The tables below give you the codes for named characters in HTML. Keep in mind that some characters might have a different appearence if you use another font.

Table 1. Table of named HTML inherent characters
Character Description Entity Decimal Hex

"

quotation mark = APL quote

"

"

"

&

ampersand

&

&

&

<

less-than sign

&lt;

&#60;

&#x3C;

>

greater-than sign

&gt;

&#62;

&#x3E;

Table 2. Named characters in character set "ISO 8859-1"
Character Description Entity Decimal Hex

 

no-break space = non-breaking space

&nbsp;

&#160;

&#xA0;

¡

inverted exclamation mark

&iexcl;

&#161;

&#xA1;

¢

cent sign

&cent;

&#162;

&#xA2;

£

pound sign

&pound;

&#163;

&#xA3;

¤

currency sign

&curren;

&#164;

&#xA4;

¥

yen sign = yuan sign

&yen;

&#165;

&#xA5;

¦

broken bar = broken vertical bar

&brvbar;

&#166;

&#xA6;

§

section sign

&sect;

&#167;

&#xA7;

¨

diaeresis = spacing diaeresis

&uml;

&#168;

&#xA8;

©

copyright sign

&copy;

&#169;

&#xA9;

ª

feminine ordinal indicator

&ordf;

&#170;

&#xAA;

«

left-pointing double angle quotation mark = left pointing guillemet

&laquo;

&#171;

&#xAB;

¬

not sign

&not;

&#172;

&#xAC;

­

soft hyphen = discretionary hyphen

&shy;

&#173;

&#xAD;

®

registered sign = registered trade mark sign

&reg;

&#174;

&#xAE;

¯

macron = spacing macron = overline = APL overbar

&macr;

&#175;

&#xAF;

°

degree sign

&deg;

&#176;

&#xB0;

±

plus-minus sign = plus-or-minus sign

&plusmn;

&#177;

&#xB1;

²

superscript two = superscript digit two = squared

&sup2;

&#178;

&#xB2;

³

superscript three = superscript digit three = cubed

&sup3;

&#179;

&#xB3;

´

acute accent = spacing acute

&acute;

&#180;

&#xB4;

µ

micro sign

&micro;

&#181;

&#xB5;

pilcrow sign = paragraph sign

&para;

&#182;

&#xB6;

·

middle dot = Georgian comma = Greek middle dot

&middot;

&#183;

&#xB7;

¸

cedilla = spacing cedilla

&cedil;

&#184;

&#xB8;

¹

superscript one = superscript digit one

&sup1;

&#185;

&#xB9;

º

masculine ordinal indicator

&ordm;

&#186;

&#xBA;

»

right-pointing double angle quotation mark = right pointing guillemet

&raquo;

&#187;

&#xBB;

¼

vulgar fraction one quarter = fraction one quarter

&frac14;

&#188;

&#xBC;

½

vulgar fraction one half = fraction one half

&frac12;

&#189;

&#xBD;

¾

vulgar fraction three quarters = fraction three quarters

&frac34;

&#190;

&#xBE;

¿

inverted question mark = turned question mark

&iquest;

&#191;

&#xBF;

À

Latin capital letter A with grave = Latin capital letter A grave

&Agrave;

&#192;

&#xC0;

Á

Latin capital letter A with acute

&Aacute;

&#193;

&#xC1;

Â

Latin capital letter A with circumflex

&Acirc;

&#194;

&#xC2;

Ã

Latin capital letter A with tilde

&Atilde;

&#195;

&#xC3;

Ä

Latin capital letter A with diaeresis

&Auml;

&#196;

&#xC4;

Å

Latin capital letter A with ring above = Latin capital letter A ring

&Aring;

&#197;

&#xC5;

Æ

Latin capital letter AE = Latin capital ligature AE

&AElig;

&#198;

&#xC6;

Ç

Latin capital letter C with cedilla

&Ccedil;

&#199;

&#xC7;

È

Latin capital letter E with grave

&Egrave;

&#200;

&#xC8;

É

Latin capital letter E with acute

&Eacute;

&#201;

&#xC9;

