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Ubuntu Compose Key Combinations Cheat Sheet by

Key combinations for the Compose key, based on a default Ubuntu character setup.

Compose Key Help

All key combin­ations require you to press the compose key first, then key 1, then key 2.
Most key combin­ations can be run in reverse order.
By default on Ubuntu you can find or set the Compose key under:
 
Prefer­ences > Keyboard Layout > Options > Compose Key Position

Fractions

Char
Key 1
Key 2
Desc­rip­tion
½
1
2
One-half
⅓
1
3
One-third
⅔
2
3
Two-thirds
¼
1
4
One-qu­arter
¾
3
4
Three-­qua­rters
⅕
1
5
One-fifth
⅖
2
5
Two-fifths
⅗
3
5
Three-­fifths
⅘
4
5
Four-f­ifths
⅙
1
6
One-sixth
⅛
1
8
One-eighth
⅜
3
8
Three-­eighths
⅝
5
8
Five-e­ighths
⅞
7
8
Seven-­eighths

Punctu­ation

Symbol
Key 1
Key 2
Desc­rip­tion
´
'
'
Acute accent
`
`
[space]
Grave accent
˘
(
[space]
Breve
ˇ
<
[space]
Caron
¸
,
,
Cedilla
^
>
[space]
Circumflex
¨
"
"
Diaeresis
…
.
.
Ellipsis
¡
!
!
Inverted exclam­ation
¿
?
?
Inverted question
 
[space]
[space]
Non-br­eaking space
»
>
>
Right double arrow
«
<
<
Left double arrow
 

Accented Characters

Char
Key 1
Key 2
Desc­­ri­p­t­ion
á
a
'
a with acute
 
Also: a, c, e, i, l, n, o, r, s, u, y, z
ă
a
(
a with breve
 
Also: a, g
â
a
>
a with circumflex
 
Also: a, e, i, o, u, w, y
ä
a
"
a with diaeresis
 
Also: a, e, i, o, u, y
à
a
`
a with grave
 
Also: a, e, i, o, u
ą
a
,
a with ogonek
 
Also: a, e, i, u
å
a
*
a with ring above
 
Also: a, u
ã
a
~
a with tilde
 
Also: a, i, n, o, u
Ḃ
B
.
B with dot above
 
Also: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, i, m, p, s, t, z
č
c
<
c with caron
 
Also: c, d, e, l, n, r, s, t, z
ç
c
,
c with cedilla
 
Also: c, g, k, l, n, r, s
To create upper case accented letters, use an upper case letter when typing the combin­ation.

Ligatures

Char
Key 1
Key 2
Desc­rip­tion
æ
a
e
ae ligature
œ
o
e
oe ligature
Æ
A
E
AE ligature
Œ
O
E
OE ligature
ß
s
s
German ß
∞
8
8
Massac­husett ꝏ

Symbols

Symbol
Key 1
Key 2
Desc­rip­tion
©
o
c
Copyright
®
o
r
Registered
™
t
m
Trademark
 

Mathem­atical Symbols

Symbol
Key 1
Key 2
Desc­rip­tion
°
o
o
Degree
÷
:
-
Division
×
x
x
Multip­lic­ation
ª
a
_
Feminine ordinal
º
o
_
Masculine ordinal
µ
/
u
Micro
¬
,
-
Not
p
!
Pilcrow
±
+
-
Plus/minus
§
o
s
Section
⁰
^
0
Supers­cript 0
¹
^
1
Supers­cript 1
²
^
2
Supers­cript 2
³
^
3
Supers­cript 3
... and so on until
⁹
^
9
Supers­cript 9

Currencies

Symbol
Key 1
Key 2
Desc­rip­tion
¢
| (bar)
C
Cent
¤
O
X
Currency
€
C
=
Euro
£
L
=
Pound
¥
Y
-
Yen

Music

Symbol
Key 1
Key 2
Desc­rip­tion
♩
#
q
Quarter *
♪
#
e
Eighth *
♫
#
E
Beamed eighth *
♬
#
S
Beamed sixteenth *
♭
#
b
Flat
♮
#
f
Natural
♯
#
#
Sharp
* Recent additions, may not work on all versions of Ubuntu.
                   
 

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  • Published: 6th June, 2014
  • Last Updated: 14th March, 2021
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Comments

Quibble: Please note, dear reader: Don't let the title of this cheatsheet steer you away. These compose key combinations hold true for all Linux distributions. They are not specific to Ubuntu.

Thank you Dave Child for putting this cheatsheet together. It is so much more readable than the raw-looking charts out there.

k1: <
k2: -
char: ←
desc.: converse implication, assignment, rel. dir., causality

k1: -
k2: ->
char: →
desc.: implication, assignment, pointer operator, vector

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