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Modifier and navigation key markings, and the shortcuts printed in menus.
Most of these are Unicode characters with fixed code points, which makes them precisely identifiable. Several are platform-specific in a way that trips people up: the command symbol is Apple's, the Windows key is Microsoft's, and the same operation carries different marks depending on the machine.
These records say so themselves — the setting appears in the symbol's own reviewed description or in one of its documented meanings.
A looped square with four outward corners, marking the Mac command key.
Its summary places it there: “The command symbol marks the modifier key used for menu shortcuts on Apple keyboards. Its…”
An upward chevron marking the control modifier on a keyboard.
Its description places it there: “…upward chevron marking the control modifier on a keyboard”
Paired opening and closing marks, as against the straight typewriter tick.
Its a documented meaning places it there: “The straight vertical marks on a keyboard are the typewriter's compromise, one key doing…”
The short stroke that joins parts of one word.
Its a documented meaning places it there: “The keyboard key produces the hyphen-minus, a single character…”
Glyphs for keys with no letters.
Its summary places it there: “The symbols standing for modifier keys in menus and documentation”
A hollow upward arrow, marking the shift key.
Its a documented meaning places it there: “…is often accompanied by the word Shift, and on Apple keyboards it usually stands alone”
A right-pointing arrow meeting a vertical bar, marking the tab key.
Its a documented meaning places it there: “…next stop, pointing left it goes back. Many keycaps print both, one above the other, because the…”
A four-pane window mark identifying the Windows modifier key.
Its description places it there: “…four-pane window mark identifying the Windows modifier key”
These belong to a system or a curated family that lives here. A laundry care symbol is met on a clothing label whether or not its own wording happens to say so.
A looping mark meaning 'and', developed from a ligature of the Latin 'et'.
A small radiating star used to flag a footnote or an omission.
A lower-case a enclosed by a curling stroke, used in email addresses and handles.
A left-pointing arrow marking the key that deletes backwards.
A filled dot marking an item in a list.
An upward arrow above a horizontal bar, marking a latching shift.
A cross-shaped mark with a long lower arm, used as a second footnote mark.
Three dots marking an omission or a trailing-off in speech.
A rightward arrow meeting an upright bar, marking a jump to the end.
An arrow turning down then left, marking the enter or return key.
An arrow leaving a circle, marking the escape key.
A right-pointing arrow marking the key that deletes ahead of the cursor.
The letter F with a numeral, marking a programmable key.
A leftward arrow meeting an upright bar, marking a jump to the start.
A small pointer beside a lined panel, opening a context menu.
A padlock enclosing a numeral, marking the numeric keypad latch.
Two pairs of crossing strokes, used as a number mark, a hash and a musical sharp.
A horizontal bar over two angled tails, marking the option modifier.
A downward arrow with a bar below it, marking movement by a whole screen.
An upward arrow with a bar above it, marking movement by a whole screen.
A reversed P with a doubled stem, marking the start of a paragraph.
A rectangle with corner marks, standing for capturing the display.
Paired marks enclosing reported speech.
A padlock beside a scrolling arrow, marking a rarely used latch.
Two interlocking S shapes, used to cite a numbered section of a text.
A dot above a comma, joining related clauses.
A shallow open-topped bracket standing for the space character.
A wavy horizontal stroke with several unrelated uses.
A single upright stroke, used as a separator and an operator.
If you can describe what you saw as well as where, say both: “winged skull on a gravestone” narrows a list of 37 to a handful.