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On Windows, press the Windows key and the period key together to open the emoji and symbol panel, then choose the Ω tab for symbols. Some symbols also have Alt codes: hold Alt and type the number on the numeric keypad, such as Alt+3 for ♥ or Alt+0169 for ©. On a Mac, press Control, Command and Space to open the Character Viewer, and Option shortcuts give a few common ones, such as Option+G for © and Option+2 for ™. On a phone, hold down a key such as the hyphen or the dollar sign to see related symbols. For anything else, copying from this page is usually quicker.

A device can only draw a symbol if one of its fonts includes it. When none does, the character is shown as an empty box, sometimes called tofu, or as a question mark. The symbols on this page were chosen because current versions of Windows, macOS, iOS and Android can all display them, but an older device, or an app that uses its own font, may not. The character itself is still there and appears normally when pasted somewhere that supports it.

Some characters, such as ♥, ☀, ✔ and ☺, are both a text symbol and an emoji. They are text symbols by default, but some apps and phones draw them as colored emoji anyway. Whether you see a plain symbol or an emoji depends on the app you paste into, not on what you copied. If you need a symbol that always stays plain, pick a close alternative, such as ♡ instead of ♥ or ✓ instead of ✔, since those have no emoji version.

Both are Unicode characters. A text symbol takes the color of the text around it and is drawn by the same font, so it fits into a sentence or a heading. An emoji is a small colored picture that each platform draws in its own style, so the same emoji looks different on an iPhone and on Android. This page lists text symbols and leaves out characters that show as emoji by default.

Yes, in most places. Bios, captions, posts, comments, chat messages and display names accept Unicode symbols. Usernames and handles are stricter: Instagram and TikTok handles allow only letters, numbers, periods and underscores, and some games limit which characters a name can use. If a symbol is removed or refused, the field does not allow it. For a name with a frame and fancy letters, try the stylish name generator.

Click each symbol you want in turn. Every click copies that symbol and also adds it to the box at the top of the page, so the box builds up your combination. You can type in the box to add spaces or letters, then use the copy button under it to copy everything together. The clear button empties the box, and Ctrl+Z or Command+Z brings it back.