Inverted Question Mark Symbol (¿)

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Unicode Character

Unicode Hex

U+00BF

HTML Entity

Decimal Code

191

About the Inverted Question Mark Symbol

Last reviewed on October 31, 2026

¿ opens a question in Spanish and in Galician and Asturian, as in ¿Cómo estás?. It appears at the start, while the ordinary ? closes the sentence. It is the upside-down twin of the question mark.

Its official Unicode name is Inverted Question Mark. Browse the Punctuation & Special page for related characters.

How to Type Inverted Question Mark on a Keyboard

Windows: Hold Alt and type 0191 on the numeric keypad

Mac: Press Option+Shift+?

Microsoft Word: Type 00BF then press Alt+X

Phone & tablet: Copying ¿ from this page is fastest — see our mobile typing guide

Inverted Question Mark Code for HTML, CSS & JavaScript

HTML: ¿

CSS: content: '\00BF';

JavaScript: '\u00BF'

Unicode: U+00BF

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I type inverted question mark ¿ on Windows?

Hold Alt and type 0191 on the numeric keypad. You can also copy ¿ straight from this page.

How do I type ¿ on a Mac?

Press Option+Shift+?.

What is the Unicode and HTML code for inverted question mark?

It is Unicode code point U+00BF, named Inverted Question Mark. In HTML, use ¿ or the numeric reference ¿.