Ê

Latin capital letter E with circumflex

&Ecirc;

&#202;

&#xCA;

Ë

Latin capital letter E with diaeresis

&Euml;

&#203;

&#xCB;

Ì

Latin capital letter I with grave

&Igrave;

&#204;

&#xCC;

Í

Latin capital letter I with acute

&Iacute;

&#205;

&#xCD;

Î

Latin capital letter I with circumflex

&Icirc;

&#206;

&#xCE;

Ï

Latin capital letter I with diaeresis

&Iuml;

&#207;

&#xCF;

Ð

Latin capital letter ETH

&ETH;

&#208;

&#xD0;

Ñ

Latin capital letter N with tilde

&Ntilde;

&#209;

&#xD1;

Ò

Latin capital letter O with grave

&Ograve;

&#210;

&#xD2;

Ó

Latin capital letter O with acute

&Oacute;

&#211;

&#xD3;

Ô

Latin capital letter O with circumflex

&Ocirc;

&#212;

&#xD4;

Õ

Latin capital letter O with tilde

&Otilde;

&#213;

&#xD5;

Ö

Latin capital letter O with diaeresis

&Ouml;

&#214;

&#xD6;

×

multiplication sign

&times;

&#215;

&#xD7;

Ø

Latin capital letter O with stroke = Latin capital letter O slash

&Oslash;

&#216;

&#xD8;

Ù

Latin capital letter U with grave

&Ugrave;

&#217;

&#xD9;

Ú

Latin capital letter U with acute

&Uacute;

&#218;

&#xDA;

Û

Latin capital letter U with circumflex

&Ucirc;

&#219;

&#xDB;

Ü

Latin capital letter U with diaeresis

&Uuml;

&#220;

&#xDC;

Ý

Latin capital letter Y with acute

&Yacute;

&#221;

&#xDD;

Þ

Latin capital letter THORN

&THORN;

&#222;

&#xDE;

ß

Latin small letter sharp s = ess-zed

&szlig;

&#223;

&#xDF;

à

Latin small letter a with grave = Latin small letter a grave

&agrave;

&#224;

&#xE0;

á

Latin small letter a with acute

&aacute;

&#225;

&#xE1;

â

Latin small letter a with circumflex

&acirc;

&#226;

&#xE2;

ã

Latin small letter a with tilde

&atilde;

&#227;

&#xE3;

ä

Latin small letter a with diaeresis

&auml;

&#228;

&#xE4;

å

Latin small letter a with ring above = Latin small letter a ring

&aring;

&#229;

&#xE5;

æ

Latin small letter ae = Latin small ligature ae

&aelig;

&#230;

&#xE6;

ç

Latin small letter c with cedilla

&ccedil;

&#231;

&#xE7;

è

Latin small letter e with grave

&egrave;

&#232;

&#xE8;

é

Latin small letter e with acute

&eacute;

&#233;

&#xE9;

ê

Latin small letter e with circumflex

&ecirc;

&#234;

&#xEA;

ë

Latin small letter e with diaeresis

&euml;

&#235;

&#xEB;

ì

Latin small letter i with grave

&igrave;

&#236;

&#xEC;

í

Latin small letter i with acute

&iacute;

&#237;

&#xED;

î

Latin small letter i with circumflex

&icirc;

&#238;

&#xEE;

ï

Latin small letter i with diaeresis

&iuml;

&#239;

&#xEF;

ð

Latin small letter eth

&eth;

&#240;

&#xF0;

ñ

Latin small letter n with tilde

&ntilde;

&#241;

&#xF1;

ò

Latin small letter o with grave

&ograve;

&#242;

&#xF2;

ó

Latin small letter o with acute

&oacute;

&#243;

&#xF3;

ô

Latin small letter o with circumflex

&ocirc;

&#244;

&#xF4;

õ

Latin small letter o with tilde

&otilde;

&#245;

&#xF5;

ö

Latin small letter o with diaeresis

&ouml;

&#246;

&#xF6;

÷

division sign

&divide;

&#247;

&#xF7;

ø

Latin small letter o with stroke = Latin small letter o slash

&oslash;

