Here is a list of special characters present on standard US keyboard and commonly used to create strong passwords. Along special characters we list also the respective English name and the unicode version. We recommend to use at least 5 special characters in a password to make it strong.
| Character | Name | Unicode |
|---|---|---|
| ! | Exclamation | U+0021 |
| " | Double quote | U+0022 |
| # | Number sign (hash) | U+0023 |
| $ | Dollar sign | U+0024 |
| % | Percent | U+0025 |
| & | Ampersand | U+0026 |
| ' | Single quote | U+0027 |
| ( | Left parenthesis | U+0028 |
| ) | Right parenthesis | U+0029 |
| * | Asterisk | U+002A |
| + | Plus | U+002B |
| , | Comma | U+002C |
| - | Minus | U+002D |
| . | Full stop | U+002E |
| / | Slash | U+002F |
| : | Colon | U+003A |
| ; | Semicolon | U+003B |
| < | Less than | U+003C |
| = | Equal sign | U+003D |
| > | Greater than | U+003E |
| ? | Question mark | U+003F |
| @ | At sign | U+0040 |
| [ | Left bracket | U+005B |
| \ | Backslash | U+005C |
| ] | Right bracket | U+005D |
| ^ | Caret | U+005E |
| _ | Underscore | U+005F |
| ` | Grave accent (backtick) | U+0060 |
| { | Left brace | U+007B |
| | | Vertical bar | U+007C |
| } | Right brace | U+007D |
| ~ | Tilde | U+007E |
Below there is the string-version of above special characters: