HTML Character Reference Guide

A handy html character reference guide to help you code your text content and symbols in a form that will display correctly on all devices.

Ascii Characters

Symbol	Decimal	Entity	Description
	 		Space
!	!		Exclamation Mark
“	"	"	Quotation Mark
#	#		Octothorpe
$	$		Dollar
%	%		Percent
&	&	&	Ampersand
‘	'		Apostrophe
(	(		Left Bracket
)	)		Right Bracket
*	*		Asterisk
+	+		Plus
,	,		Comma
–	-		Hyphen
.	.		Full Stop
/	/		Slash
:	0		Colon
;	&#059;		Semicolon
<	&#060;	&lt;	Less Than
=	&#061;		Equals
>	&#062;	&gt;	Greater Than
?	&#063;		Question Mark
@	&#064;		Commercial At
[	&#091;		Left Square Bracket
\	&#092;		Backslash
]	&#093;		Right Square Bracket
^	&#094;		Caret
_	&#095;		Underscore
`	&#096;		Grave Accent
{	&#123;		Left Curly Brace
|	&#124;		Vertical Bar
}	&#125;		Right Curly Brace
~	&#126;		Tilde

Latin 1 (ISO-8859-1)

Symbol	Decimal	Entity	Description
	 	 	Nonbreaking Space
¡	¡	¡	Inverted Exclamation Mark
¢	¢	¢	Cent
£	£	£	Pound
¤	¤	¤	General Currency
¥	¥	¥	Yen
¦	¦	¦	Broken Vertical Bar
§	§	§	Section Sign
¨	¨	¨	Umlaut
©	©	©	Copyright
ª	ª	ª	Feminine Ordinal
«	«	«	Left Angle Quote
¬	¬	¬	Not
­	­	­	Soft Hyphen
®	®	®	Registered Trademark
¯	¯	¯	Macron Accent
°	°	°	Degree
±	±	±	Plus or Minus
²	²	²	Superscript 2
³	³	³	Superscript 3
´	´	´	Acute Accent
µ	µ	µ	Micron
¶	¶	¶	Pilcrow
·	·	·	Middle Dot
¸	¸	¸	Cedilla
¹	¹	¹	Superscript 1
º	º	º	Masculine Ordinal
»	»	»	Right Angle Quote
¼	¼	¼	Fraction: Quarter
½	½	½	Fraction: 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 Accent
Ä	Ä	Ä	Capital A, Umlaut
Å	Å	Å	Capital A, Ring
Æ	Æ	Æ	Capital AE 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, Umlaut
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, Umlaut
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 Accent
Ö	Ö	Ö	Capital O, Umlaut
×	×	×	Multiplication
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, Umlaut
Ý	Ý	Ý	Capital Y, Acute Accent
Þ	Þ	Þ	Capital Thorn, Icelandic
ß	ß	ß	Small SZ Ligature, German
à	à	à	Small A, Grave Accent
á	ß	á	Small A, Acute Accent
â	â	â	Small A, Circumflex Accent
ã	ã	ã	Small A, Tilde
ä	ä	ä	Small A, Umlaut
å	å	å	Small A, Ring
æ	æ	æ	Small AE 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, Umlaut
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, Umlaut
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, Umlaut
÷	÷	÷	Division
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, Umlaut
ý	ý	ý	Small Y, Acute Accent
þ	þ	þ	Small Thorn, Icelandic
ÿ	ÿ	ÿ	Small Y, Umlaut

Latin Extended A

Symbol	Decimal	Entity	Description
Œ	Œ	Œ	Capital OE Ligature
œ	œ	œ	Small OE Ligature
Š	Š	Š	Capital S, Caron
š	š	š	Small S, Caron
Ÿ	Ÿ	Ÿ	Capital Y, Umlaut

Latin Extended B

Symbol	Decimal	Entity	Description
ƒ	ƒ	ƒ	Small f with Hook

Spacing Modified Letters

Symbol	Decimal	Entity	Description
ˆ	ˆ	ˆ	Circumflex Accent
˜	˜	˜	Tilde

Greek

Symbol	Decimal	Entity	Description
Α	Α	Α	Capital Alpha
Β	Β	Β	Capital Beta
Γ	Γ	Γ	Capital Gamma
Δ	Δ	Δ	Capital Delta
Ε	Ε	Ε	Capital Epsilon
Ζ	Ζ	Ζ	Capital Zeta
Η	Η	Η	Capital Eta
Θ	Θ	Θ	Capital Theta
Ι	Ι	Ι	Capital Iota
Κ	Κ	Κ	Capital Kappa
Λ	Λ	Λ	Capital Lambda
Μ	Μ	Μ	Capital Mu
Ν	Ν	Ν	Capital Nu
Ξ	Ξ	Ξ	Capital Xi
Ο	Ο	Ο	Capital Omicron
Π	Π	Π	Capital Pi
Ρ	Ρ	Ρ	Capital Rho
Σ	Σ	Σ	Capital Sigma
Τ	Τ	Τ	Capital Tau
Υ	Υ	Υ	Capital Upsilon
Φ	Φ	Φ	Capital Phi
Χ	Χ	Χ	Capital Chi
Ψ	Ψ	Ψ	Capital Psi
Ω	Ω	Ω	Capital Omega
α	α	α	Small Alpha
β	β	β	Small Beta
γ	γ	γ	Small Gamma
δ	δ	δ	Small Delta
ε	ε	ε	Small Epsilon
ζ	ζ	ζ	Small Zeta
η	η	η	Small Eta
θ	θ	θ	Small Theta
ι	ι	ι	Small Iota
κ	κ	κ	Small Kappa
λ	λ	λ	Small Lambda
μ	μ	μ	Small Mu
ν	ν	ν	Small Nu
ξ	ξ	ξ	Small Xi
ο	ο	ο	Small Omicron
π	π	π	Small Pi
ρ	ρ	ρ	Small Rho
ς	ς	ς	Small Final sigma
σ	σ	σ	Small Sigma
τ	τ	τ	Small Tau
υ	υ	υ	Small Upsilon
φ	φ	φ	Small Phi
χ	χ	χ	Small Chi
ψ	ψ	ψ	Small Psi
ω	ω	ω	Small Omega
ϑ	ϑ	ϑ	Small Theta Symbol
ϒ	ϒ	ϒ	Upsilon with Hook
ϖ	ϖ	ϖ	Pi Symbol

