What ⌤ means
⌤ marks Enter in keyboard instructions.
It is an Enter key symbol, not a general upward arrow; read it as “press Enter” when a guide is about keys or shortcuts.
Technical and instructional; it fits key legends and shortcut directions.
Don't confuse it with
2Questions people ask
1Why does ⌤ show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
How to type ⌤
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 2324, then Alt+X to get ⌤.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “up arrowhead between two horizontal bars”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2324, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⌤CSS
\2324How to type ⌤
Use a system character map or a Unicode-capable symbol picker and enter U+2324 if the tool accepts code points.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⌤
HTML hex
⌤
CSS content
content: "\2324";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%8C%A4
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.