æLatin Small Letter AE
Alt + 146 / Alt + 0198ÆLatin Capital Letter AE
Alt + 147 / Alt + 0244ôLatin Small Letter O With Circumflex
Alt + 148 / Alt + 0246öLatin Small Letter O With Diaeresis
Alt + 149 / Alt + 0242òLatin Small Letter O With Grave
Alt + 150 / Alt + 0251ûLatin Small Letter U With Circumflex
Alt + 151 / Alt + 0249ùLatin Small Letter U Grave
Alt + 152 / Alt + 0255ÿLatin Small Letter Y With Diaeresis
Alt + 153 / Alt + 0214ÖLatin Capital Letter O With Diaeresis
Alt + 154 / Alt + 0220ÜLatin Capital Letter U With Diaeresis
Alt + 159 / Alt + 0131ƒLatin Small Letter F With Hook
Alt + 160 / Alt + 0225áLatin Small Letter A With Acute
Alt + 161 / Alt + 0237íLatin Small Letter I With Acute
Alt + 162 / Alt + 0243óLatin Small Letter O With Acute
Alt + 163 / Alt + 0250úLatin Small Letter U With Acute
Alt + 164 / Alt + 0241ñLatin Small Letter N With Tilde
Alt + 165 / Alt + 0209ÑLatin Capital Letter N With Tilde
Alt + 0138 / Alt + 0352ŠLatin Capital Letter S With Caron
Alt + 0140 / Alt + 0338ŒLatin Capital Ligature Oe
Alt + 0142 / Alt + 0381ŽLatin Capital Letter Z With Caron
Alt + 0154 / Alt + 0353šLatin Small Letter S With Caron
Alt + 0156 / Alt + 0339œLatin Small Ligature Oe
Alt + 0158 / Alt + 0382žLatin Small Letter Z With Caron
Alt + 0159 / Alt + 0376ŸLatin Capital Letter With Diaeresis
Alt + 0192ÀLatin Capital Letter A With Grave
Alt + 0193ÁLatin Capital Letter A With Acute
Alt + 0194ÂLatin Capital Letter A With Circumflex
Alt + 0195ÃLatin Capital Letter A With Tilde
Alt + 0200ÈLatin Capital Letter E With Grave
Alt + 0202ÊLatin Capital Letter E With Circumflex
Alt + 0203ËLatin Capital Letter E With Diaeresis
Alt + 0204ÌLatin Capital Letter I With Grave
Alt + 0205ÍLatin Capital Letter I With Acute
Alt + 0206ÎLatin Capital Letter I With Circumflex
Alt + 0207ÏLatin Capital Letter I With Diaeresis
Alt + 0208ÐLatin Capital Letter Eth
Alt + 0210ÒLatin Capital Letter O With Grave
Alt + 0211ÓLatin Capital Letter O With Acute
Alt + 0212ÔLatin Capital Letter O With Circumflex
Alt + 0213ÕLatin Capital Letter O With Tilde
Alt + 0216ØLatin Capital Letter O With Stroke
Alt + 0217ÙLatin Capital Letter U With Grave
Alt + 0218ÚLatin Capital Letter U With Acute
Alt + 0219ÛLatin Capital Letter U With Circumflex
Alt + 0221ÝLatin Capital Letter Y With Acute
Alt + 0222ÞLatin Capital Letter Thorn
Alt + 0227ãLatin Small Letter A With Tilde
Alt + 0240ðLatin Small Letter Eth
Alt + 0245õLatin Small Letter O With Tilde
Alt + 0248øLatin Small Letter O With Slash
Alt + 0253ýLatin Small Letter Y With Acute
Alt + 0254þLatin Small Letter Thorn
Alt + 0256ĀLatin Capital Letter A With Macron
Alt + 0257āLatin Small Letter A With Macron
Alt + 0258ĂLatin Capital Letter A With Caron
