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Copyright symbol

U+00A9

Used in a notice with the year and owner’s name, such as © 2026 Your Name. In most countries work is protected without it, though the notice makes the claim clear.

Official name: COPYRIGHT SIGN
Unicode block: Latin-1 Supplement
Added in: Unicode 1.1
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UTF-8 bytes: C2 A9
Keywords: C, copyright, trademark, registered
Keyboard: Windows: hold Alt, type 0169 on the number pad
Mac: ⌥ G
Categories: Legal & marks

The Unicode standard defines this character, but your device’s fonts decide how it looks, so it may differ on other screens.

Data: Unicode 16.0, Emoji 16.0.