Philippines (SIL) Keyboard Help
This document describes the use of the Keyman keyboard designed for typing Philippine languages with a Unicode font.
Key to Reading the Chart
The characters are presented in several tables, starting with the alphabetic characters and followed by various other
categories. At the top of each table there is a header row to help keep track of which information is
in which column:
- Character is the character you want displayed on your screen.
- Keying Sequence is the keying sequence that will produce this character.
- Access Code is the Unicode access code for the character.
- Character Name is the official Unicode name of the character.
Here are some examples of how the keying sequences are to be understood:
'a means press the Apostrophe key followed by the A key.
'A means press the Apostrophe key followed by the A key while holding down the Shift key.
&[ ] means press the Ampersand/7 key while holding down the Shift key, followed by the space key.
Additional Info
All of these characters may be displayed correctly with the Doulos SIL,
Charis SIL,
Andika New Basic, and
Gentium Plus fonts, as well as with more
common Windows fonts like Times New Roman, Arial, Calibri, and Cambria.
Alphabetic Characters – A
| Character |
Keying Sequence |
Access Code |
Character Name |
| á |
'a |
U+00E1 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH ACUTE |
| Á |
'A |
U+00C1 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH ACUTE |
| à |
`a |
U+00E0 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH GRAVE |
| À |
`A |
U+00C0 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH GRAVE |
| â |
^a |
U+00E2 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX |
| Â |
^A |
U+00C2 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX |
| ä |
%a |
U+00E4 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS |
| Ä |
%A |
U+00C4 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS |
| ā |
~a |
U+0101 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH MACRON |
| Ā |
~A |
U+0100 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH MACRON |
| ā̀ |
~`a
| U+0101
U+0300 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH MACRON
COMBINING GRAVE ACCENT |
| Ā̀ |
~`A |
U+0100
U+0300 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH MACRON
COMBINING GRAVE ACCENT |
| Ã |
&A |
U+00C3 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH TILDE |
| å |
_a |
U+00E5 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE |
| Å |
_A |
U+00C5 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE |
| ɑ |
&a |
U+0251 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER ALPHA |
| ɑ́ |
'& |
U+0251
U+0301 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER ALPHA
COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT |
| ɑ̀ |
`& |
U+0251
U+0300 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER ALPHA
COMBINING GRAVE ACCENT |
| ɑ̂ |
^&
| U+0251
U+0302 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER ALPHACOMBINING CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT |
Alphabetic Characters – C
| Character |
Keying Sequence |
Access Code |
Character Name |
| ç |
_c |
U+00E7 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA |
| Ç |
_C |
U+00C7 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA |
Alphabetic Characters – E
| Character |
Keying Sequence |
Access Code |
Character Name |
| é |
'e |
U+00E9 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE |
| É |
'E |
U+00C9 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH ACUTE |
| è |
`e |
U+00E8 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH GRAVE |
| È |
`E |
U+00C8 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH GRAVE |
| ê |
^e |
U+00EA |
LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX |
| Ê |
^E |
U+00CA |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX |
| ë |
%e |
U+00EB |
LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS |
| Ë |
%E |
U+00CB |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS |
| ē |
~e |
U+0113 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH MACRON |
| Ē |
~E |
U+0112 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH MACRON |
| ḗ |
~'e |
U+1E17 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH MACRON AND ACUTE |
| ḕ |
~`e |
U+1E15 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH MACRON AND GRAVE |
| Ḕ |
~`E |
U+1E14 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH MACRON AND GRAVE |
| ə |
&e |
U+0259 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER SCHWA |
Alphabetic Characters – G
| Character |
Keying Sequence |
Access Code |
Character Name |
| g̱ |
_g |
U+0067
U+0331 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER G
COMBINING MACRON BELOW |
| G̱ |
_G |
U+0047
U+0331 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G
COMBINING MACRON BELOW |
| ǥ |
~g |
U+01E5 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER G WITH STROKE |
| Ǥ |
~G |
