Keyboard Symbols
The following chart displays the character symbols, name and Latin-1 number on a standard keyboard in their approximate position on the keyboard. Most characters from any Roman based language can be created on any computer using the American Standard Code for Information Interchange or ASCII using a single byte. Most computers and software also recognized American National Standards Institute's (ANSI) formatting standards as well. View the entire ISO Latin -1 Character Set.
~
Tilde
~:
Tilde
~:
!
Exclamation Point
!
Exclamation Point
!
@
At
@
At
@
#
Number or Hash
#
Number or Hash
#
$
Dollar
&#;36
Dollar
&#;36
%
Percent
%
Percent
%
^
Caret
&#;94
Caret
&#;94
&
Ampersand
&
Ampersand
&
*
Asterisk
*
Asterisk
*
(
Open or Left Parenthesis
(
Open or Left Parenthesis
(
)
Close or Right Parenthesis
)
Close or Right Parenthesis
)
_
Underscore or
Horizontal Bar
_
Underscore or
Horizontal Bar
_
+
Plus
+
Plus
+
`
Acute
`
Acute
`
-
Dash or Hyphen
-
Dash or Hyphen
-
=
Equals
=
Equals
=
{
Open or Left Curly Brace
&#;123
Open or Left Curly Brace
&#;123
}
Close or Right Curly Brace
}
Close or Right Curly Brace
}
|
Or or
Vertical Bar
|
Or or
Vertical Bar
|
[
Open or Left Square Bracket
[
Open or Left Square Bracket
[
]
Close or Right Square Bracket
]
Close or Right Square Bracket
]
\
Reverse Solidus or Backslash
\
Reverse Solidus or Backslash
\
:
Colon
:
Colon
:
"
Quote
"
Quote
"
;
Semi Colon
;
Semi Colon
;
´
Apostrophe or Single Quote
&#;39
Apostrophe or Single Quote
&#;39
<
Less Than
<
Less Than
<
>
Greater Than
>
Greater Than
>
?
Question Mark
?
Question Mark
?
,
Comma
,
Comma
,
.
Dot, Period or Full Stop
.
Dot, Period or Full Stop
.
/
Solidus or Forward Slash
/
Solidus or Forward Slash
/