More Windows Keyboard Shortcuts for Symbols

If you like keyboard shortcuts and use special characters, here are a few more for Microsoft Windows. Use your numeric keypad with your NUM LOCK on and you will be good to go!

Symbol	Description	Shortcut
¶	paragraph sign	ALT+0182
±	plus-or-minus sign	ALT+0177
µ	micro	ALT+0181
–	en dash	ALT+8211
—	em dash	ALT+8212
†	dagger	ALT+8224
‡	double dagger	ALT+8225
‰	per mille sign	ALT+8240
←	leftwards arrow	ALT+8592
↑	upwards arrow	ALT+8593
→	rightwards arrow	ALT+8594
↓	downwards arrow	ALT+8595
↔	left-right arrow	ALT+8596
↵	carriage return	ALT+8629
∅	empty set	ALT+8709
∈	element of	ALT+8712
∉	not an element of	ALT+8713
∋	contains as member	ALT+8715
√	radical sign (square root)	ALT+8730
∝	proportional to	ALT+8733
∞	infinity	ALT+8734
∠	angle	ALT+8736
∨	logical or	ALT+8744
∩	intersection	ALT+8745
∪	union	ALT+8746
∫	integral	ALT+8747
∴	therefore	ALT+8756
∼	tilde operator	ALT+8764
≅	congruent to	ALT+8773
≈	almost equal to; asymptotic to	ALT+8776
≠	not equal to	ALT+8800
≡	identical to	ALT+8801
≤	less-than or equal to	ALT+8804
≥	greater-than or equal to	ALT+8805
⊂	subset of	ALT+8834
⊃	superset of	ALT+8835
⊄	not a subset of	ALT+8836
⊆	subset of or equal to	ALT+8838
⊇	superset of or equal to	ALT+8839
⊥	perpendicular	ALT+8869

Tip: Take a look at other tips on shortcuts, including more keyboard shortcuts for special characters.