To display symbols and characters beyond the collection of common ASCII alphanumeric values (0127), browsers recognize a special coding that lets you insert such characters into HTML document content. These entity characters start with an ampersand symbol (&) and end with a semicolon (;). Between those symbols goes a representation of the desired character in your choice of letters or numbers. For example, the numeric entity value for a copyright symbol is 169. An HTML statement using that symbol looks as follows:
Because the numbering system is not easy to remember, entities also have case-sensitive word or abbreviation equivalents for their values. For the copyright symbol, for example, the entity is ©. This makes the code more readable, as in the following:
This table lists every entity defined in the HTML 4 specification in alphabetical order. Recent browsers support the vast majority of these characters, but the user's operating system version and its internal character set also influence whether a visitor's browser will render any particular character.
Alpha entity | Numeric entity | Character | Description |
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Á | Á | Á | Capital letter A with acute |
á | á | á | Small letter a with acute |
 |  |  | Capital letter A with circumflex |
â | â | â | Small letter a with circumflex |
´ | ´ | ´ | Acute accent |
Æ | Æ | Æ | Capital ligature AE |
æ | æ | æ | Small ligature ae |
À | À | À | Capital letter A with grave |
à | à | à | Small letter a with grave |
ℵ | ℵ | | Alef symbol |
Α | Α | Α | Capital letter alpha |
α | α | α | Small letter alpha |
& | & | & | Ampersand |
∧ | ∧ | | Logical and |
∠ | ∠ | | Angle |
Å | Å | Å | Capital letter A with ring above |
å | å | å | Small letter a with ring above |
≈ | ≈ | | Almost equal to |
à | à | à | Capital letter A with tilde |
ã | ã | ã | Small letter a with tilde |
Ä | Ä | Ä | Capital letter A with diaeresis |
ä | ä | ä | Small letter a with diaeresis |
„ | „ | " | Double low-9 quotation mark |
Β | Β | Β | Capital letter beta |
β | β | β | Small letter beta |
¦ | ¦ | | Broken vertical bar |
• | • | • | Bullet |
∩ | ∩ | | Intersection |
Ç | Ç | Ç | Capital letter C with cedilla |
ç | ç | ç | Small letter c with cedilla |
¸ | ¸ | ¸ | Cedilla |
¢ | ¢ | ¢ | Cent sign |
Χ | Χ | Χ | Capital letter chi |
χ | χ | χ | Small letter chi |
ˆ | ˆ | ^ | Modifier letter circumflex accent |
♣ | ♣ | | Black club suit (shamrock) |
≅ | ≅ | | Approximately equal to |
© | © | © | Copyright sign |
↵ | ↵ | ↵ | Downwards arrow with corner leftwards (carriage return) |
∪ | ∪ | | Union |
¤ | ¤ | ¤ | Currency sign |
† | † | | Dagger |
‡ | ‡ | | Double dagger |
↓ | ↓ | | Downwards arrow |
⇓ | ⇓ | | Downwards double arrow |
° | ° | ° | Degree sign |
Δ | Δ | Δ | Capital letter delta |
δ | δ | δ | Small letter delta |
♦ | ♦ | | Black diamond suit |
÷ | ÷ | ÷ | Division sign |
É | É | É | Capital letter E with acute |
é | é | é | Small letter e with acute |
Ê | Ê | Ê | Capital letter E with circumflex |
ê | ê | ê | Small letter e with circumflex |
È | È | È | Capital letter E with grave |
è | è | è | Small letter e with grave |
∅ | ∅ | | Empty set/null set/diameter |
  |   | | Em space |
  |   | - | En space |
Ε | Ε | | Capital letter epsilon |
ε | ε | | Small letter epsilon |
