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U+2325 · OPTION KEY

Option Key

  • CodepointU+2325
  • NameOPTION KEY
  • Decimal8997
  • BlockMiscellaneous Technical (U+2300–U+23FF)
  • Plane0 — Basic Multilingual Plane
  • ScriptCommon
  • CategorySo — Other Symbol
  • Unicode version1.1 (1993)
  • Bidi classON — Other Neutral
  • Combining class0
  • East Asian widthN — Neutral
  • MirroredNo

About this character

U+2325 (⌥) is OPTION KEY, a symbol in the Miscellaneous Technical block. Its script is Common: it is shared by many writing systems rather than belonging to one. It was added in Unicode 1.1 (1993).

How to type ⌥

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Encodings & escapes

UTF-8 encoder →
UTF-8E2 8C A53 bytes
UTF-1623251 code unit
UTF-32000023254 bytes
HTML decimal⌥
HTML hex⌥
CSS\2325in content: "…"
JavaScript\u2325
JSON\u2325
Python\u2325
Python\N{OPTION KEY}by name
Java / C#\u2325
C / C++\u2325universal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP\u{2325}
Go\u2325
Ruby\u2325
Excel / Sheets=UNICHAR(8997)
URL-encoded%E2%8C%A5percent-encoded UTF-8
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Looks similar

Characters that Unicode’s security data (UTS #39 confusables) lists as visually confusable with this one. Useful for spotting lookalike spoofing in URLs and usernames.

U+2324⌤Up Arrowhead Between Two Horizontal Bars
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Nearby in Miscellaneous Technical

All in block →
U+231F⌟Bottom Right Corner U+2320⌠Top Half Integral U+2321⌡Bottom Half Integral U+2322⌢Frown U+2323⌣Smile U+2324⌤Up Arrowhead Between Two Horizontal Bars U+2326⌦Erase to the Right U+2327⌧X in A Rectangle Box U+2328⌨Keyboard U+2329〈Left-Pointing Angle Bracket U+232A〉Right-Pointing Angle Bracket U+232B⌫Erase to the Left