Unicode symbols

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Chess pieces, chessmen

• ♔ king
• ♕ queen
• ♖ rook / castle
• ♗ bishop
• ♘ knight / horse
• ♙ pawn

Playing cards (suits [su:ts])

• ♤ Spades [speɪdz]
• ♡ Hearts [hɑː(r)ts]
• ♢ Diamonds [ˈdaɪ(ə)məndz]
• ♧ Clubs [klʌbz]

Music

• ♭ flat
• ♮ natural
• ♯ sharp
• ♩ quarter note
• ♬ eighth notes

Transportation / Communication

• ✈ ✉ ☜
• ✍ ☑ ✄
• ✔ right
• ✘ wrong

Religion

• ☦
• ☪
• ✡
• ✞

Science

• ☢

☣

☠

☄

℞

℃

℉: =1.8C + 32

-273°K: absolute zero

International Phonetic Alphabet

IPA keyboard

Gender / Sex

• ♀ ♂

Politics

• ☯ ☮ ☭

Punctuation

• : colon
• ; semicolon
• , comma ['kamə]
• . period, full stop (UK)
• ! exclamation mark / point
• § / ¶ paragraph marker
• ? question mark [k^w]
• ❜ closing (single) quote
• ❝ opening (double) quotes, quote ['dʌbəl]
• ❞ closing (double) quotes, unquote
• @ at
• & ampersand

Currency / Money

• £ pounds
• p. pence
• $ dollar
• ¢ cents
• € Euros
• ¥ Yen
• © copyright (different than copyleft)

Fractions and percentages / Mathematics

• ¼ ½ ¾ 75%
• ⅕ 20% ⅜ 37.5%
• < = > ∞
• x² x³ a²+b²=c² √
• + - ∗ /
• ±
• π πr²

Roman numerals

• Ⅻ
• Ⅿ
• Ⅽ
• Ⅴ
• Ⅸ
• ⅬⅩⅣ
• MCMXCIX

The Greek alphabet

• ά alpha
• β beta
• γ gamma
• δ delta
• ε epsilon
• ...
• λ lambda
• ...
• π pi [paɪ] ♨
• ...
• ω omega

Geometric shapes

o

circle

△

triangle ['traɪæŋgl]

▯

rectangle

⃞

square [skweə(r) / skwe(ə)r]

⃟

diamond [ˈdaɪ(ə)mənd]

William Tell

• ➟ ❦

What's the weather like? / seasons ['si:zənz]

• ☁
• ☂
• ☃
• ❀
• ☆
• ☀
• ❄

Planets

• ☀ ☿ ♀ ♁ ♂♃ ♄ ♅ ♆ ♇

more details on the Solar system page

Horoscope / Astrological signs [saɪnz] / Signs of the Zodiac

• ♑     Capricorn    from December 23rd to January 20th
• ♓    Pisces    from February 20th to March 20th
• ♈    Aries    from March 21st to April 20th
• ♉    Taurus    from April 21st to May 21st
• ♊    Gemini    from May 22nd to June 21st
• ♋    Cancer    from June 22nd to July 22nd
• ♌    Leo    from July 23rd to August 21st
• ♒    Aquarius    from January 21st to February 19th
• ♍    Virgo    from August 22nd to September 23rd
• ♎    Libra    from September 24th to October 23rd
• ♏    Scorpius    from October 24th to November 22nd
• ♐    Sagittarius    from November 23rd to December 22nd