&#248;

&#xF8;

ù

Latin small letter u with grave

&ugrave;

&#249;

&#xF9;

ú

Latin small letter u with acute

&uacute;

&#250;

&#xFA;

û

Latin small letter u with circumflex

&ucirc;

&#251;

&#xFB;

ü

Latin small letter u with diaeresis

&uuml;

&#252;

&#xFC;

ý

Latin small letter y with acute

&yacute;

&#253;

&#xFD;

þ

Latin small letter thorn

&thorn;

&#254;

&#xFE;

ÿ

Latin small letter y with diaeresis

&yuml;

&#255;

&#xFF;

Table 3. Table of named greek letters
Character Description Entity Decimal Hex

Α

Greek capital letter alpha

&Alpha;

&#913;

&#x391;

Β

Greek capital letter beta

&Beta;

&#914;

&#x392;

Γ

Greek capital letter gamma

&Gamma;

&#915;

&#x393;

Δ

Greek capital letter delta

&Delta;

&#916;

&#x394;

Ε

Greek capital letter epsilon

&Epsilon;

&#917;

&#x395;

Ζ

Greek capital letter zeta

&Zeta;

&#918;

&#x396;

Η

Greek capital letter eta

&Eta;

&#919;

&#x397;

Θ

Greek capital letter theta

&Theta;

&#920;

&#x398;

Ι

Greek capital letter iota

&Iota;

&#921;

&#x399;

Κ

Greek capital letter kappa

&Kappa;

&#922;

&#x39A;

Λ

Greek capital letter lambda

&Lambda;

&#923;

&#x39B;

Μ

Greek capital letter mu

&Mu;

&#924;

&#x39C;

Ν

Greek capital letter nu

&Nu;

&#925;

&#x39D;

Ξ

Greek capital letter xi

&Xi;

&#926;

&#x39E;

Ο

Greek capital letter omicron

&Omicron;

&#927;

&#x39F;

Π

Greek capital letter pi

&Pi;

&#928;

&#x3A0;

Ρ

Greek capital letter rho

&Rho;

&#929;

&#x3A1;

Σ

Greek capital letter sigma

&Sigma;

&#931;

&#x3A3;

Τ

Greek capital letter tau

&Tau;

&#932;

&#x3A4;

Υ

Greek capital letter upsilon

&Upsilon;

&#933;

&#x3A5;

Φ

Greek capital letter phi

&Phi;

&#934;

&#x3A6;

Χ

Greek capital letter chi

&Chi;

&#935;

&#x3A7;

Ψ

Greek capital letter psi

&Psi;

&#936;

&#x3A8;

Ω

Greek capital letter omega

&Omega;

&#937;

&#x3A9;

α

Greek small letter alpha

&alpha;

&#945;

&#x3B1;

β

Greek small letter beta

&beta;

&#946;

&#x3B2;

γ

Greek small letter gamma

&gamma;

&#947;

&#x3B3;

δ

Greek small letter delta

&delta;

&#948;

&#x3B4;

ε

Greek small letter epsilon

&epsilon;

&#949;

&#x3B5;

ζ

Greek small letter zeta

&zeta;

&#950;

&#x3B6;

η

Greek small letter eta

&eta;

&#951;

&#x3B7;

θ

Greek small letter theta

&theta;

&#952;

&#x3B8;

ι

Greek small letter iota

&iota;

&#953;

&#x3B9;

κ

Greek small letter kappa

&kappa;

&#954;

&#x3BA;

λ

Greek small letter lambda

&lambda;

&#955;

&#x3BB;

μ

Greek small letter mu

&mu;

&#956;

&#x3BC;

ν

Greek small letter nu

&nu;

&#957;

&#x3BD;

ξ

Greek small letter xi

&xi;

&#958;

&#x3BE;

ο

Greek small letter omicron

&omicron;

&#959;

&#x3BF;

π

Greek small letter pi

&pi;

&#960;

&#x3C0;

ρ

Greek small letter rho

&rho;

&#961;

&#x3C1;

ς

Greek small letter final sigma

&sigmaf;

&#962;

&#x3C2;

