“What Do the ⌘, ⇧, ⌥, ⌃, ⎋, ↩, ⇥, ↖ and ↘ Menu Symbols Mean?”
 
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⌘ — Command/Apple key
 
⇧ — Shift key
 
⌥ — Option/Alt key
 
⌃ — Control key
 
↩ — Return key
 
⇥ — Tab key
 
⎋ — Escape key
 
↖ — Home key
 
↘ — End key

 
By The Way

Why did we choose these symbols for these keys?  We didn’t — these are the symbols Apple selected for the OS X user interface.
 

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