diff --git a/keymap_drawer/config.py b/keymap_drawer/config.py
index d0f20e7..e8bacff 100644
--- a/keymap_drawer/config.py
+++ b/keymap_drawer/config.py
@@ -221,6 +221,20 @@ class KeySidePars(BaseModel):
 class ParseConfig(BaseSettings, env_prefix="KEYMAP_", extra="ignore"):
     """Configuration settings related to parsing QMK/ZMK keymaps."""
 
+    class ModifierFnMap(BaseModel):
+        """Mapping to replace modifiers in modifier functions with the given string."""
+
+        left_ctrl: str = "C"
+        right_ctrl: str = "C"
+        left_shift: str = "S"
+        right_shift: str = "S"
+        left_alt: str = "A"  # Alt/Opt
+        right_alt: str = "A"  # Alt/Opt/AltGr
+        left_gui: str = "G"  # Cmd/Win
+        right_gui: str = "G"  # Cmd/Win
+        keycode_combiner: str = "{mods}+{key}"  # pattern to join modifier functions with the modified keycode
+        modifier_combiner: str = "{mod_1}{mod_2}"  # string to join multiple modifier function strings
+
     # run C preprocessor on ZMK keymaps
     preprocess: bool = True
 
@@ -246,6 +260,10 @@ class ParseConfig(BaseSettings, env_prefix="KEYMAP_", extra="ignore"):
     # layer is active (which is the default behavior) or *any* of them (with this option)
     mark_alternate_layer_activators: bool = False
 
+    # convert modifiers in modifier functions (used in keycodes with built-in modifiers like LC(V)
+    # in ZMK or LCTL(KC_V) in QMK) to given symbols -- set to None/null to disable the mapping
+    modifier_fn_map: ModifierFnMap | None = ModifierFnMap()
+
     # remove these prefixes from QMK keycodes before further processing
     # can be augmented with other locale prefixes, e.g. "DE_"
     qmk_remove_keycode_prefix: list[str] = ["KC_"]
diff --git a/keymap_drawer/keymap.py b/keymap_drawer/keymap.py
index 4d79fed..47894ec 100644
--- a/keymap_drawer/keymap.py
+++ b/keymap_drawer/keymap.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from collections import defaultdict
 from functools import partial
 from itertools import chain
-from typing import Iterable, Literal, Mapping, Sequence
+from typing import Iterable, Literal, Mapping, Sequence, Callable
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, root_validator, validator
 
@@ -45,6 +45,15 @@ def dict(self, *args, no_tapstr: bool = False, **kwargs):
             return dict_repr
         return dict_repr.get("t") or dict_repr.get("tap", "")
 
+    def apply_formatter(self, formatter: Callable[[str], str]) -> None:
+        """Add a formatter function (str -> str) to all non-empty fields."""
+        if self.tap:
+            self.tap = formatter(self.tap)
+        if self.hold:
+            self.hold = formatter(self.hold)
+        if self.shifted:
+            self.shifted = formatter(self.shifted)
+
 
 class ComboSpec(BaseModel, allow_population_by_field_name=True):
     """
diff --git a/keymap_drawer/parse/parse.py b/keymap_drawer/parse/parse.py
index 89d44e4..3450e1f 100644
--- a/keymap_drawer/parse/parse.py
+++ b/keymap_drawer/parse/parse.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 Do not use directly, use QmkJsonParser or ZmkKeymapParser instead.
 """
 
+import re
 from abc import ABC
 from io import TextIOWrapper
 from typing import Sequence
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@ class ParseError(Exception):
 class KeymapParser(ABC):  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
     """Abstract base class for parsing firmware keymap representations."""
 
+    _modifier_fn_to_std: dict[str, list[str]]
+
     def __init__(
         self,
         config: ParseConfig,
@@ -33,6 +36,42 @@ def __init__(
         self.conditional_layers: dict[int, list[int]] = {}  # then-layer to if-layers mapping
         self.trans_key = LayoutKey.from_key_spec(self.cfg.trans_legend)
         self.raw_binding_map = self.cfg.raw_binding_map.copy()
+        self.modifier_fn_re = re.compile(
+            "(" + "|".join(re.escape(mod) for mod in self._modifier_fn_to_std) + r") *\( *(.*) *\)"
+        )
+
+    def parse_modifier_fns(self, keycode: str) -> tuple[str, list[str]]:
+        """
+        Strip potential modifier functions from the keycode then return a tuple of the keycode and the modifiers.
+        """
+        if self.cfg.modifier_fn_map is None:
+            return keycode, []
+
+        def strip_modifiers(keycode: str, current_mods: list[str] | None = None) -> tuple[str, list[str]]:
+            if current_mods is None:
+                current_mods = []
+            if not (m := self.modifier_fn_re.fullmatch(keycode)):
+                return keycode, current_mods
+            return strip_modifiers(m.group(2), current_mods + self._modifier_fn_to_std[m.group(1)])
+
+        return strip_modifiers(keycode)
+
+    def format_modified_keys(self, key_str: str, modifiers: list[str]) -> str:
+        """
+        Format the combination of modifier functions and modified keycode into their display form,
+        as configured by parse_config.modifier_fn_map.
+        """
+        if self.cfg.modifier_fn_map is None or not modifiers:
+            return key_str
+
+        fn_map = self.cfg.modifier_fn_map.dict()
+        assert all(
+            mod in fn_map for mod in modifiers
+        ), f"Not all modifier functions in {modifiers} have a corresponding mapping in parse_config.modifier_fn_map"
+        fns_str = fn_map[modifiers[0]]
+        for mod in modifiers[1:]:
+            fns_str = self.cfg.modifier_fn_map.modifier_combiner.format(mod_1=fns_str, mod_2=fn_map[mod])
+        return self.cfg.modifier_fn_map.keycode_combiner.format(mods=fns_str, key=key_str)
 
