Do you know the special symbols on your keyboard?

A standard computer keyboard can produce dozens of different symbols. Some of these are commonly used, whereas others are used only rarely. It is important to know what each symbol is called and how to spell it in English. That way, if you are uncertain of how or when to use a particular symbol, you can look it up and get your answer.

Below is a table of common keyboard symbols and their names:

Symbol	Symbol name	Shortcut
` | Accent grave
~	Tilde	Shift + `
!	Exclamation mark	Shift + 1
@	At symbol	Shift + 2
#	Hash	Shift + 3
$	Dollar sign	Shift + 4
%	Percent	Shift + 5
^	Caret	Shift + 6
&	Ampersand	Shift + 7
*	Asterisk / Star	Shift + 8
(	Left parenthesis	Shift + 9
)	Right parenthesis	Shift + 0
-	Dash
_	Underscore	Shift + -
=	Equal
+	Plus	Shift + =
[	Left bracket
]	Right bracket
{	Left brace	Shift + [
}	Right brace	Shift + ]
\	Backslash
|	Vertical bar	Shift + \
;	Semicolon
:	Colon	Shift + ;
'	Single quote
"	Quote	Shift + '
,	Comma
.	Dot
<	Less than	Shift + ,
>	Greater than	Shift + .
/	Forward slash
?	Question mark	Shift + /