Symbol Picker — Copy & Paste Symbols
Copy and paste symbols: stars, hearts, check marks, shapes, weather, music, chess, zodiac and box lines, with Unicode names, HTML entities and CSS codes.
Copy and paste symbols — stars, hearts, check marks, shapes, weather, music, chess pieces, zodiac signs, box-drawing lines and more — without digging through a character map. Pick a category or search by name, then copy the whole set or a single symbol. Every symbol is listed with its official Unicode name and the codes web designers need: the U+ code point, the HTML entity and the CSS escape.
How to use this tool
- Pick a category, or keep Popular symbols for the most used ones.
- Type a word such as star, heart or check to search by name, or paste a symbol to look up its codes.
- Copy everything from the first result box, or select a single symbol in the table.
- For a web page, use the HTML entity in your markup or the CSS value in a
content:rule.
Formula
HTML decimal code = &# + code point in decimal + ; · CSS value = \ + code point in hexadecimal
Every character has a code point, written U+ followed by hexadecimal digits. Hexadecimal 2605 is 2×4096 + 6×256 + 0×16 + 5 = 9733 in decimal. Named entities such as ★ exist only for the characters listed in the HTML standard; any character can use the numeric form.
Example
Searching black star returns ★, official name "Black star", code point U+2605, HTML entity ★, decimal code ★ and CSS value \2605. Searching heart lists 9 symbols, from ♥ (Black heart suit, ♥) to ❧ (Rotated floral heart bullet). Pasting 😀, which is not in the list, still gives its code point U+1F600 and decimal code 😀.
Frequently asked questions
How do I type these symbols without copying?
On Windows press Win + . to open the emoji and symbol panel; on a Mac press Control + Command + Space. In Microsoft Word you can type the hex code (for example 2605) and press Alt + X to turn it into ★.
Why does a symbol look different in another app?
Symbols are drawn by fonts. Some, such as ❤ or ☀, also have a colour emoji form, and apps may switch to it. The character is the same — only the drawing changes.
Why do I see an empty box instead of a symbol?
The font on that device has no drawing for the character. Common symbols like ★ ✓ ♥ are supported almost everywhere; rarer ones such as the musical clef 𝄞 need a symbol font that includes them.
Are these symbols safe to use in usernames and posts?
They are ordinary Unicode text, so they paste into most apps and social networks. Some games and forms only allow letters and digits and will reject or strip them.
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Last updated: 2026-10-30