| Character | ‼ |
| Name | Double Exclamation Mark |
| Unicode Code Point | U+203C |
| Decimal Value | 8252 |
| Hex Value | 0x203C |
| Category | Punctuation |
| Windows Alt Code | Alt+19 |
| Word Alt+X Code | 203C + Alt+X |
| Mac Shortcut | Not available — use copy/paste |
| HTML Entity | ‼ |
| HTML Code (Dec / Hex) | ‼ / ‼ |
| CSS Content Code | content: "\203C"; |
| JavaScript Unicode Escape | "\u{203C}" |
Double Exclamation Mark is a typographic punctuation mark used in professional publishing and formal writing to replace the plain ASCII approximations (like straight quotes or a hyphen) that typewriters were limited to.
Unicode block: General Punctuation (U+2000–U+206F). This block holds the "smart" typographic punctuation — proper quotation marks, en/em dashes, ellipses, and spacing marks — that go beyond what a physical typewriter keyboard could produce.
At Unicode code point U+203C (decimal 8252), Double Exclamation Mark is the 61st of 111 characters cataloged in this category on How To Type Any Symbol. In terms of typing methods, it has a documented Windows Alt code, though no dedicated single-key Mac shortcut — Mac users generally rely on copy-paste for it. Regardless of platform, clicking the copy button above places the exact character on your clipboard, ready to paste into any application that accepts Unicode text.
💡 Good to know: This character can behave differently in code contexts (like JSON or programming strings) than plain ASCII punctuation — stick to plain equivalents in code, and reserve this one for prose.
Hold Alt and type 19 on the numeric keypad.
No dedicated shortcut — click the copy button above and paste with Cmd+V.
Click the symbol above to copy it, then paste anywhere — works on every device and OS.
Use the entity ‼ in your HTML.