Valid SMS Message Characters#
The characters that are valid for use in an SMS message are those that appear within the GSM-7 character set. Of these characters most will use a single character within your SMS messages but a select few will use 2 characters instead of 1.
Characters that Consume Multiple Characters in an SMS#
It’s unlikely that many, if any of these characters will appear very often in your SMS messages. When they do, they count as 2 characters not 1.
Character |
Description |
|---|---|
Escape |
|
^ |
Caret / Circumflex |
{ |
Left curly bracket |
} |
Right curly bracket |
\ |
Backslash |
[ |
Left square bracket |
~ |
Tilde |
] |
Right square bracket |
| |
Vertical bar |
€ |
Euro sign |
Full List of Valid Characters#
Character |
Description |
|---|---|
@ |
At sign |
£ |
Pound sign |
$ |
Dollar sign |
¥ |
Yuan/Yen sign |
è |
Small letter e with grave accent |
é |
Small letter e with acute accent |
ù |
Small letter u with grave accent |
ì |
Small letter i with grave accent |
ò |
Small letter o with grave accent |
Ç |
Capital letter C with cedilla |
Linefeed |
|
Ø |
Capital letter O with stroke |
ø |
Small letter o with stroke |
Carriage return |
|
Å |
Capital letter A with ring |
å |
Small letter a with ring |
Δ |
Capital letter Greek delta |
_ |
Underscore |
Φ |
Capital letter Greek phi |
Γ |
Capital letter Greek gamma |
Λ |
Capital letter Greek lambda |
Ω |
Capital letter Greek omega |
Π |
Capital letter Greek pi |
Ψ |
Capital letter Greek psi |
Σ |
Capital letter Greek sigma |
Θ |
Capital letter Greek theta |
Ξ |
Capital letter Greek xi |
Escape |
|
Form feed |
|
^ |
Caret / Circumflex |
{ |
Left curly bracket |
} |
Right curly bracket |
\ |
Backslash |
[ |
Left square bracket |
~ |
Tilde |
] |
Right square bracket |
€ |
Euro sign |
Æ |
Capital letter AE |
æ |
Small letter ae |
ß |
Small letter German Eszett |
É |
Capital letter E with acute accent |
Space |
|
! |
Exclamation mark |
“ |
Quotation mark |
# |
Number sign |
¤ |
Currency sign |
% |
Percent sign |
& |
Ampersand |
‘ |
Apostrophe |
( |
Left parenthesis |
) |
Right parenthesis |
* |
Asterisk |
+ |
Plus sign |
, |
Comma |
- |
Minus sign / Hyphen |
. |
Full stop / Period |
/ |
Slash |
0 |
Digit zero |
1 |
Digit one |
2 |
Digit two |
3 |
Digit three |
4 |
Digit four |
5 |
Digit five |
6 |
Digit six |
7 |
Digit seven |
8 |
Digit eight |
9 |
Digit nine |
: |
Colon |
; |
Semicolon |
< |
Less-than sign |
= |
Equals sign |
> |
Greater-than sign |
? |
Question mark |
¡ |
Inverted exclamation mark |
A |
Capital letter A |
B |
Capital letter B |
C |
Capital letter C |
D |
Capital letter D |
E |
Capital letter E |
F |
Capital letter F |
G |
Capital letter G |
H |
Capital letter H |
I |
Capital letter I |
J |
Capital letter J |
K |
Capital letter K |
L |
Capital letter L |
M |
Capital letter M |
N |
Capital letter N |
O |
Capital letter O |
P |
Capital letter P |
Q |
Capital letter Q |
R |
Capital letter R |
S |
Capital letter S |
T |
Capital letter T |
U |
Capital letter U |
V |
Capital letter V |
W |
Capital letter W |
X |
Capital letter X |
Y |
Capital letter Y |
Z |
Capital letter Z |
Ä |
Capital letter A with diaeresis |
Ö |
Capital letter O with diaeresis |
Ñ |
Capital letter N with tilde |
Ü |
Capital letter U with diaeresis |
§ |
Section sign |
¿ |
Inverted question mark |
a |
Small letter a |
b |
Small letter b |
c |
Small letter c |
d |
Small letter d |
e |
Small letter e |
f |
Small letter f |
g |
Small letter g |
h |
Small letter h |
i |
Small letter i |
j |
Small letter j |
k |
Small letter k |
l |
Small letter l |
m |
Small letter m |
n |
Small letter n |
o |
Small letter o |
p |
Small letter p |
q |
Small letter q |
r |
Small letter r |
s |
Small letter s |
t |
Small letter t |
u |
Small letter u |
v |
Small letter v |
w |
Small letter w |
x |
Small letter x |
y |
Small letter y |
z |
Small letter z |
ä |
Small letter a with diaeresis |
ö |
Small letter o with diaeresis |
ñ |
Small letter n with tilde |
ü |
Small letter u with diaeresis |
à |
Small letter a with grave accent |