Typing Unicode on Mac

This tutorial will teach you how to type special unicode characters on a Mac.

Add required input source

You need to add Unicode Hex Input to your keyboard input source before you can start.

1. Go to System Preferences › Keyboard › Input Source

2. Click the plus sign at the bottom-left and scroll down to "Others"

3. Choose "Unicode Hex Input" › Add

Now you are all set!

How to type

You can type any unicode character by holding option key and type its hex code.

Its hex code can contain digits from 0 to 9 and alphabets from A to F (both included). Its length is mostly 4, but can also be 5.

Hex Code cheatsheet

Code	Copy	Name	Description
2800,3164,FFA0	⠀,ㅤ,ﾠ	Braille Pattern Blank, Hangul Filler, Halfwidth Hangul Filler	Invisible character that can be used to amaze people
FDFD	﷽	Arabic Ligature BIismillah Ar-Raman Ar-Rahee	Longest Character in Unicode
2070	⁰	Superscript of 0	N/A
00b9	¹	Superscript of 1	N/A
00b2	²	Superscript of 2	N/A
00b3	³	Superscript of 3	N/A
207*	⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹	Subscript of 4~9	replace asterisk with 4/5/6/7/8/9
2071	ⁱ	Superscript of i	N/A
207*	⁺⁻⁼⁽⁾ⁿ	Superscript of symbols/n	replace asterisk with a/b/c/d/e/f
219*	←↑→↓↔↕↖↗↘↙	Arrows	replace asterisk with 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9

More complementary cheatsheets

Contents	Link
Math	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_operators_and_symbols_in_Unicode#Dedicated_blocks
Arrows	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrows_(Unicode_block)#Block
Music	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_Symbols_(Unicode_block)#Block
Emojis	https://unicode.org/emoji/charts/full-emoji-list.html#smileys_&_emotion

Remove input source?

If you find the Unicode Hex Input annoying, you can remove it:

1. Go to System Preferences › Keyboard › Input Source
2. Click "Unicode Hex Input"
3. Click the minus sign at the bottom-left