HTML Character Entities

Frequently-used characters

Entity	ISO 10646	Character	Description
"	"	"	quotation mark
&	&	&	ampersand
<	<	<	less-than sign
>	>	>	greater-than sign
			no-break space
©	©	©	copyright sign
—	—	—	em dash

Named entities for ISO 8859-1 characters

Entity	ISO 10646	Character	Description
			no-break space
¡	¡	¡	inverted exclamation mark
¢	¢	¢	cent sign
£	£	£	pound sterling sign
¤	¤	¤	general currency sign
¥	¥	¥	yen sign
¦	¦	¦	broken (vertical) bar
§	§	§	section sign
¨	¨	¨	umlaut (dieresis)
©	©	©	copyright sign
ª	ª	ª	ordinal indicator, feminine
«	«	«	angle quotation mark, left
¬	¬	¬	not sign
			soft hyphen
®	®	®	registered sign
¯	¯	¯	macron
°	°	°	degree sign
±	±	±	plus-or-minus sign
²	²	²	superscript two
³	³	³	superscript three
´	´	´	acute accent
µ	µ	µ	micro sign
¶	¶	¶	pilcrow (paragraph sign)
·	·	·	middle dot
¸	¸	¸	cedilla
¹	¹	¹	superscript one
º	º	º	ordinal indicator, masculine
»	»	»	angle quotation mark, right
¼	¼	¼	fraction one-quarter
½	½	½	fraction one-half
¾	¾	¾	fraction three-quarters
¿	¿	¿	inverted question mark
À	À	À	capital A, grave accent
Á	Á	Á	capital A, acute accent
Â	Â	Â	capital A, circumflex accent
Ã	Ã	Ã	capital A, tilde
Ä	Ä	Ä	capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark
Å	Å	Å	capital A, ring
Æ	Æ	Æ	capital AE diphthong (ligature)
Ç	Ç	Ç	capital C, cedilla
È	È	È	capital E, grave accent
É	É	É	capital E, acute accent
Ê	Ê	Ê	capital E, circumflex accent
Ë	Ë	Ë	capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark
Ì	Ì	Ì	capital I, grave accent
Í	Í	Í	capital I, acute accent
Î	Î	Î	capital I, circumflex accent
Ï	Ï	Ï	capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark
Ð	Ð	Ð	capital Eth, Icelandic
Ñ	Ñ	Ñ	capital N, tilde
Ò	Ò	Ò	capital O, grave accent
Ó	Ó	Ó	capital O, acute accent
Ô	Ô	Ô	capital O, circumflex accent
Õ	Õ	Õ	capital O, tilde
Ö	Ö	Ö	capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark
×	×	×	multiply sign
Ø	Ø	Ø	capital O, slash
Ù	Ù	Ù	capital U, grave accent
Ú	Ú	Ú	capital U, acute accent
Û	Û	Û	capital U, circumflex accent
Ü	Ü	Ü	capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark
Ý	Ý	Ý	capital Y, acute accent
Þ	Þ	Þ	capital THORN, Icelandic
ß	ß	ß	small sharp s, German (sz ligature)
à	à	à	small a, grave accent
á	á	á	small a, acute accent
â	â	â	small a, circumflex accent
ã	ã	ã	small a, tilde
ä	ä	ä	small a, dieresis or umlaut mark
å	å	å	small a, ring
æ	æ	æ	small ae diphthong (ligature)
ç	ç	ç	small c, cedilla
è	è	è	small e, grave accent
é	é	é	small e, acute accent
ê	ê	ê	small e, circumflex accent
ë	ë	ë	small e, dieresis or umlaut mark
ì	ì	ì	small i, grave accent
í	í	í	small i, acute accent
î	î	î	small i, circumflex accent
ï	ï	ï	small i, dieresis or umlaut mark
ð	ð	ð	small eth, Icelandic
ñ	ñ	ñ	small n, tilde
ò	ò	ò	small o, grave accent
ó	ó	ó	small o, acute accent
ô	ô	ô	small o, circumflex accent
õ	õ	õ	small o, tilde
ö	ö	ö	small o, dieresis or umlaut mark
÷	÷	÷	divide sign
ø	ø	ø	small o, slash
ù	ù	ù	small u, grave accent
ú	ú	ú	small u, acute accent
û	û	û	small u, circumflex accent
ü	ü	ü	small u, dieresis or umlaut mark
ý	ý	ý	small y, acute accent
þ	þ	þ	small thorn, Icelandic
ÿ	ÿ	ÿ	small y, dieresis or umlaut mark

Named entities for symbols, mathematical symbols, and Greek letters

Latin Extended-B

Entity	ISO 10646	Character	Description
&fnof;	ƒ	ƒ	latin small f with hook (function)

Greek

Entity	ISO 10646	Character	Description
Α	Α	Α	greek capital letter alpha
Β	Β	Β	greek capital letter beta
Γ	Γ	Γ	greek capital letter gamma
Δ	Δ	Δ	greek capital letter delta
Ε	Ε	Ε	greek capital letter epsilon
Ζ	Ζ	Ζ	greek capital letter zeta
Η	Η	Η	greek capital letter eta
Θ	Θ	Θ	greek capital letter theta
Ι	Ι	Ι	greek capital letter iota
Κ	Κ	Κ	greek capital letter kappa
Λ	Λ	Λ	greek capital letter lambda
Μ	Μ	Μ	greek capital letter mu
Ν	Ν	Ν	greek capital letter nu
Ξ	Ξ	Ξ	greek capital letter xi
Ο	Ο	Ο	greek capital letter omicron
Π	Π	Π	greek capital letter pi
Ρ	Ρ	Ρ	greek capital letter rho
Σ	Σ	Σ	greek capital letter sigma
Τ	Τ	Τ	greek capital letter tau
Υ	Υ	Υ	greek capital letter upsilon
Φ	Φ	Φ	greek capital letter phi
Χ	Χ	Χ	greek capital letter chi
Ψ	Ψ	Ψ	greek capital letter psi
Ω	Ω	Ω	greek capital letter omega
α	α	α	greek small letter alpha
β	β	β	greek small letter beta
γ	γ	γ	greek small letter gamma
δ	δ	δ	greek small letter delta
ε	ε	ε	greek small letter epsilon
ζ	ζ	ζ	greek small letter zeta
η	η	η	greek small letter eta
θ	θ	θ	greek small letter theta
ι	ι	ι	greek small letter iota
κ	κ	κ	greek small letter kappa
λ	λ	λ	greek small letter lambda
μ	μ	μ	greek small letter mu
ν	ν	ν	greek small letter nu
ξ	ξ	ξ	greek small letter xi
ο	ο	ο	greek small letter omicron
π	π	π	greek small letter pi
ρ	ρ	ρ	greek small letter rho
&sigmaf;	ς	ς	greek small letter final sigma
σ	σ	σ	greek small letter sigma
τ	τ	τ	greek small letter tau
υ	υ	υ	greek small letter upsilon
φ	φ	φ	greek small letter phi
χ	χ	χ	greek small letter chi
ψ	ψ	ψ	greek small letter psi
ω	ω	ω	greek small letter omega
&thetasym;	ϑ	ϑ	(new) greek small letter theta symbol
&upsih;	ϒ	ϒ	(new) greek upsilon with hook symbol
ϖ	ϖ	ϖ	(new) greek pi symbol

General Punctuation

Entity	ISO 10646	Character	Description
•	•	•	bullet
…	…	…	horizontal ellipsis (three dot leader)
′	′	′	prime (minutes, feet)
″	″	″	double prime (seconds, inches)
&oline;	‾	‾	overline
&frasl;	⁄	⁄	fraction slash

Letter-like Symbols

Entity	ISO 10646	Character	Description
&weierp;	℘	℘	script capital P (power set, Weierstrass p)
&image;	ℑ	ℑ	blackletter capital I (imaginary part)
&real;	ℜ	ℜ	blackletter capital R (real part symbol)
™	™	™	trade mark sign
&alefsym;	ℵ	ℵ	(new) alef symbol (first transfinite cardinal)

Arrows

Entity	ISO 10646	Character	Description
←	←	←	leftwards arrow
↑	↑	↑	upwards arrow
→	→	→	rightwards arrow
↓	↓	↓	downwards arrow
↔	↔	↔	left right arrow
&crarr;	↵	↵	(new) downwards arrow with corner leftwards (carriage return)
⇐	⇐	⇐	leftwards double arrow
&uArr;	⇑	⇑	upwards double arrow
⇒	⇒	⇒	rightwards double arrow
&dArr;	⇓	⇓	downwards double arrow
⇔	⇔	⇔	left right double arrow

Mathematical Operators

Entity	ISO 10646	Character	Description
∀	∀	∀	for all
∂	∂	∂	partial differential
∃	∃	∃	there exists
∅	∅	∅	empty set (null set, diameter)
∇	∇	∇	nabla (backward difference)
∈	∈	∈	element of
∉	∉	∉	not an element of
&ni;	∋	∋	contains as member
∏	∏	∏	n-ary product (product sign)
∑	∑	∑	n-ary sumation
−	−	−	minus sign
&lowast;	∗	∗	asterisk operator
√	√	√	square root (radical sign)
&prop;	∝	∝	proportional to
∞	∞	∞	infinity
&ang;	∠	∠	angle
&and;	⊥	∧	logical and
&or;	⊦	∨	logical or
∩	∩	∩	intersection
∪	∪	∪	union
∫	∫	∫	integral
&there4;	∴	∴	therefore
&sim;	∼	∼	tilde operator (varies with, similar to)
&cong;	≅	≅	approximately equal to
≈	≈	≈	almost equal to (asymptotic to)
≠	≠	≠	not equal to
&equiv;	≡	≡	identical to
≤	≤	≤	less-than or equal to
≥	≥	≥	greater-than or equal to
⊂	⊂	⊂	subset of
⊃	⊃	⊃	superset of
&nsub;	⊄	⊄	not a subset of
&sube;	⊆	⊆	subset of or equal to
&supe;	⊇	⊇	superset of or equal to
&oplus;	⊕	⊕	circled plus (direct sum)
&otimes;	⊗	⊗	circled times (vector product)
&perp;	⊥	⊥	up tack (orthogonal to, perpendicular)
⋅	⋅	⋅	dot operator

Miscellaneous Technical

Entity	ISO 10646	Character	Description
&lceil;	⌈	⌈	left ceiling (apl upstile)
&rceil;	⌉	⌉	right ceiling
&lfloor;	⌊	⌊	left floor (apl downstile)
&rfloor;	⌋	⌋	right floor
&lang;	〈	⟨	left-pointing angle bracket (bra)
&rang;	〉	⟩	right-pointing angle bracket (ket)

Geometric Shapes

Entity	ISO 10646	Character	Description
&loz;	◊	◊	lozenge

Miscellaneous Symbols

Entity	ISO 10646	Character	Description
&spades;	♠	♠	black spade suit
&clubs;	♣	♣	black club suit (shamrock)
&hearts;	♥	♥	black heart suit (valentine)
&diams;	♦	♦	black diamond suit

Named entities for markup-significant and internationalization characters

C0 Controls and Basic Latin

Entity	ISO 10646	Character	Description
"	"	"	quotation mark (apl quote)
&	&	&	ampersand
<	<	<	less-than sign
>	>	>	greater-than sign

Latin Extended-A

Entity	ISO 10646	Character	Description
&OElig;	Œ	Œ	latin capital ligature oe
&oelig;	œ	œ	latin small ligature oe
&Scaron;	Š	Š	latin capital letter s with caron
&scaron;	š	š	latin small letter s with caron
&Yuml;	Ÿ	Ÿ	latin capital letter y with diaeresis

Spacing Modifier Letters

Entity	ISO 10646	Character	Description
&circ;	ˆ	ˆ	modifier letter circumflex accent
&tilde;	˜	˜	small tilde

General Punctuation

Entity	ISO 10646	Character	Description
&ensp;			en space
&emsp;			em space
			thin space
&zwnj;	‌	‌	(new) zero width non-joiner
&zwj;	‍	‍	(new) zero width joiner
&lrm;	‎	‎	(new) left-to-right mark
&rlm;	‏	‏	(new) right-to-left mark
–	–	–	en dash
—	—	—	em dash
‘	‘	‘	left single quotation mark
’	’	’	right single quotation mark
&sbquo;	‚	‚	(new) single low-9 quotation mark
“	“	“	left double quotation mark
”	”	”	right double quotation mark
&bdquo;	„	„	(new) double low-9 quotation mark
&dagger;	†	†	dagger
&Dagger;	‡	‡	double dagger
&permil;	‰	‰	per mille sign
&lsaquo;	‹	‹	(proposed) single left-pointing angle quotation mark
&rsaquo;	›	›	(proposed) single right-pointing angle quotation mark

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