Punctuation Symbols
There are 32 punctuation symbols on this page, every one a real Unicode character you can copy with a single click. The most looked-up are Horizontal Ellipsis … (U+2026), Em Dash — (U+2014) and En Dash – (U+2013).
Good punctuation is invisible until it is wrong. This hub gathers the typographic marks a plain keyboard skips: the en and em dash, the curly quotes that replace straight ones, the ellipsis as a single character, the bullet, the section and paragraph marks, and the dagger. Paste them to make copy read like it was set by a typographer rather than typed in a hurry.
Most looked-up punctuation
How do you copy and paste punctuation symbols?
Click the character in the grid above and it goes straight to your clipboard, then paste it with Ctrl+V on Windows or Cmd+V on a Mac. Nothing is uploaded and nothing is installed: these are plain text characters, so they land in a document, a spreadsheet cell, a caption, a username or a line of code and keep working when the font changes.
If you need the code rather than the character, open any symbol's own page from the table below. Each one lists the Unicode code point, the decimal and hex HTML entities, the CSS content escape, the JavaScript escape, the UTF-8 bytes and the Windows alt code where one exists, each with its own copy button.
Full punctuation symbols list with Unicode and HTML codes
All 32 punctuation symbols on this page with the codes you need to reproduce them anywhere. The character column is the glyph itself, so you can select and copy straight from the table.
| Symbol | Name | Unicode | HTML | Alt code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| » | Right Double Angle Quote | U+00BB | » | none |
| « | Left Double Angle Quote | U+00AB | « | none |
| ✳ | Eight Spoked Asterisk | U+2733 | ✳ | none |
| ′ | Prime | U+2032 | ′ | none |
| ″ | Double Prime | U+2033 | ″ | none |
| ‰ | Per Mille Sign | U+2030 | ‰ | Alt 0137 |
| … | Horizontal Ellipsis | U+2026 | … | Alt 0133 |
| — | Em Dash | U+2014 | — | Alt 0151 |
| – | En Dash | U+2013 | – | Alt 0150 |
| • | Bullet | U+2022 | • | Alt 0149 or Alt 7 |
| · | Middle Dot | U+00B7 | · | Alt 0183 |
| “ | Left Double Quotation Mark | U+201C | “ | Alt 0147 |
| ” | Right Double Quotation Mark | U+201D | ” | Alt 0148 |
| ‘ | Left Single Quotation Mark | U+2018 | ‘ | Alt 0145 |
| ’ | Right Single Quotation Mark | U+2019 | ’ | Alt 0146 |
| § | Section Sign | U+00A7 | § | Alt 0167 or Alt 21 |
| ¶ | Pilcrow | U+00B6 | ¶ | Alt 0182 or Alt 20 |
| † | Dagger | U+2020 | † | Alt 0134 |
| ‡ | Double Dagger | U+2021 | ‡ | Alt 0135 |
| © | Copyright Sign | U+00A9 | © | Alt 0169 or Alt 184 |
| ® | Registered Sign | U+00AE | ® | Alt 0174 or Alt 169 |
| ™ | Trade Mark Sign | U+2122 | ™ | Alt 0153 |
| ¡ | Inverted Exclamation Mark | U+00A1 | ¡ | Alt 0161 or Alt 173 |
| ¿ | Inverted Question Mark | U+00BF | ¿ | Alt 0191 or Alt 168 |
| ‽ | Interrobang | U+203D | ‽ | none |
| * | Asterisk | U+002A | * | none |
| ＊ | Fullwidth Asterisk | U+FF0A | ＊ | none |
| • | Hyphen Bullet | U+2043 | ⁃ | none |
| ‣ | Triangular Bullet | U+2023 | ‣ | none |
| ⁂ | Asterism | U+2042 | ⁂ | none |
| № | Numero Sign | U+2116 | № | none |
| ◦ | White Bullet | U+25E6 | ◦ | none |
How do you type punctuation symbols without copying?
On Windows, the 19 characters here that have an alt code can be typed by holding Alt and entering the digits on the numeric keypad. For anything else, press Win+. to open the emoji and symbol panel, or use Insert then Symbol in Microsoft Word, where you can also type the hex code point and press Alt+X.
On macOS, add the Unicode Hex Input source in Keyboard settings, then hold Option and type the four hex digits of the code point. On ChromeOS and on Linux with GTK or IBus, press Ctrl+Shift+U, type the hex code point and press Enter or space. On the web, the numeric HTML entity in the table above always works, whatever the reader's keyboard.
Frequently asked questions
How do I copy a punctuation symbol?
Click any glyph in the grid on this page and it is copied to your clipboard instantly. Paste it with Ctrl+V or Cmd+V. Each symbol also has its own page with the code point, HTML entity and alt code.
What are the most used punctuation symbols?
The ones people look up most in this set are Horizontal Ellipsis … (U+2026), Em Dash — (U+2014), En Dash – (U+2013) and Copyright Sign © (U+00A9). All of them are listed with their codes in the reference table on this page.
Do punctuation symbols have Windows alt codes?
19 of the 32 punctuation symbols here have a documented Windows alt code, for example ‰ is Alt 0137; … is Alt 0133; — is Alt 0151. Hold Alt, type the digits on the numeric keypad, then release Alt. For everything else, copy the character or use the HTML entity.
Can I use punctuation symbols in HTML and CSS?
Yes. Every symbol here has a numeric HTML entity that works in any browser, and 22 also have a named entity such as ». In CSS use the escape shown on each symbol page inside a content property, and keep the file saved as UTF-8.
Are these punctuation symbols real text or images?
They are real Unicode text characters, not images. That means they paste cleanly into documents, captions, usernames and code, and they scale with your font instead of blurring.
Why does a punctuation symbol show as an empty box?
An empty box or question mark means the font in use has no glyph for that code point, or the text was decoded with the wrong character set. The character itself is still correct, so switching to a font with wider coverage, or serving the page as UTF-8, brings it back.
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