     def update_layer_activated_from(
         self, from_layers: Sequence[int], to_layer: int, key_positions: Sequence[int]
diff --git a/keymap_drawer/parse/qmk.py b/keymap_drawer/parse/qmk.py
index 0a85418..12d6da8 100644
--- a/keymap_drawer/parse/qmk.py
+++ b/keymap_drawer/parse/qmk.py
@@ -21,6 +21,43 @@ class QmkJsonParser(KeymapParser):
     _osm_re = re.compile(r"OSM\(MOD_(\S+)\)")
     _osl_re = re.compile(r"OSL\((\d+)\)")
 
+    _modifier_fn_to_std = {
+        "LCTL": ["left_ctrl"],
+        "C": ["left_ctrl"],
+        "LSFT": ["left_shift"],
+        "S": ["left_shift"],
+        "LALT": ["left_alt"],
+        "A": ["left_alt"],
+        "LOPT": ["left_alt"],
+        "LGUI": ["left_gui"],
+        "G": ["left_gui"],
+        "LCMD": ["left_gui"],
+        "LWIN": ["left_gui"],
+        "RCTL": ["right_ctrl"],
+        "RSFT": ["right_shift"],
+        "RALT": ["right_alt"],
+        "ROPT": ["right_alt"],
+        "ALGR": ["right_alt"],
+        "RGUI": ["right_gui"],
+        "RCMD": ["right_gui"],
+        "RWIN": ["right_gui"],
+        "LSG": ["left_shift", "left_gui"],
+        "SGUI": ["left_shift", "left_gui"],
+        "SCMD": ["left_shift", "left_gui"],
+        "SWIN": ["left_shift", "left_gui"],
+        "LAG": ["left_alt", "left_gui"],
+        "RSG": ["right_shift", "right_gui"],
+        "RAG": ["right_alt", "right_gui"],
+        "LCA": ["left_ctrl", "left_alt"],
+        "LSA": ["left_shift", "left_alt"],
+        "RSA": ["right_shift", "right_alt"],
+        "SAGR": ["right_shift", "right_alt"],
+        "RCS": ["right_ctrl", "right_shift"],
+        "LCAG": ["left_ctrl", "left_alt", "left_gui"],
+        "MEH": ["left_ctrl", "left_shift", "left_alt"],
+        "HYPR": ["left_ctrl", "left_shift", "left_alt", "left_gui"],
+    }
+
     def __init__(
         self,
         config: ParseConfig,
@@ -46,9 +83,13 @@ def _str_to_key(  # pylint: disable=too-many-return-statements
         assert self.layer_names is not None
 
         def mapped(key: str) -> LayoutKey:
+            key, mods = self.parse_modifier_fns(key)
             if self._prefix_re is not None:
                 key = self._prefix_re.sub("", key)
-            return LayoutKey.from_key_spec(self.cfg.qmk_keycode_map.get(key, key.replace("_", " ")))
+            mapped = LayoutKey.from_key_spec(self.cfg.qmk_keycode_map.get(key, key.replace("_", " ")))
+            if mods:
+                mapped.apply_formatter(lambda key: self.format_modified_keys(key, mods))
+            return mapped
 
         if m := self._trans_re.fullmatch(key_str):  # transparent
             return self.trans_key
diff --git a/keymap_drawer/parse/zmk.py b/keymap_drawer/parse/zmk.py
index 6294583..f903ab7 100644
--- a/keymap_drawer/parse/zmk.py
+++ b/keymap_drawer/parse/zmk.py
@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ class ZmkKeymapParser(KeymapParser):
     """Parser for ZMK devicetree keymaps, using C preprocessor and hacky pyparsing-based parsers."""
 
     _numbers_re = re.compile(r"N(UM(BER)?_)?(\d)")
+    _modifier_fn_to_std = {
+        "LC": ["left_ctrl"],
+        "LS": ["left_shift"],
+        "LA": ["left_alt"],
+        "LG": ["left_gui"],
+        "RC": ["right_ctrl"],
+        "RS": ["right_shift"],
+        "RA": ["right_alt"],
+        "RG": ["right_gui"],
+    }
 
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -59,6 +69,7 @@ def _str_to_key(  # pylint: disable=too-many-return-statements,too-many-locals
         assert self.layer_names is not None
 
         def mapped(key: str) -> LayoutKey:
+            key, mods = self.parse_modifier_fns(key)
             if self._prefix_re is not None:
                 key = self._prefix_re.sub("", key)
             mapped = LayoutKey.from_key_spec(
@@ -73,6 +84,8 @@ def mapped(key: str) -> LayoutKey:
             )
             if no_shifted:
                 mapped.shifted = ""
+            if mods:
+                mapped.apply_formatter(lambda key: self.format_modified_keys(key, mods))
             return mapped
 
         match binding.split():