Upside Down Symbols
Punctuation and signs that already exist in Unicode in a turned form.
| Name | Symbol | Unicode |
|---|---|---|
| Upside down question mark | ¿ | U+00BF |
| Upside down exclamation mark | ¡ | U+00A1 |
| Upside down caret | ˇ | U+02C7 |
| Turned ampersand | ⅋ | U+214B |
| Upside down 2 | ᘔ | U+1614 |
| Upside down 4 | ߈ | U+07C8 |
| Upside down 5 | ဌ | U+100C |
| Upside down 7 | ㄥ | U+3125 |
What each symbol is really for
- ¿ and ¡ are the opening marks of Spanish questions and exclamations. They are real punctuation, so they work in every font and keyboard layout, and they have their own pages.
- ˇ is formally a caron (a háček), the small wedge above č in Czech. It is not a turned caret, but it is the shape most people mean when they search for an upside down ^.
- ⅋ is the turned ampersand, U+214B, used in linear logic as the symbol for the par connective.
- ᘔ ߈ ဌ ㄥ are the borrowed lookalikes for the digits 2, 4, 5 and 7. See the numbers page.
Typing them directly
On a Mac, press Option and 1 for ¡, or Option, Shift and the question mark key for ¿. On Windows, hold Alt and type 0191 for ¿ or 0161 for ¡ on the numeric keypad. The other symbols have no shortcut, so use the copy buttons.