General Punctuation

Symbol	Decimal	Entity	Description
	 	 	En Space
	 	 	Em Space
	 	 	Thin Space
‌	‌	‌	Zero-width Nonjoiner
‍	‍	‍	Zero-width Joiner
‎	‎	‎	Left-to-Right Mark
‏	‏	‏	Right-to-Left Mark
–	–	–	Endash
—	—	—	Emdash
‘	‘	‘	Left Single Quotation Mark
’	’	’	Right Single Quotation Mark
‚	‚	‚	Single Low 9 Quotation Mark
“	“	“	Left Double Quotation Mark
”	”	”	Right Double Quotation Mark
„	„	„	Double Low 9 Quotation Mark
†	†	†	Dagger
‡	‡	‡	Double Dagger
•	•	•	Bullet
…	…	…	Ellipses
‰	‰	‰	Per Mille
′	′	′	Prime, Minutes, Feet
″	″	″	Double Prime, Seconds, Inches
‹	‹	‹	Single Left Angle Quotation
›	›	›	Single Right Angle Quotation
‾	‾	‾	Overline
⁄	⁄	⁄	Fraction Slash
€	€	€	Euro Symbol

Letter-like Symbols

Symbol	Decimal	Entity	Description
ℑ	ℑ	ℑ	Blackletter Capital I, Imaginary Part
℘	℘	℘	Script Capital P, Power Set
ℜ	ℜ	ℜ	Blackletter Capital R, Real Part
™	™	™	Trademark
ℵ	ℵ	ℵ	Alef or First Transfinite Cardinal

Arrows

Symbol	Decimal	Entity	Description
←	←	←	Left Arrow
↑	↑	↑	Up Arrow
→	→	→	Right Arrow
↓	↓	↓	Down Arrow
↔	↔	↔	Left-Right Arrow
↵	↵	↵	Down Arrow with Corner Leftward
⇐	⇐	⇐	Leftward Double Arrow

Mathematical Operators

Symbol	Decimal	Entity	Description
∀	∀	∀	For All
∂	∂	∂	Partial Differential
∃	∃	∃	There Exists
∅	∅	∅	Empty Set, Null Set, Diameter
∇	∇	∇	Nabla, Backward Difference
∈	∈	∈	Element Of
∉	∉	∉	Not an Element Of
∋	∋	∋	Contains as a Member
∏	∏	∏	N-ary Product, Product Sign
∑	∑	∑	N-ary Summation
−	−	−	Minus Sign
∗	∗	∗	Asterisk Operator
√	√	√	Square Root, Radical Sign
∝	∝	∝	Proportional
∞	∞	∞	Infinity Symbol
∠	∠	∠	Angle
∧	∧	∧	Logical And, Wedge
∨	∨	∨	Logical Or, Vee
∩	∩	∩	Intersection, Cap
∪	∪	∪	Union, Cup
∫	∫	∫	Integral
∴	∴	∴	Therefore
∼	∼	∼	Tilde Operator, Varies With, Similar To
≅	≅	≅	Approximately Equal To
≈	≈	≈	Almost Equal To, Asymptotic To
≠	≠	≠	Not Equal To
≡	≡	≡	Identical To
≤	≤	≤	Less Than or Equal To
≥	≥	≥	Greater Than or Equal To
⊂	⊂	⊂	Subset Of
⊃	⊃	⊃	Superset Of
⊄	⊄	⊄	Not a Subset Of
⊆	⊆	⊆	Subset Of or Equal To
⊇	⊇	⊇	Superset Of or Equal To
⊕	⊕	⊕	Circled Plus, Direct Sum
⊗	⊗	⊗	Circled Times, Vector Product
⊥	⊥	⊥	Up Tack, Orthogonal To, Perpendicular
⋅	⋅	⋅	Dot Operator

Miscellaneous Technical Symbols

Symbol	Decimal	Entity	Description
⌈	⌈	⌈	Left Ceiling
⌉	⌉	⌉	Right Ceiling
⌊	⌊	⌊	Left Floor
⌋	⌋	⌋	Right Floor
〈	〈	⟨	Left-Pointing Angle Bracket
〉	〉	⟩	Right-Pointing Angle Bracket

Geometric Shapes

Symbol	Decimal	Entity	Description
◊	◊	◊	Lozenge

Miscellaneous Symbols

Symbol	Decimal	Entity	Description
♠	♠	♠	Spade
♣	♣	♣	Club
♥	♥	♥	Heart
♦	♦	♦	Diamond

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