σ

Greek small letter sigma

&sigma;

&#963;

&#x3C3;

τ

Greek small letter tau

&tau;

&#964;

&#x3C4;

υ

Greek small letter upsilon

&upsilon;

&#965;

&#x3C5;

φ

Greek small letter phi

&phi;

&#966;

&#x3C6;

χ

Greek small letter chi

&chi;

&#967;

&#x3C7;

ψ

Greek small letter psi

&psi;

&#968;

&#x3C8;

ω

Greek small letter omega

&omega;

&#969;

&#x3C9;

ϑ

Greek small letter theta symbol

&thetasym;

&#977;

&#x3D1;

ϒ

Greek upsilon with hook symbol

&upsih;

&#978;

&#x3D2;

ϖ

Greek pi symbol

&piv;

&#982;

&#x3D6;

Table 4. Mathematical characters
Character Description Entity Decimal Hex

for all

&forall;

&#8704;

&#x2200;

partial differential

&part;

&#8706;

&#x2202;

there exists

&exist;

&#8707;

&#x2203;

empty set = null set = diameter

&empty;

&#8709;

&#x2205;

nabla = backward difference

&nabla;

&#8711;

&#x2207;

element of

&isin;

&#8712;

&#x2208;

not an element of

&notin;

&#8713;

&#x2209;

contains as member

&ni;

&#8715;

&#x220B;

n-ary product = product sign

&prod;

&#8719;

&#x220F;

n-ary sumation

&sum;

&#8721;

&#x2211;

minus sign

&minus;

&#8722;

&#x2212;

asterisk operator

&lowast;

&#8727;

&#x2217;

square root = radical sign

&radic;

&#8730;

&#x221A;

proportional to

&prop;

&#8733;

&#x221D;

infinity

&infin;

&#8734;

&#x221E;

angle

&ang;

&#8736;

&#x2220;

logical and = wedge

&and;

&#8743;

&#x2227;

logical or = vee

&or;

&#8744;

&#x2228;

intersection = cap

&cap;

&#8745;

&#x2229;

union = cup

&cup;

&#8746;

&#x222A;

integral

&int;

&#8747;

&#x222B;

therefore

&there4;

&#8756;

&#x2234;

tilde operator = varies with = similar to

&sim;

&#8764;

&#x223C;

approximately equal to

&cong;

&#8773;

&#x2245;

almost equal to = asymptotic to

&asymp;

&#8776;

&#x2248;

not equal to

&ne;

&#8800;

&#x2260;

identical to

&equiv;

&#8801;

&#x2261;

less-than or equal to

&le;

&#8804;

&#x2264;

greater-than or equal to

&ge;

&#8805;

&#x2265;

subset of

&sub;

&#8834;

&#x2282;

superset of

&sup;

&#8835;

&#x2283;

not a subset of

&nsub;

&#8836;

&#x2284;

subset of or equal to

&sube;

&#8838;

&#x2286;

superset of or equal to

&supe;

&#8839;

&#x2287;

circled plus = direct sum

&oplus;

&#8853;

&#x2295;

circled times = vector product

&otimes;

&#8855;

&#x2297;

up tack = orthogonal to = perpendicular

&perp;

&#8869;

&#x22A5;

dot operator

&sdot;

&#8901;

&#x22C5;

lozenge

&loz;

&#9674;

&#x25CA;

Table 5. Technical symbols
Character Description Entity Decimal Hex

left ceiling = APL upstile

&lceil;

&#8968;

&#x2308;

right ceiling

&rceil;

&#8969;

&#x2309;

left floor = APL downstile

&lfloor;

&#8970;

&#x230A;

right floor

&rfloor;

&#8971;

&#x230B;

left-pointing angle bracket = bra

&lang;

&#9001;

&#x2329;

right-pointing angle bracket = ket

&rang;

&#9002;

&#x232A;

Table 6. Arrows
Character Description Entity Decimal Hex

leftwards arrow

&larr;

&#8592;

&#x2190;

upwards arrow

&uarr;

&#8593;

&#x2191;

rightwards arrow

&rarr;

&#8594;