≡ | ≡ | | Identical to |
Η | Η | Ἠ | Capital letter eta |
η | η | η | Small letter eta |
Ð | Ð | | Capital letter ETH |
ð | ð | | Small letter eth |
Ë | Ë | Ë | Capital letter E with diaeresis |
ë | ë | ë | Small letter e with diaeresis |
€ | € | € | Euro sign |
∃ | ∃ | | There exists |
ƒ | ƒ | | Small f with hook |
∀ | ∀ | | For all |
½ | ½ | ½ | Fraction one-half |
¼ | ¼ | ¼ | Fraction one-quarter |
¾ | ¾ | ¾ | Fraction three-quarters |
⁄ | ⁄ | ⁄ | Fraction slash |
Γ | Γ | Γ | Capital letter gamma |
γ | γ | γ | Small letter gamma |
≥ | ≥ | | Greater-than or equal to |
> | > | > | Greater-than sign |
↔ | ↔ | | Left right arrow |
⇔ | ⇔ | | Left right double arrow |
♥ | ♥ | | Black heart suit |
… | … | ... | Horizontal ellipsis |
Í | Í | Í | Capital letter I with acute |
í | í | í | Small letter i with acute |
Î | Î | Î | Capital letter I with circumflex |
î | î | î | Small letter i with circumflex |
¡ | ¡ | ¡ | Inverted exclamation mark |
Ì | Ì | Ì | Capital letter I with grave |
ì | ì | ì | Small letter i with grave |
ℑ | ℑ | | Blackletter capital I |
∞ | ∞ | | Infinity |
∫ | ∫ | | Integral |
Ι | Ι | Ɩ | Capital letter iota |
ι | ι | ι | Small letter iota |
¿ | ¿ | ¿ | Inverted question mark |
∈ | ∈ | | Element of |
Ï | Ï | Ï | Capital letter I with diaeresis |
ï | ï | ï | Small letter i with diaeresis |
Κ | Κ | Κ | Capital letter kappa |
κ | κ | κ | Small letter kappa |
Λ | Λ | Λ | Capital letter lambda |
λ | λ | λ | Small letter lambda |
⟨ | 〈 | | Left-pointing angle bracket (bra) |
« | « | « | Left-pointing double angle quotation mark (guillemet) |
← | ← | | Leftwards arrow |
⇐ | ⇐ | | Leftwards double arrow |
⌈ | ⌈ | | Left ceiling |
“ | “ | " | Left double quotation mark |
≤ | ≤ | | Less-than or equal to |
⌊ | ⌊ | | Left floor |
∗ | ∗ | * | Asterisk operator |
◊ | ◊ | | Lozenge |
‎ | ‎ | | Left-to-right mark |
‹ | ‹ | < | Single left-pointing angle quotation mark |
‘ | ‘ | ' | Left single quotation mark |
< | < | < | Less-than sign |
¯ | ¯ | ӣ | Macron (overline) |
— | — | | Em dash |
µ | µ | µ | Micro sign |
· | · | · | Georgian comma |
− | − | - | Minus sign |
Μ | Μ | Μ | Capital letter mu |
μ | μ | μ | Small letter mu |
∇ | ∇ | | Nabla |
|   | | Nonbreaking space |
– | – | | En dash |
≠ | ≠ | | Not equal to |
∋ | ∋ | | Contains as member |
¬ | ¬ | ¬ | Not sign (discretionary hyphen) |
∉ | ∉ | | Not an element of |
⊄ | ⊄ | | Not a subset of |
Ñ | Ñ | Ñ | Capital letter N with tilde |
ñ | ñ | ñ | Small letter n with tilde |
Ν | Ν | Ν | Capital letter nu |
ν | ν | ν | Small letter nu |
Ó | Ó | Ó | Capital letter O with acute |
ó | ó | ó | Small letter o with acute |
Ô | Ô | Ô | Capital letter O with circumflex |
ô | ô | ô | Small letter o with circumflex |
Œ | Œ | Œ | Capital ligature OE |
œ | œ | œ | Small ligature oe |
Ò | Ò | Ò | Capital letter O with grave |
ò | ò | ò | Small letter o with grave |
‾ | ‾ | ‾ | Overline |
Ω | Ω | Ω | Capital letter omega |
ω | ω | ω | Small letter omega |
Ο | Ο | | Capital letter omicron |
ο | ο | ο | Small letter omicron |
⊕ | ⊕ | | Circled plus |
∨ | ∨ | | Logical or |
ª | ª | ª | Feminine ordinal indicator |
º | º | º | Masculine ordinal indicator |
Ø | Ø | Ø | Capital letter O with stroke |
ø | ø | | Small letter o with stroke |
Õ | Õ | Õ | Capital letter O with tilde |
õ | õ | õ | Small letter o with tilde |