Alt + 0259ăLatin Small Letter A With Caron
Alt + 0260ĄLatin Capital Letter A With Ogonek
Alt + 0261ąLatin Small Letter A With Ogonek
Alt + 0262ĆLatin Capital Letter C With Acute
Alt + 0263ćLatin Small Letter C With Acute
Alt + 0264ĈLatin Capital Letter C With Circumflex
Alt + 0265ĉLatin Small Letter C With Circumflex
Alt + 0266ĊLatin Capital Letter C With Dot Above
Alt + 0267ċLatin Small Letter C With Dot Above
Alt + 0268ČLatin Capital Letter C With Caron
Alt + 0269čLatin Small Letter C With Caron
Alt + 0270ĎLatin Capital Letter D With Caron
Alt + 0271ďLatin Small Letter D With Caron
Alt + 0272ĐLatin Capital Letter D With Stroke
Alt + 0273đLatin Small Letter D With Stroke
Alt + 0274ĒLatin Capital Letter E With Stroke
Alt + 0275ēLatin Small Letter E With Stroke
Alt + 0276ĔLatin Capital Letter E With Breve
Alt + 0277ĕLatin Small Letter E With Breve
Alt + 0278ĖLatin Capital Letter E With Dot Above
Alt + 0279ėLatin Small Letter E With Dot Above
Alt + 0280ĘLatin Capital Letter E With Ogonek
Alt + 0281ęLatin Small Letter E With Ogonek
Alt + 0282ĚLatin Capital Letter E With Breve
Alt + 0283ěLatin Small Letter E With Breve
Alt + 0284ĜLatin Capital Letter G With Circumflex
Alt + 0285ĝLatin Small Letter G With Circumflex
Alt + 0286ĞLatin Capital Letter G With Breve
Alt + 0287ğLatin Small Letter G With Breve
Alt + 0288ĠLatin Capital Letter G With Dot Above
Alt + 0289ġLatin Small Letter G With Dot Above
Alt + 0290ĢLatin Capital Letter G With Cedilla
Alt + 0291ģLatin Small Letter G With Cedilla
Alt + 0292ĤLatin Capital Letter H With Circumflex
Alt + 0293ĥLatin Small Letter H With Circumflex
Alt + 0294ĦLatin Capital Letter H With Stroke
Alt + 0295ħLatin Small Letter H With Stroke
Alt + 0296ĨLatin Capital Letter I With Tilde
Alt + 0297ĩLatin Small Letter I With Tilde
Alt + 0298ĪLatin Capital Letter I With Macron
Alt + 0299īLatin Small Letter I With Macron
Alt + 0300ĬLatin Capital Letter I With Breve
Alt + 0301ĭLatin Small Letter I With Breve
Alt + 0302ĮLatin Capital Letter I With Ogonek
Alt + 0303įLatin Small Letter I With Ogonek
Alt + 0304İLatin Capital Letter I With Dot Above
Alt + 0305ıLatin Small Letter Dotless I
Alt + 0306IJLatin Capital Ligature Ij
Alt + 0307ijLatin Small Ligature Ij
Alt + 0308ĴLatin Capital Letter J With Circumflex
Alt + 0309ĵLatin Small Letter J With Circumflex
Alt + 0310ĶLatin Capital Letter K With Cedilla
Alt + 0311ķLatin Small Letter K With Cedilla
Alt + 0312ĸLatin Small Letter Kra
Alt + 0313ĹLatin Capital Letter L With Acute
Alt + 0314ĺLatin Small Letter L With Acute
Alt + 0315ĻLatin Capital Letter L With Cedilla
Alt + 0316ļLatin Small Letter L With Cedilla
Alt + 0317ĽLatin Capital Letter L With Caron
