Reference Mark symbol
Type :reference_mark: · Punctuation
Unicode name Reference Mark · General Punctuation block · added in Unicode 1.1, 1993
What ※ is for
The Japanese reference mark, pointing at a footnote or an aside the way an asterisk does in English text. Familiar to anyone reading Japanese documents and mostly decorative outside them.
How to type ※
The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With
Emoji Anywhere
installed you can skip all of them and type
:reference_mark: in any text field instead, which
is the same on every platform.
macOS
No direct shortcut. Use Edit → Emoji & Symbols, or switch to the Unicode Hex
Input source and type 203B with Option
held.
Windows
No Alt code. In Word, type 203B then press Alt +
X. Elsewhere use the emoji panel with Win + Period, or Character Map.
Shortcodes
:reference_mark: On the web
HTML ※
Unicode U+203B
JavaScript '\u{203B}'
CSS "\203B"
Python '\u203B'
URL %E2%80%BB
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