Entering Unicode on a Windows machine
Under Windows just press the Alt key and the decimal code.
Apart from that, Microsoft Word has another functionality to enter Unicode: just enter the hexadecimal code where you want to put it, i.e. write for instance 2615, then place the cursor right behind it and enter Alt+X. It will produce the symbol for "hot beverage" ☕. The same function also works the other way round. If you place for instance the cursor behind the symbol for "thumbs up" 👍, it will produce the hexadecimal code 1F44D.
Some examples:
| Meaning | Alt-Code | |
|---|---|---|
| ≠ | not equal to | Alt + 8800 |
| ☎ | black telephone | Alt + 9742 |
| ☏ | white telephone | Alt + 9743 |
| ☐ | ballot box | Alt + 9744 |
| ☑ | ballot box with check | Alt + 9745 |
| ☒ | ballot box with x | Alt + 9746 |
| ☕ | hot beverage, coffee cup | Alt + 9749 |
| ☢ | radioactive sign | Alt + 9762 |
| ☯ | yin yang | Alt + 9775 |
| ☰ | trigram for heaven / menu symbol | Alt + 9776 |
| ♻ | black universal recycling symbol | Alt + 9851 |
| ♿ | wheelchair | Alt + 9855 |
| ⚛ | atom symbol | Alt + 9883 |
| ✆ | telephone location sign | Alt + 9990 |
| ✓ | check mark | Alt + 10003 |
| 䏌 | Han character, vibrate, refers to old dances | Alt + 17356 |
| 🌱 | seedling | Alt + 127793 |
| 🍔 | hamburger | Alt + 127828 |
| 🐧 | penguin | Alt + 128039 |
| 👍 | thumbs up sign | Alt + 128077 |
| 👎 | thumbs down sign | Alt + 128078 |
| 👏 | clapping hands sign | Alt + 128079 |
| 💃 | dancer | Alt + 128131 |
| 💡 | electric light bulb | Alt + 128161 |
| 📞 | telephone receiver | Alt + 128222 |
| 📫 | closed mailbox with raised flag | Alt + 128235 |
| 📰 | newspaper | Alt + 128240 |
| 📳 | vibration mode | Alt + 128243 |
| 📵 | no mobile phones | Alt + 128245 |
| 🔇 | speaker with cancellation stroke | Alt + 128263 |
| 🕻 | left hand telephone receiver | Alt + 128379 |
| 🕽 | right hand telephone receiver | Alt + 128381 |
| 🕾 | white touchtone telephone | Alt + 128382 |
| 🕿 | black touchtone telephone | Alt + 128383 |
| 🚭 | no smoking symbol | Alt + 128685 |
| 🚮 | put litter in this place | Alt + 128686 |
| 🚯 | do not litter symbol | Alt + 128687 |
| 🚰 | potable water symbol | Alt + 128688 |
| 🚱 | non-potable water symbol | Alt + 128689 |
| 🚹 | men symbol | Alt + 128697 |
| 🚺 | women symbol | Alt + 128698 |
| 🚻 | restroom unisex | Alt + 128699 |
| 🚼 | baby (diaper changing facilities) | Alt + 128700 |
| 🚾 | water closet | Alt + 128702 |
| 🛌 | sleeping accomodation | Alt + 128716 |
| 🛏 | bed | Alt + 128719 |
| 🤧 | sneezing face | Alt + 129319 |
| 🤫 | face with finger covering closed lips (be quiet) | Alt + 129323 |
| 🤬 | serious face with symbols covering mouth | Alt + 129324 |