Registered trademark symbol (®)
U+00AE · REGISTERED SIGN · Unicode 1.1 (1993)
How to type ®
Windows
Alt code (numeric keypad)
Alt+0174
Turn on Num Lock, hold the Alt key, type 0174 on the numeric keypad and let go of Alt: ® appears.
Word and Outlook: Alt + X
00AE Alt+X
Type 00AE and press Alt+X right after it: Word turns the code into ®. Press Alt+X again to turn it back into the code.
Emoji and symbols panel (Windows 10 and 11)
Win+.
Press Win + full stop (.) to open the panel and type “registered trademark symbol” to find ®.
No numeric keypad on your laptop? See the other ways in our Alt codes guide.
Mac
Keyboard shortcut (U.S. layout)
⌥ Option+R
Press ⌥ Option+R to type ®. This is on the standard U.S. and U.S. English Mac layouts.
Character Viewer
Ctrl+⌘ Cmd+Space
Press Ctrl+⌘+Space (or the Globe key + E), search for “registered trademark symbol” and click ® to insert it.
iPhone
Emoji keyboard
Open the emoji keyboard, tap the search field and type “registered trademark symbol” to find ®.
Make a shortcut (Text Replacement)
Turn a short word into ® once and type it in any app:
- Copy ® from this page.
- Open Settings › General › Keyboard › Text Replacement and tap +.
- Paste ® as the Phrase and type a Shortcut, for example ;regist.
- Now type ;regist anywhere: the keyboard suggests ®.
Android
Symbol page in Gboard
?123 → =\<
Tap ?123, then =\<: ® has its own key there.
Checked on the English (US) keyboard. Other keyboard languages may place it elsewhere.
Make a shortcut (Gboard personal dictionary)
Teach your keyboard a short word that turns into ®:
- Copy ® from this page.
- Open Gboard settings › Dictionary › Personal dictionary, choose your language and tap +.
- Paste ® as the word and type a shortcut, for example ;regist.
- Type ;regist in any app and tap ® in the suggestions.
Linux
Unicode input
Ctrl+Shift+U 00ae Enter
Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 00ae and press Enter or Space. Works in GTK apps and with IBus (GNOME, Ubuntu, Fedora).
What ® means and how it is used
® tells readers a trademark is registered with an official trademark office. In many countries, including the United States, using ® for a mark that is not registered is not allowed, so unregistered marks use ™ instead. It usually sits as a small superscript after the brand name. Mac: Option+R; Windows: Alt+0174; HTML: ®.
In Unicode, ® is code point U+00AE with the official name REGISTERED SIGN. It belongs to the Latin-1 Supplement block and arrived with Unicode 1.1 in 1993.
Other words for it: R.
You will find it in our punctuation and typography symbols, 109 symbols in all, together with © ™ § ¶ @.
Codes for HTML, CSS and JavaScript
Tap Copy next to the code you need.
| HTML entity | ® | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML decimal | ® | |
| HTML hex | ® | |
| CSS | content: "\00AE"; | |
| JavaScript | \u00AE | |
| URL | %C2%AE | |
| UTF-8 bytes | C2 AE | |
| Unicode | U+00AE |
Will it show on my friend's phone?
Very likely yes: ® dates from Unicode 1.1 (1993), so every current system has a font for it.
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Don't confuse ® with
These look alike but are different characters. Search, sorting and screen readers treat them differently, so copy the one you mean.
- ®Registered trademark symbolU+00AE · REGISTERED SIGN
- Circled latin capital letter rU+24C7 · CIRCLED LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R · Enclosed Alphanumerics
- 🄬U+1F12C · Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement
Names in other languages
What ® is called in the 12 languages of this site (Unicode CLDR and our editors). Tap a name to open that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | Registered trademark symbol |
| Português | Símbolo de marca registrada |
| Español | Símbolo de marca registrada |
| Italiano | Simbolo marchio registrato |
| Français | Symbole marque déposée |
| Deutsch | Zeichen für eingetragene Marke |
| Türkçe | Tescilli marka sembolü |
| Bahasa Indonesia | Simbol merek terdaftar |
| Polski | Symbol znaku zastrzeżonego |
| Русский | Знак R в круге |
| 日本語 | 登録商標マーク |
| 한국어 | 등록상표 기호 |
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All Punctuation →Questions people ask
How do I type ® on a laptop without a numeric keypad?
On Windows press Win + full stop (.) and pick ® in the Symbols tab, or in Word type 00AE and press Alt+X. On a Mac press ⌥ Option+R.
What is the difference between ® and Ⓡ?
® is the registered trademark symbol (U+00AE). Ⓡ is a different character: circled latin capital letter r (U+24C7, Enclosed Alphanumerics block). They can look alike, but computers treat them as different letters, so a search for one will not find the other.
How do I type ® on an iPhone?
The iPhone keyboard has no key for ®. Copy it here, then add it in Settings › General › Keyboard › Text Replacement with a shortcut like ;regist.
What is the HTML code for the registered trademark symbol?
Use the entity ® or the numeric code ® (hex ®). In CSS write \00AE, in JavaScript \u00AE.
Will ® show on every phone?
Very likely yes: ® dates from Unicode 1.1 (1993), so every current system has a font for it.