Alt + 0318ľLatin Small Letter L With Caron
Alt + 0319ĿLatin Capital Letter L With Middle Dot
Alt + 0320ŀLatin Small Letter L With Middle Dot
Alt + 0321ŁLatin Capital Letter L With Stroke
Alt + 0322łLatin Small Letter L With Stroke
Alt + 0323ŃLatin Capital Letter N With Acute
Alt + 0324ńLatin Small Letter N With Acute
Alt + 0325ŅLatin Capital Letter N With Cedilla
Alt + 0326ņLatin Small Letter N With Cedilla
Alt + 0327ŇLatin Capital Letter N With Caron
Alt + 0328ňLatin Small Letter N With Caron
Alt + 0329ʼnLatin Small Letter N Preceded by an Apostrophe
Alt + 0330ŊLatin Capital Letter Eng
Alt + 0331ŋLatin Small Letter Eng
Alt + 0332ŌLatin Capital Letter O With Macron
Alt + 0333ōLatin Small Letter O With Macron
Alt + 0334ŎLatin Capital Letter O With Breve
Alt + 0335ŏLatin Small Letter O With Breve
Alt + 0336ŐLatin Capital Letter O With Double Acute
Alt + 0337őLatin Small Letter O With Double Acute
Alt + 0340ŔLatin Capital Letter R With Acute
Alt + 0341ŕLatin Small Letter R With Acute
Alt + 0342ŖLatin Capital Letter R With Cedilla
Alt + 0343ŗLatin Small Letter R With Cedilla
Alt + 0344ŘLatin Capital Letter R With Caron
Alt + 0345řLatin Small Letter R With Caron
Alt + 0346ŚLatin Capital Letter S With Acute
Alt + 0347śLatin Small Letter S With Acute
Alt + 0348ŜLatin Capital Letter S With Circumflex
Alt + 0349ŝLatin Small Letter S With Circumflex
Alt + 0350ŞLatin Capital Letter S With Cedilla
Alt + 0351şLatin Small Letter S With Cedilla
Alt + 0354ŢLatin Capital Letter T With Cedilla
Alt + 0355ţLatin Small Letter T With Cedilla
Alt + 0356ŤLatin Capital Letter T With Caron
Alt + 0357ťLatin Small Letter T With Caron
Alt + 0358ŦLatin Capital Letter T With Stroke
Alt + 0359ŧLatin Small Letter T With Stroke
Alt + 0360ŨLatin Capital Letter U With Tilde
Alt + 0361ũLatin Small Letter U With Tilde
Alt + 0362ŪLatin Capital Letter U With Macron
Alt + 0363ūLatin Small Letter U With Macron
Alt + 0364ŬLatin Capital Letter U With Breve
Alt + 0365ŭLatin Small Letter U With Breve
Alt + 0366ŮLatin Capital Letter U With Ring Above
Alt + 0367ůLatin Small Letter U With Ring Above
Alt + 0368ŰLatin Capital Letter With Double Acute
Alt + 0369űLatin Small Letter U With Double Acute
Alt + 0370ŲLatin Capital Letter U With Ogonek
Alt + 0371ųLatin Small Letter U With Ogonek
Alt + 0372ŴLatin Capital Letter W With Circumflex
Alt + 0373ŵLatin Small Letter W With Circumflex
Alt + 0374ŶLatin Capital Letter Y With Circumflex
Alt + 0375ŷLatin Small Letter Y With Circumflex
Alt + 0377ŹLatin Capital Letter Z With Acute
Alt + 0378źLatin Small Letter Z With Acute
Alt + 0379ŻLatin Capital Letter Z With Dot Above
Alt + 0380żLatin Small Letter Z With Dot Above

