This page collects Unicode characters that are related to computing. For example, symbols for keyboard key icons, Apple keyboard symbols, symbols for line returns, enter, paragraph, file, window, cursor, etc.
Command key ⌘
Window logo key, Super key ❖ (note: the Cmd key and Windows Logo key both send the same key signal. On Linux, this key is called Super.)
Meta key ◆ ◇ (the black diamond is used on Sun Microsystem Type 6 Keyboard and in Solaris documentation it's called Meta. The Meta key is a key on Lisp Machine Keyboards)
Hyper key ✦ ✧ ⟡
Alt/Opt key ⌥ ⎇ (note: Alt on PC and ⌥ Opt on Mac send the same key signal.)
Control key ^ ‸ ✲ ⎈
note:
^@, Line Feed is ^J, Carriage return is ^M. To enter these unprintable chars, the Ctrl key is used. The key combination 【Ctrl+j】 is also represented by the same notation ^j.Shift key ⇧
Menu/App key ▤
Return key ↵ ↩ ⏎
Enter key ⌤ ⎆ (note: The Return key is the key on the main section. The Enter key is the key on numpad. They send different signals. The symbols shown here are proper symbols for Enter, but is rarely used on keyboard.)
Tab key ↹ ⇄ ⇤ ⇥ ↤ ↦ ◁ ▷
Esc key ⎋
Delete, clear ⌫ ⌦ ⌧ ⎚ Insert ⎀
Home/End ↖ ↘ ⇤ ⇥ ⤒ ⤓ ⇱ ⇲
Page Up/Down key ⇞ ⇟ ⎗ ⎘ △ ▽ ▲ ▼
Cut ✂ ✄ Undo, redo ⎌ ↶ ↷ ↺ ↻ Reload, refresh ⟲ ⟳
Eject ⏏
print ⎙, mail ✉, home ⌂,
pause key ⎉ break key ⎊ sleep key ☾
Multimedia keys. stop ◼ play/pause ⏯, prev song ⏮, next song ⏭, fast backward ⏪, fast forward ⏩, fast upward ⏫, fast downward ⏬,
mute 🔇 no sound 🔈 sound down 🔉 sound up 🔊
search, find, magnify. 🔍 🔎
brightness. 🔅 🔆
capslock. ⇪ A⃣ cap letters, lower case, digits, alphanumerics, for input. 🔠 🔡 🔢 🔣 🔤
Sample Use: Keyboard Shortcut Notations ◇ Emacs's Keybinding Layout ◇ Emacs's Command Frequency
Arrow keys ↑ ↓ ← → ◀ ▶ ▲ ▼ ◁ ▷ △ ▽ ⇦ ⇨ ⇧ ⇩ ⬅ ⬆ ⬇ ➡
More: Arrows in Unicode.
Watch ⌚ Hourglass ⌛ ⧗ ⧖ Cursor ⌖ ▮ ▯ vertical bar ❘ ❙ ❚ I-beam ⌶
keyboard ⌨ tape drive ✇ write/comment ✍ ✎ ✏ ✐ ✑ ✒
buttons 🔲 🔳 🔘
loop, shuffle, repeat 🔀 🔁 🔂 🔃 🔄
battery 🔋 🔌 🔔 🔕
lock & keys ⚿ 🔑 🔏 🔐 🔒 🔓
connection, signal 📶
for many more (⁖ folder, floppy, cd/dvd, mail boxes, in/out box, lock/key, notebook, bookmark, calender, speech bubble, …), see Unicode Office Icons
See: Unicode: Character Representation, ASCII Character Symbols
Misc icons ⌗
checkmarks ✓ ✔ ✗ ✘ ☐ ☑ ☒ 𐄂 ⍻ ❍ ❏ ❐ ❑ ❒
Misc ⌜ ⌝ ⌞ ⌟ ⎔ ⎖ ⎁ ⎂ ⎃ ⎄ ⎅
Electricity ⎓ ⏚ ⏛ ⏦ ⏧ ⎏ ⎐
unsorted ƒ ␥ ␦
bank check symbols. Magnetic ink character recognition. ⑀ ⑁ ⑂ ⑃ ⑄ ⑅ ⑆ ⑇ ⑈ ⑉ ⑊
Here's some am looking for but couldn't find.
It's interesting to note that the web standard org W3C made a proposal for many HTML entities to represent many computer icons. See: Unicode: W3C Proposed Icons {Image, Video, Sound File, Trash, Keyboard, Mouse, …}.