Mac Keyboard Symbol Codepoints

When writing about mac keyboard shortcuts, it’s a little hard to find the symbols in the character palette. Here’s a reference.

Symbol Name Unicode Name Hex Decimal
⌘ Command PLACE OF INTEREST SIGN 0×2318 8984
⌥ Option OPTION KEY 0×2325 8997
⇧ Shift UPWARDS WHITE ARROW 0×21E7 8679
⌃ Control UP ARROWHEAD 0×2303 8963
⇥ Tab RIGHTWARDS ARROW TO BAR 0×21E5 8677
↩ Return LEFTWARDS ARROW WITH HOOK 0×21A9 8617
⌤ Enter UP ARROWHEAD BETWEEN TWO HORIZONTAL BARS 0×2324 8996
⌫ Delete ERASE TO THE LEFT 0×232B 9003
⌦ Forward Delete ERASE TO THE RIGHT 0×2326 8998
⎋ Escape BROKEN CIRCLE WITH NORTHWEST ARROW 0×238B 9099
⇞ Page up UPWARDS ARROW WITH DOUBLE STROKE 0×21DE 8670
⇟ Page down DOWNWARDS ARROW WITH DOUBLE STROKE 0×21DF 8671
↖ Home NORTH WEST ARROW 0×2196 8598
↘ End SOUTH EAST ARROW 0×2198 8600
↑ Up UPWARDS ARROW 0×2191 8593
→ Right RIGHTWARDS ARROW 0×2192 8594
↓ Down DOWNWARDS ARROW 0×2193 8595
← Left LEFTWARDS ARROW 0×2190 8592

Thanks to the Mac Central keyboard reference and the unicode reference for Apple’s keyboard mapping.

Posted on Saturday August 02, 2008