Special Unicode Character Values with ALT

Keyboard ShortcutCharacterDescription
Alt + 1☺Smiley Face
Alt + 2☻Dark Smiley Face
Alt + 3♥Heart
Alt + 4♦Diamond
Alt + 5♣Club
Alt + 6♠Spade
Alt + 7 / Alt + 0149•Small Bullet Point
Alt + 8◘Inverted Small Bulletpoint
Alt + 9○Large Bullet Point
Alt + 10◙Inverted Large Bullet Point
Alt + 11♂Male Gender Symbol
Alt + 12♀Female Gender Symbol
Alt + 13♪Eighth Note
Alt + 14♫Two Eighth Notes
Alt + 15☼Sun
Alt + 0153™Trademark Symbol
Alt + 0169©Copyright Symbol
Alt + 0174®Registered Symbol

Arrows with ALT Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard ShortcutCharacterDescription
Alt + 16►Block Right Arrow
Alt + 17◄Block Left Arrow
Alt + 18↕Up and Down Arrow
Alt + 23↨Up and Down Arrow With Base
Alt + 24↑Up Arrow
Alt + 25↓Down Arrow
Alt + 26→Right Arrow
Alt + 27←Left Arrow
Alt + 28∟Right Angle Symbol
Alt + 29↔Left and Right Arrow
Alt + 30▲Block Up Arrow
Alt + 31▼Block Down Arrow

Punctuation Symbols with ALT Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard ShortcutCharacterDescription
Alt + 19‼Double Exclamation Mark
Alt + 20 / Alt + 0182New Paragraph Sign
Alt + 21 / Alt + 0167§Section Sign
Alt + 33!Exclamation Mark
Alt + 34“Quotation Mark
Alt + 35#Number Sign
Alt + 38&Ampersand
Alt + 39‘Apostrophe
Alt + 40(Open Parenthesis
Alt + 41)Close Parenthesis
Alt + 42*Asterisk
Alt + 44,Comma
Alt + 45–Hyphen
Alt + 46.Period
Alt + 47/Slash
Alt + 58:Colon
Alt + 59;Semi-Colon
Alt + 63?Question Mark
Alt + 64@At Sign
Alt + 91[Open Bracket
Alt + 92\Backslash
Alt + 93]Close Bracket
Alt + 94^Caret
Alt + 95_Underscore
Alt + 96`Backtick
Alt + 123{Open Brace
Alt + 124|Vertical Bar
Alt + 125}Close Brace
Alt + 166 / Alt + 0170ªFeminine Ordinal Indicator
Alt + 167 / Alt + 0186ºMasculine Ordinal Indicator
Alt + 168 / Alt + 0191¿Inverted Question Mark
Alt + 173 / Alt + 0161¡Inverted Exclamation Mark
Alt + 174 / Alt + 0171«Open Double Angle Quotation Mark
Alt + 175 / Alt + 0187»Close Double Angle Quotation Mark
Alt + 250 / Alt + 0183·Interpunct
Alt + 255 / Alt + 0160Space
Alt + 0130‚Single Low Quotation Mark
Alt + 0132„Double Low Quotation Mark
Alt + 0133…Ellipsis
Alt + 0134†Dagger Mark
Alt + 0135‡Double Dagger Mark
Alt + 0136ˆCircumflex Mark
Alt + 0139‹Open Single Angle Quotation Mark
Alt + 0145‘Open Single Quotation Mark
Alt + 0146’Close Single Quotation Mark
Alt + 0147“Open Double Quotation Mark
Alt + 0148”Close Double Quotation Mark
Alt + 0150–En Dash
Alt + 0151—Em Dash
Alt + 0155›Close Single Angle Quotation Mark
Alt + 0166¦Vertical Bar
Alt + 0168¨Diaeresis Sign
Alt + 0175¯Macron Sign
Alt + 0180´Accent Sign
Alt + 0184¸Cedilla Sign