⊗ | ⊗ | | Circled times |
Ö | Ö | Ö | Capital letter O with diaeresis |
ö | ö | ö | Small letter o with diaeresis |
¶ | ¶ | ¶ | Paragraph (pilcrow) sign |
∂ | ∂ | | Partial differential |
‰ | ‰ | | Per mille sign |
⊥ | ⊥ | | Up tack/orthagonal to/perpendicular |
Φ | Φ | Φ | Capital letter phi |
Φ | φ | Φ | Small letter phi |
Π | Π | Π | Capital letter pi |
π | π | π | Small letter pi |
ϖ | ϖ | ϖ | symbol |
± | ± | ± | Plus-or-minus sign |
£ | £ | £ | Pound sign |
′ | ′ | ' | Prime/minutes/feet |
″ | ″ | " | Double prime/seconds/inches |
∏ | ∏ | | N-ary product (product sign) |
∝ | ∝ | | Proportional to |
Ψ | Ψ | Ψ | Capital letter psi |
ψ | ψ | ψ | Small letter psi |
" | " | " | Quotation mark |
√ | √ | | Square root |
⟩ | 〉 | | Right-pointing angle bracket (ket) |
» | » | » | Right-pointing double angle quotation mark (guillemet) |
→ | → | | Rightwards arrow |
⇒ | ⇒ | | Rightwards double arrow |
⌉ | ⌉ | | Right ceiling |
” | ” | " | Right double quotation mark |
ℜ | ℜ | | Blackletter capital R |
® | ® | ® | Registered trademark sign |
⌋ | ⌋ | | Right floor |
Ρ | Ρ | Ρ | Capital letter rho |
ρ | ρ | ρ | Small letter rho |
‏ | ‏ | | Right-to-left mark |
› | › | › | Single right-pointing angle quotation mark |
’ | ’ | ' | Right single quotation mark |
‚ | ‚ | ' | Single low-9 quotation mark |
Š | Š | | Capital letter S with caron |
š | š | | Small letter s with caron |
⋅ | ⋅ | | Dot operator |
§ | § | § | Section sign |
­ | ­ | | Soft hyphen (discretionary hyphen) |
Σ | Σ | Σ | Capital letter sigma |
σ | σ | σ | Small letter sigma |
ς | ς | | Small letter final sigma |
∼ | ∼ | ~ | Tilde operator |
♠ | ♠ | | Black spade suit |
⊂ | ⊂ | | Subset of |
⊆ | ⊆ | | Subset of or equal to |
∑ | ∑ | | N-ary sumation |
⊃ | ⊃ | | Superset of |
¹ | ¹ | 1 | Superscript digit one |
² | ² | 2 | Superscript digit two (squared) |
³ | ³ | 3 | Superscript digit three (cubed) |
⊇ | ⊇ | | Superset of or equal to |
ß | ß | ß | Small letter sharp s (ess-zed) |
Τ | Τ | Τ | Capital letter tau |
τ | τ | τ | Small letter tau |
∴ | ∴ | | Therefore |
Θ | Θ | Θ | Capital letter theta |
Θ | θ | Θ | Small letter theta |
ϑ | ϑ | ϑ | Small letter theta symbol |
  |   | | Thin space |
Þ | Þ | | Capital letter thorn |
þ | þ | | Small letter thorn |
˜ | ˜ | ~ | Small tilde |
× | × | x | Multiplication sign |
™ | ™ | ™ | Trademark sign |
Ú | Ú | Ú | Capital letter U with acute |
ú | ú | ú | Small letter u with acute |
↑ | ↑ | | Upwards arrow |
⇑ | ⇑ | | Upwards double arrow |
Û | Û | û | Capital letter U with circumflex |
û | û | Û | Small letter u with circumflex |
Ù | Ù | Ù | Capital letter U with grave |
ù | ù | ù | Small letter u with grave |
¨ | ¨ | ¨ | Diaeresis |
ϒ | ϒ | | Upsilon with hook symbol |
Υ | Υ | Ὑ | Capital letter upsilon |
υ | υ | ὺ | Small letter upsilon |
Ü | Ü | Ü | Capital letter U with diaeresis |
ü | ü | ü | Small letter u with diaeresis |
℘ | ℘ | | Script capital P |
Ξ | Ξ | Ξ | Capital letter xi |
ξ | ξ | ξ | Small letter xi |
Ý | Ý | Ý | Capital letter Y with acute |
ý | ý | | Small letter y with acute |
¥ | ¥ | ¥ | Yen/yuan sign |
Ÿ | Ÿ | | Capital letter Y with diaeresis |
ÿ | ÿ | ÿ | Small letter y with diaeresis |
Ζ | Ζ | Ζ | Capital letter zeta |
ζ | ζ | ζ | Small letter zeta |
‍ | ‍ | | Zero width joiner |
‌ | ‌ | | Zero width nonjoiner |