&#x2192;

downwards arrow

&darr;

&#8595;

&#x2193;

left right arrow

&harr;

&#8596;

&#x2194;

downwards arrow with corner leftwards = carriage return

&crarr;

&#8629;

&#x21B5;

leftwards double arrow

&lArr;

&#8656;

&#x21D0;

upwards double arrow

&uArr;

&#8657;

&#x21D1;

rightwards double arrow

&rArr;

&#8658;

&#x21D2;

downwards double arrow

&dArr;

&#8659;

&#x21D3;

left right double arrow

&hArr;

&#8660;

&#x21D4;

Table 7. Miscellaneous symbols
Character Description Entity Decimal Hex

bullet = black small circle

&bull;

&#8226;

&#x2022;

horizontal ellipsis = three dot leader

&hellip;

&#8230;

&#x2026;

prime = minutes = feet

&prime;

&#8242;

&#x2032;

double prime = seconds = inches

&Prime;

&#8243;

&#x2033;

overline = spacing overscore

&oline;

&#8254;

&#x203E;

fraction slash

&frasl;

&#8260;

&#x2044;

euro sign

&euro;

&#8364;

&#x20AC;

script capital P = power set = Weierstrass p

&weierp;

&#8472;

&#x2118;

blackletter capital I = imaginary part

&image;

&#8465;

&#x2111;

blackletter capital R = real part symbol

&real;

&#8476;

&#x211C;

trade mark sign

&trade;

&#8482;

&#x2122;

alef symbol = first transfinite cardinal

&alefsym;

&#8501;

&#x2135;

black spade suit

&spades;

&#9824;

&#x2660;

black club suit = shamrock

&clubs;

&#9827;

&#x2663;

black heart suit = valentine

&hearts;

&#9829;

&#x2665;

black diamond suit

&diams;

&#9830;

&#x2666;

Table 8. Named characters in "ISO 8859-1 extended"
Character Description Entity Decimal Hex

Œ

Latin capital ligature OE

&OElig;

&#338;

&#x152;

œ

Latin small ligature oe

&oelig;

&#339;

&#x153;

Š

Latin capital letter S with caron

&Scaron;

&#352;

&#x160;

š

Latin small letter s with caron

&scaron;

&#353;

&#x161;

Ÿ

Latin capital letter Y with diaeresis

&Yuml;

&#376;

&#x178;

ƒ

Latin small f with hook = function = florin

&fnof;

&#402;

&#x192;

Table 9. Punctuation characters
Character Description Entity Decimal Hex

en space

&ensp;

&#8194;

&#x2002;

em space

&emsp;

&#8195;

&#x2003;

thin space

&thinsp;

&#8201;

&#x2009;

zero width non-joiner

&zwnj;

&#8204;

&#x200C;

zero width joiner

&zwj;

&#8205;

&#x200D;

left-to-right mark

&lrm;

&#8206;

&#x200E;

right-to-left mark

&rlm;

&#8207;

&#x200F;

en dash

&ndash;

&#8211;

&#x2013;

em dash

&mdash;

&#8212;

&#x2014;

left single quotation mark

&lsquo;

&#8216;

&#x2018;

right single quotation mark

&rsquo;

&#8217;

&#x2019;

single low-9 quotation mark

&sbquo;

&#8218;

&#x201A;

left double quotation mark

&ldquo;

&#8220;

&#x201C;

right double quotation mark

&rdquo;

&#8221;

&#x201D;

double low-9 quotation mark

&bdquo;

&#8222;

&#x201E;

dagger

&dagger;

&#8224;

&#x2020;

double dagger

&Dagger;

&#8225;

&#x2021;

per mille sign

&permil;

&#8240;

&#x2030;

single left-pointing angle quotation mark

&lsaquo;

&#8249;

&#x2039;

single right-pointing angle quotation mark

&rsaquo;

&#8250;

&#x203A;

Table 10. Diacritical symbols
Character Description Entity Decimal Hex

ˆ

modifier letter circumflex accent

&circ;

&#710;

&#x2C6;

˜

small tilde

&tilde;

&#732;

&#x2DC;

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