Lines and Shapes with ALT Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard ShortcutCharacterDescription
Alt + 22▬Black Rectangle
Alt + 127⌂House
Alt + 176░Light Shade
Alt + 177▒Medium Shade
Alt + 178▓Dark Shade
Alt + 179│Vertical Box Drawing
Alt + 180┤Vertical and Left Box Drawing
Alt + 181╡Vertical Single and Left Double Box Drawing
Alt + 182╢Vertical Double and Left Single Box Drawing
Alt + 183╖Down Double and Left Single Box Drawing
Alt + 184╕Down Single And Left Double Box Drawing
Alt + 185╣Double Vertical and Left Box Drawing
Alt + 186║Double Vertical Box Drawing
Alt + 187╗Down Double and Left Single Box Drawing
Alt + 188╝Double Up and Left Box Drawing
Alt + 189╜Up Double and Left Single Box Drawing
Alt + 190╛Up Single and Left Double Box Drawing
Alt + 191┐Down and Left Box Drawing
Alt + 192└Up and Right Box Drawing
Alt + 193┴Up and Horizontal Box Drawing
Alt + 194┬Down and Horizontal Box Drawing
Alt + 195├Vertical and Right Box Drawing
Alt + 196─Horizontal Box Drawing
Alt + 197┼Vertical and Horizontal Box Drawing
Alt + 198╞Vertical Single and Right Double Box Drawing
Alt + 199╟Vertical Double and Right Single Box Drawing
Alt + 200╚Double Up and Right Box Drawing
Alt + 201╔Double Down and Right Box Drawing
Alt + 202╩Double Up and Horizontal Box Drawing
Alt + 203╦Double Down and Horizontal Box Drawing
Alt + 204╠Double Right and Vertical Box Drawing
Alt + 205═Double Horizontal Box Drawing
Alt + 206╬Double Vertical and Horizontal Box Drawing
Alt + 207╧Up Single and Horizontal Double Box Drawing
Alt + 208╨Up Double and Horizontal Single Box Drawing
Alt + 209╤Down Single and Horizontal Double Box Drawing
Alt + 210╥Down Double and Horizontal Single Box Drawing
Alt + 211╙Up Double and Right Single Box Drawing
Alt + 212╘Up Single and Right Double Box Drawing
Alt + 213╒Down Single and Right Double Box Drawing
Alt + 214╓Down Double and Right Single Box Drawing
Alt + 215╫Vertical Double and Horizontal Single Box Drawing
Alt + 216╪Vertical Single and Horizontal Double Box Drawing
Alt + 217┘Up and Left Box Drawing
Alt + 218┌Down and Right Box Drawing
Alt + 219█Full Block
Alt + 220▄Lower Half Block
Alt + 221▌Left Half Block
Alt + 222▐Right Half Block
Alt + 223▀Upper Half Block
Alt + 254■Black Square

Currency and Math Symbols with ALT Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard ShortcutCharacterDescription
Alt + 36$Dollar Sign
Alt + 155 / Alt + 0162¢Cent Sign
Alt + 156 / Alt + 0163£Pound Sterling Sign
Alt + 157 / Alt + 0165¥Yen and Yuan Sign
Alt + 158₧Peseta Sign
Alt + 0128€Euro Sign
Alt + 0164¤Currency Sign
Alt + 37%Percent Sign
Alt + 43+Plus Sign
Alt + 60<Less Than Sign
Alt + 61=Equal Sign
Alt + 62>Greater Than Sign
Alt + 126~Tilde
Alt + 171 / Alt + 0189½Vulgar Fraction One Half
Alt + 172 / Alt + 0188¼Vulgar Fraction One Quarter
Alt + 236∞Infinity Symbol
Alt + 239∩Intersection
Alt + 240≡Equivalent To Sign
Alt + 241 / Alt + 0177±Plus-Minus Sign
Alt + 242≥Greater Than or Equal To Sign
Alt + 243≤Less Than or Equal To Sign
Alt + 244⌠Top-Half Integral Symbol
Alt + 245⌡Bottom-Half Integral Symbol
Alt + 246 / Alt + 0247÷Division Sign
Alt + 247≈Almost Equal To Sign
Alt + 248 / Alt + 0176°Degree Sign
Alt + 249∙Bullet Operator
Alt + 251√Square Root Sign
Alt + 252ⁿSuperscript Latin Small Letter N
Alt + 253 / Alt + 0178²Squared Sign
Alt + 0137‰Per Mille Sign
Alt + 0179³Cubed Sign
Alt + 0185¹Superscript Number One
Alt + 0190¾Vulgar Fraction Three Quarters
Alt + 0215×Multiplication Sign