U+01E4 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G WITH STROKE |
| ɡ |
&g |
U+0261 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER SCRIPT G |
Alphabetic Characters – I
| Character |
Keying Sequence |
Access Code |
Character Name |
| í |
'i |
U+00ED |
LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH ACUTE |
| Í |
'I |
U+00CD |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH ACUTE |
| ì |
`i |
U+00EC |
LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH GRAVE |
| Ì |
`I |
U+00CC |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH GRAVE |
| î |
^i |
U+00EE |
LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX |
| Î |
^I |
U+00CE |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX |
| ï |
%i |
U+00EF |
LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS |
| Ï |
%I |
U+00CF |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS |
| ī |
~i |
U+012B |
LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH MACRON |
| Ī |
~I |
U+012A |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH MACRON |
| ī̀ |
~`i |
U+012B
U+0300 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH MACRON
COMBINING GRAVE ACCENT |
| Ī̀ |
~`I |
U+012A
U+0300 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH MACRON
COMBINING GRAVE ACCENT |
| ɨ |
&i |
U+0268 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH STROKE |
Alphabetic Characters – L
| Character |
Keying Sequence |
Access Code |
Character Name |
| ḻ |
_l |
U+1E3B |
LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH LINE BELOW |
| Ḻ |
_L |
U+1E3A |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L WITH LINE BELOW |
Alphabetic Characters – N
| Character |
Keying Sequence |
Access Code |
Character Name |
| ñ |
~n |
U+00F1 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH TILDE |
| Ñ |
~N |
U+00D1 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH TILDE |
| ŋ |
&n |
U+014B |
LATIN SMALL LETTER ENG |
Alphabetic Characters – O
| Character |
Keying Sequence |
Access Code |
Character Name |
| ó |
'o |
U+00F3 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH ACUTE |
| Ó |
'O |
U+00D3 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH ACUTE |
| ò |
`o |
U+00F2 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH GRAVE |
| Ò |
`O |
U+00D2 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH GRAVE |
| ô |
^o |
U+00F4 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX |
| Ô |
^O |
U+00D4 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX |
| ö |
%o |
U+00F6 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS |
| Ö |
%O |
U+00D6 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS |
| ō |
~o |
U+014D |
LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH MACRON |
| Ō |
~O |
U+014C |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH MACRON |
| ṑ |
~`o |
U+1E51 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH MACRON AND GRAVE |
| Ṑ |
~`O |
U+1E50 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH MACRON AND GRAVE |
| õ |
_o |
U+00F5 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH TILDE |
| Õ |
_O |
U+00D5 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH TILDE |
| ø |
&0 |
U+00F8 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH STROKE |
| Ø |
_0 |
U+00D8 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH STROKE |
| œ |
o&e |
U+0153 |
LATIN SMALL LIGATURE OE |
| Π|
O&E |
U+0152 |
LATIN CAPITAL LIGATURE OE |
Alphabetic Characters – R
| Character |
Keying Sequence |
Access Code |
Character Name |
| ŕ |
'r |
U+0155 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER R WITH ACUTE |
| Ŕ |
'R |
U+0154 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R WITH ACUTE |
| ṟ |
_r |
U+1E5F |
LATIN SMALL LETTER R WITH LINE BELOW |
| Ṟ |
_R |
U+1E5E |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R WITH LINE BELOW |
Alphabetic Characters – S
| Character |
Keying Sequence |
Access Code |
Character Name |
| š |
^s |
U+0161 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH CARON |
| Š |
^S |
U+0160 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S WITH CARON |
| ß |
&s |
U+00DF |
LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S |
Alphabetic Characters – U
| Character |
Keying Sequence |
Access Code |
Character Name |
| ú |
'u |
U+00FA |
LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH ACUTE |
| Ú |
'U |
U+00DA |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH ACUTE |
| ù |
`u |
U+00F9 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH GRAVE |
| Ù |
`U |
U+00D9 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH GRAVE |
| û |
^u |
U+00FB |
LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX |
| Û |
^U |
U+00DB |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX |
| ü |
%u |
U+00FC |
LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS |
| Ü |
%U |
U+00DC |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS |
| ū |
~u |
U+016B |
LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH MACRON |
| Ū |
~U |
U+016A |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH MACRON |
| ū̀ |
~`u |
U+016B
U+0300 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH MACRON
COMBINING GRAVE ACCENT |
| Ū̀ |
~`U |
U+016A
U+0300 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH MACRON
COMBINING GRAVE ACCENT |
| ʉ |
_u |
U+0289 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER U BAR |
| µ |
&u |
U+00B5 |
MICRO SIGN
|
Alphabetic Characters – W
| Character |
Keying Sequence |
Access Code |
Character Name |
| ẃ |
'w |
U+1E83 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER W WITH ACUTE |
| Ẃ |
'W |
U+1E82 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W WITH ACUTE |
| w̱ |
_w |
U+0077
U+0331 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER W
COMBINING MACRON BELOW |
| W̱ |
_W |
U+0057
U+0331 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W
COMBINING MACRON BELOW |
Alphabetic Characters – Y
| Character |
Keying Sequence |
Access Code |
Character Name |
| ÿ |
%y |
U+00FF |
LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH DIAERESIS |
| Ÿ |
%Y |
U+0178 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y WITH DIAERESIS |
| ɏ |
~y |
U+024F |
LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH STROKE |
| Ɏ |
~Y |
U+024E |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y WITH STROKE |
Quotation Marks
| Character |
Keying Sequence |
Access Code |
Character Name |
| " |
'" |
U+0022 |
QUOTATION MARK |
| ‘ |
`` |
U+2018 |
LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK |
| ’ |
'' |
U+2019 |
RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK |
| “ |
'< |
U+201C |
LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK |
| ” |
'> |
U+201D |
RIGHT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK |
| ‹ |
&< |
U+2039 |
SINGLE LEFT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION MARK |
| › |
&> |
U+203A |
SINGLE RIGHT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION MARK |
| « |
&( |
U+00AB |
LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK |
| » |
&) |
U+00BB |
RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK |
Diacritics
| Character |
Keying Sequence |
Access Code |
Character Name |
| ´ |
^' |
U+00B4 |
ACUTE ACCENT |
| ` |
&` |
U+0060 |
GRAVE ACCENT |
| ^ |
^^ |
U+005E |
CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT |
| ¨ |
_% |
U+00A8 |
DIAERESIS |
| ¯ |
_i |
U+00AF |
MACRON |
| ~ |
~~ |
U+007E |
TILDE |
| ˜ |
&~ |
U+02DC |
SMALL TILDE |
| ʹ |
`' |
U+02B9 |
MODIFIER LETTER PRIME
(Used for syllable primary stress) |
| ˌ |
`, |
U+02CC |
MODIFIER LETTER LOW VERTICAL LINE
(Used for syllable secondary stress) |
Other Punctuation Symbols and Spacing
| Character |
Keying Sequence |
Access Code |
Character Name |
| ' |
&' |
U+0027 |
APOSTROPHE |
| - |
~- |
U+00AD |
SOFT HYPHEN |
| ‑ |
_- |
U+2011 |
NON-BREAKING HYPHEN |
| – |
&- |
U+2013 |
EN DASH |
| — |
&_ |
U+2014 |
EM DASH |
| … |
_. |
U+2026 |
HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS |
| [ ] |
_[ ] (underscore+space) |
U+00A0 |
NO-BREAK SPACE |
| [ ] |
&[ ] (ampersand+space) |
U+2009 |
THIN SPACE |
| · |
'= |
U+00B7 |
MIDDLE DOT |
Mathematical Symbols
| Character |
Keying Sequence |
Access Code |
Character Name |
| % |
%% |
U+0025 |
PERCENT SIGN |
| ‰ |
&% |
U+2030 |
PER MILLE SIGN |
| ¼ |
_1 |
U+00BC |
VULGAR FRACTION ONE QUARTER |
| ½ |
_2 |
U+00BD |
VULGAR FRACTION ONE HALF |
| ¾ |
_3 |
U+00BE |
VULGAR FRACTION THREE QUARTERS |
| ² |
^2 |
U+00B2 |
SUPERSCRIPT TWO |
| ³ |
^3 |
U+00B3 |
SUPERSCRIPT THREE |
| ± |
_n |
U+00B1 |
PLUS-MINUS SIGN |
| × |
&X |
U+00D7 |
MULTIPLICATION SIGN |
| ÷ |
&: |
U+00F7 |
DIVISION SIGN |
| ° |
&o |
U+00B0 |
DEGREE SIGN |
Currency Symbols
| Character |
Keying Sequence |
Access Code |
Character Name |
| ¢ |
&$ |
U+00A2 |
CENT SIGN |
| € |
&c |
U+20AC |
EURO SIGN |
| ₱ |
&P |
U+20B1 |
PESO SIGN |
| ¥ |
%s |
U+00A5 |
YEN SIGN |
| ¤ |
x&o |
U+00A4 |
CURRENCY SIGN |
Other Symbols
| Character |
Keying Sequence |
Access Code |
Character Name |
| ꞌ |
" |
U+A78C |
LATIN SMALL LETTER SALTILLO
(Used for lower case glottal) |
| Ꞌ |
^" |
U+A78B |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SALTILLO
(Used for upper case glottal) |
| ʔ |
&? |
U+0294 |
LATIN LETTER GLOTTAL STOP |
| & |
&& |
U+0026 |
AMPERSAND |
| § |
S&S |
U+00A7 |
SECTION SIGN |
| ¶ |
&p |
U+00B6 |
PILCROW SIGN |
| © |
&C |
U+00A9 |
COPYRIGHT SIGN |
| ® |
&R |
U+00AE |
REGISTERED SIGN |
| ™ |
T&M |
U+2122 |
TRADE MARK SIGN |
| ¬ |
&L |
U+00AC |
NOT SIGN |
| • |
&O |
U+2022 |
BULLET |
| ◊ |
&x |
U+25CA |
LOZENGE |
| ¦ |
&| |
U+00A6 |
BROKEN BAR |
| ¡ |
&! |
U+00A1 |
INVERTED EXCLAMATION MARK |
| ª |
&. |
U+00AA |
FEMININE ORDINAL INDICATOR |
| ← |
%< |
U+2190 |
LEFTWARDS ARROW |
| → |
%> |
U+2192 |
RIGHTWARDS ARROW |
| ͡ |
^( |
U+0361 |
COMBINING DOUBLE INVERTED BREVE
(Used for tie bar) |
| _ |
__ |
U+005F |
LOW LINE |
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