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About these cool
Cool symbols for gamer names and bios: crosses, swords, skulls and stylish letter-like characters.
You get 57 symbols here, sorted into 2 groups: basic (38), nick decorations (19).
They span almost the whole history of Unicode: from version 1.1 (1993) to version 6.1 (2012). The newer ones need an up-to-date phone.
How to type the popular cool
Shortcuts from our keyboard tables. Alt codes need the numeric keypad; the Mac keys are for the U.S. layout.
| Symbol | Windows | Mac |
|---|---|---|
| ツKatakana tsu (shrug smiley) | 30C4 Alt+X | Character Viewer |
| 〆Shime mark (closing) | 3006 Alt+X | Character Viewer |
| ☠Skull and crossbones symbol | 2620 Alt+X | Character Viewer |
| ⚔Crossed swords symbol | 2694 Alt+X | Character Viewer |
| ♛Black chess queen (crown) | 265B Alt+X | Character Viewer |
| ♚Black chess king | 265A Alt+X | Character Viewer |
| ✞Shadowed cross | 271E Alt+X | Character Viewer |
| ☾Crescent moon symbol | 263E Alt+X | Character Viewer |
Symbols or emoji?
All 38 are text symbols, not emoji: they take the colour, size and font of the text around them, so they fit neatly into names, bios and documents.
Some characters exist in both forms. ☠ (U+2620) is a text symbol; add the invisible emoji selector U+FE0F and it becomes the emoji ☠️ on most phones.
Unicode blocks and versions
Unicode files them in 15 blocks. The biggest share, 8, sits in CJK Unified Ideographs.
| Unicode block | Symbols | Unicode versions |
|---|---|---|
| CJK Unified Ideographs | 8 | 1.1 |
| Miscellaneous Symbols | 7 | 1.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2 |
| Tibetan | 5 | 2.0, 4.1 |
| Katakana | 3 | 1.1 |
| Egyptian Hieroglyphs | 3 | 5.2 |
| Javanese | 2 | 5.2 |
| Greek and Coptic | 2 | 1.1, 3.0 |
| CJK Symbols and Punctuation | 1 | 1.1 |
| Bopomofo | 1 | 1.1 |
| Dingbats | 1 | 1.1 |
Questions people ask
How do I copy cool?
Tap a symbol and it is copied. To copy several at once, turn on Collect, tap them in order and press Copy all in the bar at the bottom. Your recent symbols appear above the grid next time.
Why do some cool show as boxes?
A box means your device has no font for that character. The oldest symbols here date from Unicode 1.1 (1993) and work everywhere; the newest come from Unicode 6.1 (2012) and need a recent system update.
How do I type ツ on a keyboard?
On Windows: 30C4 Alt+X. On a Mac, open the Character Viewer with Ctrl+⌘+Space and search for it. On a phone, copy ツ from here. All methods for ツ.
Are these emoji?
No. They are text symbols: they follow your text colour and font, unlike emoji, which are colour pictures drawn by the device.
Where can I use them?
Anywhere you can type text: Instagram and TikTok bios, Discord, WhatsApp, Word, Google Docs, emails and most game chats. A few username fields accept only letters and numbers.