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Unicode is a widely supported character encoding that currently supports around 144,000 characters. This includes support for 154 modern and historical writing systems that support major world languages. Unicode also includes a wide range of useful symbols. Due to the broad support for unicode, these can be used in a wide range of text as an alternative to media such as images. The following are a few useful unicode characters.
¢
cents
£
Pound
¥
Yen
§
section
« »
angled quotation marks
¯
macron
°
degree sign
±
plus or minus
paragraph
·
middle dot
¼
one-quarter
½
one-half
¾
three-quarters
×
multiplication
÷
division
figure dash
en dash
em dash
quotation dash
dagger
bullet
ellipsis
asterism
Euro
degree Celsius
degree Fahrenheit
one-third
two-thirds
one-fifth
←↑→↓
arrow set
↖↗↘↙
directional arrows set
↞↟↠↡
two headed arrows set
↤↥↦↧
bar arrows set
enter key
↩↪
hook arrow set
↰↱↲↳↴
corner arrow set
anticlockwise
clockwise
↺↻
circle arrows set
⇄⇆⇅
bidirectional arrow set
⇇⇈⇉⇊
paired arrow set
⇐⇑⇒⇓⇔⇕⇖⇗⇘⇙
double arrow set
⇠⇡⇢⇣
dashed arrow set
⇤⇥
arrows to bar
⇦⇧⇨⇩
white arrow set
⇫⇰
arrow on pedestal set
⇱⇲
arrow to corner set
up down arrow
three arrows
⇽⇾⇿
open-headed arrow set
difference, gradient
proportional
infinity
therefore
tilde
reverse tilde
approximately equal
not equal
less-than or equal
greater-than or equal
Celtic knot
⍅ ⍆ ⍏
arrows through line set
⍇⍈
arrows in box set
stopwatch
timer
⏴⏵⏶⏷⏭⏸⏮⏹⏺⏻⏼
audio buttons set
square
rectangle
equilateral triangle
►▲◄▼
black pointer set
fisheye
circle
bullseye
black star
white star
ballot box
checked ballot box
marked ballot box
diamond
flag
caution
scissors
envelop
✎✏✐
pencil set
check mark
heavy check mark
heavy multiplication
cross mark
ballot x
heavy ballot x
balloon asterisk
club asterisk
white star outline
heavy asterisk
open circle asterisk
eight spoked asterisk
teardrop asterisk
heavy cross mark
shadowed circle
❬❭
angle bracket set
❶❷❸❹❺❻❼❽❾❿
black circle number set
➀➁➂➃➄➅➆➇➈➉
white circle number set
➘➙➚
heavy arrow set
drafting point
round-tipped arrow
triangle-head arrow
heavy triangle
head arrow
dashed arrow
heavy arrow
arrowhead 1
heavy arrowhead
curved arrow from top
curved arrow from bottom
squat arrow
➩➪➭➱
shaded arrows
wedge-tailed arrow
outline arrow
⤡⤢
bidirectional arrow set
⤩⤪⤧⤨
crossed arrow set
⤴⤵⤶⤷⤸⤹⤺⤻
curve arrow set
pentagon
hexagon
ellipse
heavy large circle
heavy large circle
⮜⮝⮞⮟
arrow head set
ditto
postal mark

Notes

Unicode is implemented by character encodings such as utf-8 and utf-16.
The symbols above look different depending on your font.
The descriptions above differ from the unicode specification.
If any of the characters above don't display properly, your browser may not fully support unicode.

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