Mac special characters
Mac keyboard symbols — command, option, shift, control, escape, return, delete, plus the media and power keys.
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34Mac character reference
To type one of these on Windows, hold Alt and type the Alt code on the numeric keypad. On a Mac, press the shortcut shown. In HTML, paste the entity in place of the character.
| Character | Name | Code point | HTML entity | Mac shortcut |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ⌃ | up arrowhead | U+2303 | ⌃ | — |
| ⌥ | option key | U+2325 | ⌥ | — |
| ⇧ | upwards white arrow | U+21E7 | ⇧ | — |
| ⌘ | place of interest sign | U+2318 | ⌘ | — |
| ⇪ | upwards white arrow from bar | U+21EA | ⇪ | — |
| ⎋ | broken circle with northwest arrow | U+238B | ⎋ | — |
| ⇥ | rightwards arrow to bar | U+21E5 | ⇥ | — |
| ⇤ | leftwards arrow to bar | U+21E4 | ⇤ | — |
| ␣ | open box | U+2423 | ␣ | — |
| ⏎ | return symbol | U+23CE | ⏎ | — |
| ↩ | leftwards arrow with hook | U+21A9 | ↩ | — |
| ⌤ | enter symbol | U+2324 | ⌤ | — |
| ⌫ | erase to the left | U+232B | ⌫ | — |
| ⌦ | erase to the right | U+2326 | ⌦ | — |
| ⌧ | x in a rectangle box | U+2327 | ⌧ | — |
| ⇭ | upwards white arrow on pedestal with horizontal bar | U+21ED | ⇭ | — |
| ⇞ | upwards white double arrow | U+21DE | ⇞ | — |
| ⇟ | downwards white double arrow | U+21DF | ⇟ | — |
| ↖ | north west arrow | U+2196 | ↖ | — |
| ↘ | south east arrow | U+2198 | ↘ | — |
| ⏏ | eject symbol | U+23CF | ⏏ | — |
| ⏻ | power symbol | U+23FB | ⏻ | — |
| ⏼ | power on-off symbol | U+23FC | ⏼ | — |
| ⏽ | power on symbol | U+23FD | ⏽ | — |
| ⭘ | heavy circle | U+2B58 | ⭘ | — |
| ⏯ | black right-pointing triangle with double vertical bar | U+23EF | ⏯ | — |
| ⏵ | black medium right-pointing triangle | U+23F5 | ⏵ | — |
| ⏸ | double vertical bar | U+23F8 | ⏸ | — |
| ⏹ | black square for stop | U+23F9 | ⏹ | — |
| ⏺ | black circle for record | U+23FA | ⏺ | — |
| ⏮ | black left-pointing double triangle with vertical bar | U+23EE | ⏮ | — |
| ⏭ | black right-pointing double triangle with vertical bar | U+23ED | ⏭ | — |
| ⌨ | keyboard | U+2328 | ⌨ | — |
| | apple logo (Apple devices only) | U+F8FF |  | Option+Shift+K |
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