Alphanumeric Characters

Keyboard ShortcutCharacterDescription
Alt + 480Digit Zero
Alt + 491Digit One
Alt + 502Digit Two
Alt + 513Digit Three
Alt + 524Digit Four
Alt + 535Digit Five
Alt + 546Digit Six
Alt + 557Digit Seven
Alt + 568Digit Eight
Alt + 579Digit Nine
Alt + 65ALatin Capital Letter A
Alt + 66BLatin Capital Letter B
Alt + 67CLatin Capital Letter C
Alt + 68DLatin Capital Letter D
Alt + 69ELatin Capital Letter E
Alt + 70FLatin Capital Letter F
Alt + 71GLatin Capital Letter G
Alt + 72HLatin Capital Letter H
Alt + 73ILatin Capital Letter I
Alt + 74JLatin Capital Letter J
Alt + 75KLatin Capital Letter K
Alt + 76LLatin Capital Letter L
Alt + 77MLatin Capital Letter M
Alt + 78NLatin Capital Letter N
Alt + 79OLatin Capital Letter O
Alt + 80PLatin Capital Letter P
Alt + 81QLatin Capital Letter Q
Alt + 82RLatin Capital Letter R
Alt + 83SLatin Capital Letter S
Alt + 84TLatin Capital Letter T
Alt + 85ULatin Capital Letter U
Alt + 86VLatin Capital Letter V
Alt + 87WLatin Capital Letter W
Alt + 88XLatin Capital Letter X
Alt + 89YLatin Capital Letter Y
Alt + 90ZLatin Capital Letter Z
Alt + 97aLatin Small Letter A
Alt + 98bLatin Small Letter B
Alt + 99cLatin Small Letter C
Alt + 100dLatin Small Letter D
Alt + 101eLatin Small Letter E
Alt + 102fLatin Small Letter F
Alt + 103gLatin Small Letter G
Alt + 104hLatin Small Letter H
Alt + 105iLatin Small Letter I
Alt + 106jLatin Small Letter J
Alt + 107kLatin Small Letter K
Alt + 108lLatin Small Letter L
Alt + 109mLatin Small Letter M
Alt + 110nLatin Small Letter N
Alt + 111oLatin Small Letter O
Alt + 112pLatin Small Letter P
Alt + 113qLatin Small Letter Q
Alt + 114rLatin Small Letter R
Alt + 115sLatin Small Letter S
Alt + 116tLatin Small Letter T
Alt + 117uLatin Small Letter U
Alt + 118vLatin Small Letter V
Alt + 119wLatin Small Letter W
Alt + 120xLatin Small Letter X
Alt + 121yLatin Small Letter Y
Alt + 122zLatin Small Letter Z

Logic Characters

Keyboard ShortcutCharacterDescription
Alt + 169⌐Reversed Not Sign
Alt + 170 / Alt + 0172¬Not Sign

Greek Characters

Keyboard ShortcutCharacterDescription
Alt + 224αGreek Small Letter Alpha
Alt + 225 / Alt + 0223ßGreek Small Letter Beta
Alt + 226ΓGreek Capital Letter Gamma
Alt + 227πGreek Small Letter Pi
Alt + 228ΣGreek Capital Letter Sigma
Alt + 229σGreek Small Letter Sigma
Alt + 230 / Alt + 0181µGreek Small Letter Mu
Alt + 231τGreek Small Letter Tau
Alt + 232ΦGreek Capital Letter Phi
Alt + 233ΘGreek Capital Letter Theta
Alt + 234ΩGreek Capital Letter Omega
Alt + 235δGreek Small Letter Delta
Alt + 237φGreek Small Letter Phi
Alt + 238εGreek Small Letter Epsilon

Typing Special Characters on Windows

When you need to type Unicode special characters on Windows, using the plethora of the above options will allow you to get things done. You can use ALT keyboard shortcuts in various apps, including Word, Outlook, WordPad, and others.

Ensure you save this page as a reference you can use in the future. We’ll continue to update this page over time so everyone has the latest special character ALT keyboard shortcuts. If you have one we didn’t cover, let us know in the comments.

Also, if you’re on Chrome OS, read about typing special characters on Chromebook.

If you are running the latest version of Windows, check out typing special characters on Windows 11.

1 Comment

1 Comment

  1. Rena Nicole

    June 29, 2023 at 9:59 am

    How about I use the thing on my phone to change languagesand i can just write how i normally do.

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  2. Cliff Sloane

    November 20, 2023 at 12:05 pm

    Brian, I can use a lot of those shortcuts but the two S characters don’t seem to work. I used a textbox (Telegram, Skype) and Word 365, but neither 351 nor 0351 worked. Alt-351 yields _ and Alt-350 gives me ^
    Any ideas?

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