Stop breaking your creative flow to search for symbols! Special Character Picker is a lightweight productivity tool designed to keep your hands "close to your heart." Whether you are writing code, academic papers, or social media posts, get the exact character you need in a split second.
Designed for writers, developers, and students who value a seamless "deep work" experience.
Instantly inject the chosen character directly into the active text field on your current webpage.
Copy any character to your clipboard with a single click, ready to paste into any desktop app (Word, Slack, etc.).
A mini-workspace to assemble multiple characters and text before copying or inserting.
Effortlessly browse through Math symbols, Arrows, Currency, Punctuation, and Emojis.
The extension remembers your last category and mode, so itโs always exactly where you left it.
Access your most frequently used symbols in the "Recent" barโno more digging.
A minimalist UI that opens quickly and stays out of your way.
Everything happens locally in your browser. We never collect or upload your data.
Interface available in English, ไธญๆ, ๆฅๆฌ่ช, and more to come.
Pin the extension in Chrome's "Extensions" menu for instant access from the toolbar.
Open the extension via the toolbar or a shortcut.
Find your symbol via categories or your favorites.
Click to Copy or Insertโyour flow remains uninterrupted!
You may add symbols to your favorite by right click on the symbol.
Improved categorization.
๐ SUPPORTED CATEGORIES
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โ Classic: Essential control symbols, copyright marks, and basic math operators.
๐ Best for: Everyone, especially technical writers needing Copyright (ยฉ) or Registered (ยฎ) marks.
โ Emoji: A rich set of pictographs covering expressions, gestures, animals, and food.
๐ Best for: Social media enthusiasts and casual communicators.
โ Kaomoji: Classic Japanese-style text emoticons for unique text-based expression.
๐ Best for: Anime fans, forum users, and creative bloggers.
โ Punctuation: Various forms of quotation marks, dashes, and special hyphens.
๐ Best for: Professional typographers and copywriters seeking precision.
โ Shapes: Basic geometric figures like squares, triangles, and circles.
๐ Best for: UI designers and PPT creators for layout and visualization.
โ Lines: A complete set of box-drawing characters, including single and double lines.
๐ Best for: Developers and sysadmins drawing tables or diagrams in plain text/code.
โ Arrows: A comprehensive collection of directional and specialized arrows.
๐ Best for: Flowchart creators and technical document authors.
โ Stars: Decorative star, heart, and border symbols.
๐ Best for: Note-takers and creators looking to highlight or decorate content.
โ Office Tech: Keyboard shortcut symbols, office supplies, and technical icons.
๐ Best for: Tech writers and tutorial creators to clearly show commands.
โ Currency: Symbols for major and minor global currencies.
๐ Best for: Finance professionals, international traders, and e-commerce operators.
โ Numeric: Circled numbers, Roman numerals, fractions, and sub/superscripts.
๐ Best for: Academic authors and textbook editors for lists and formulas.
โ Math: An extensive collection of algebraic, geometric, and logical operators.
๐ Best for: Scientists, students, and math teachers for complex formula entry.
โ Units: Standardized symbols for temperature, length, weight, and storage.
๐ Best for: Engineers and laboratory workers ensuring technical standards.
โ Scholastic: Greek letters, logical inference marks, and other academic symbols.
๐ Best for: Scholars in philosophy, physics, and engineering.
โ Accents: Latin letters with accents, diacritics, and umlauts.
๐ Best for: Language learners and translators of French, German, Spanish, etc.
โ Phonetic: Standard International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols.
๐ Best for: Linguists, English teachers, and students of pronunciation.
โ Recent: Dynamically tracks all characters you've recently used.
๐ Best for: Everyoneโautomatically speeds up access to your personal favorites.
Initial release.
This extension is open source and the code is available on GitHub. Contributions are welcome!
View Source Code on GitHub