Paragraph Pilcrow symbol
Type :paragraph_pilcrow: · Punctuation
What ¶ is for
The paragraph mark, best known as the thing that appears when you turn on formatting marks in a word processor. In running text it numbers or points to a specific paragraph, which is why legal and academic citation leans on it.
How to type ¶
The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With
Emoji Anywhere
installed you can skip all of them and type
:paragraph_pilcrow: in any text field instead, which
is the same on every platform.
macOS
Option + 7
Windows
Alt + 0182
Hold Alt and type the digits on the keypad.
Shortcodes
:paragraph_pilcrow: On the web
HTML ¶
Unicode U+00B6
What ¶ gets mistaken for
section
Points at a numbered section rather than a paragraph. Legal citation uses both, and they are not interchangeable.
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