Symbols & Special Characters

Collects arrows, hearts, stars, math signs, currency signs, brackets, circled numbers and other special characters by category, and copies one with a single click. Use it to put symbols that are hard to type into a document, a post or a message.

How to use

1. Click a category such as "Arrows", "Math" or "Shapes, stars and hearts", or type a word such as "heart" or a code such as "U+2192" under "Search".
2. Click a character to copy it; it is also added to the "Collection" box at the top.
3. To copy several characters together, click them in turn and press "Copy collection".
4. Pick characters you use often from "Recently used".

How it works

• There are 12 categories: arrows, math, currency, units and superscripts, brackets and punctuation, shapes, checks and signs, Greek letters, Roman numerals and circled characters, lines and boxes, music and weather, and emoji.
• Point at or focus a character to see its Unicode code point (U+2192) and HTML entity (→, →), which you can use in web pages.
• The collection and recently used characters are saved in this browser. Emoji look different on each device and app.

Questions and answers

How do I type the degree symbol?

Open "Units and superscripts" and click °. The same category has ℃, ℉ and superscripts such as ² and ³.

How do I copy a heart symbol?

Open "Shapes, stars and hearts" or search for "heart", then click the heart you want, such as ♥, ♡ or ❤. It is copied at once.

How do I write an arrow in HTML?

Paste the character itself or use an entity: → can be written as → or →. Point at any character to see its codes.

Why does a copied symbol show as a box?

The font on the viewing device does not include that character. The same can happen on the recipient's device, so use common symbols for important text.