Really just so I remember what works for me. There are plenty of pages Google will find you, and mostly their suggestions work ie
CTRL-SHIFT-u <followed by hex code of the char you want and RETURN>
For most X applications, eg pidgin, browsers, etc that works, but not emacs or the command line.
For emacs CTRL-X 8 RETURN <then hex code> RETURN
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