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UTF-8 codes to use and reuse! ♼

Excellent resource: http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/miscellaneous_symbols.html

I came across a potentially useful site, Shapecatcher.com which lets you draw a shape and produces a list of potential Unicode matches. Cool, at the very least.

Android users, please note that the default Android browser may not show all the characters used for this web page. Sorry, that's out of my control.

It is also useful to have a list of "entites" for use in HTML coding: W3C Entities List

Another Entities list and one for Compose Key Codes.

UTF-8 Symbol
(shown enlarged)
Type ctrl-shift-u (release - then type) and enter key
Name or description
¿, ¡ , ‽, ⁂,
«, », †, §
00bf, 00a1, 203d, 2042,
00ab, 00bb, 2020, 00a7
inverted question mark, inverted exclamation point, Interrobang, asterism
Euro opening quote, Euro closing quote, dagger, section mark
°, ¼, ½, ¾
00b0, 00bc, 00bd, 00be
degree symbol, common fractions more fractions
™, ©, ®
2122, 00a9, 00ae
trademark, copyright, registered
—, ₂, ² 2014, 2082, 00b2
em dash, subscript 2 (CO₂), superscript 2 (E=MC²)
è ê
00e8, 00ea
lower case e accent grave, with circumflex
é, É
00e9, 00c9
lower case e accent acute and cap
ñ, Ñ
00f1, 00d1
nyay for Spanish
ç
00e7
c with cedilla for French
Ä, ä, Ö, ö, Ü, ü 00c4, 00e4, 00d6, 00f6, 00dc, 00fc
German umlauts (as diaeresis)
≈, ≠ 2248, 2260
approximately equal to, not equal to
♽, ♼ 267d, 267c
recycle symbol in circle, and inverted
♳, ♴, ♵, ... ♹
2673, 2674, ..., 2679
recycle plastic #1, 2, etc. to 7

266b
music
✔, ☑, ☐
2714, 2611, 2610
check mark, check in box, empty box

2614
rain and umbrella
☎, ✆
260e, 2706
phones
¢, €, £, ¥
00a2, 20ac, 00a3, 00a5
US cent, euro, UK Pound, Yen/Yuan
⇦, ⇧, ⇨, ⇩
21e6, 21e7, 21e8, 21e9
white arrows
☚, ☛
261a, 261b
pointing hands

26a0
warning

00b6
pilchrow (paragraph) mark

2665
heart

Please realize that Unicode is being updated over time. Another factor is that various fonts may not have all the symbols that others do.

On April 30, 2021, @cadadr, a person posting with Mastodon in the fediverse, posted that he had found a "new" ornate set of parentheses which have a floral motif centered on the curve. It took some searching through the fonts I have installed on my system, but the following illustration highlights the forms I was able to find.

ornate parentheses

I've also experimented with JavaScript and had some Unicode fun with it.