HTML character set

A handy reference table for HTML characters:

Decimal Code Char Description Entity Notes PostScript Name
ISO-8859-1 Characters (Supplementary Characters in bottom section)
� –  Unused
	 Horizontal tab

 Line feed
 –  Unused

 Carriage Return
 –  Unused
  Space space
! ! Exclamation mark exclam
" Quotation mark " quotedbl
# # Number sign numbersign
$ $ Dollar sign dollar
% % Percent sign percent
& & Ampersand & ampersand
' Apostrophe quotesingle
( ( Left parenthesis parenleft
) ) Right parenthesis parenright
* * Asterisk asterisk
+ + Plus sign plus
, , Comma comma
- Hyphen hyphen
. . Period (fullstop) period
/ / Solidus slash
0 – 9 0 – 9 Decimal digits
: : Colon colon
&#59; ; Semi-colon semicolon
&#60; < Less than &lt; less
&#61; = Equals sign equal
&#62; > Greater than &gt; greater
&#63; ? Question mark question
&#64; @ Commercial at at
&#65; – &#90; A – Z Uppercase letters
&#91; [ Left square bracket bracketleft
&#92; \ Reverse solidus backslash
&#93; ] Right square bracket bracketright
&#94; ^ Caret asciicircum
&#95; _ Horizontal bar underscore
&#96; ` Grave accent grave
&#97; – &#122; a – z Lowercase letters
&#123; { Left curly brace braceleft
&#124; | Vertical bar bar
&#125; } Right curly brace braceright
&#126; ~ Tilde asciitilde
&#127; – &#159; Unused (truly!)
&#160; Nonbreaking space &nbsp; nbspace
nobreakspace
&#192; À Capital A, grave accent &Agrave; Agrave
&#224; à Small a, grave accent &agrave; agrave
&#193; Á Capital A, acute accent &Aacute; Aacute
&#225; á Small a, acute accent &aacute; aacute
&#194; Â Capital A, circumflex accent &Acirc; Acircumflex
&#226; â Small a, circumflex accent &acirc; acircumflex
&#195; Ã Capital A, tilde &Atilde; Atilde
&#227; ã Small a, tilde &atilde; atilde
&#196; Ä Capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark &Auml; Adieresis
&#228; ä Small a, dieresis or umlaut mark &auml; adieresis
&#197; Å Capital A, ring &Aring; Aring
&#229; å Small a, ring &aring; aring
&#198; Æ Capital AE dipthong (ligature) &AElig; AE
&#230; æ Small ae dipthong (ligature) &aelig; ae
&#199; Ç Capital C, cedilla &Ccedil; Ccedilla
&#231; ç Small c, cedilla &ccedil; ccedilla
&#208; ALT=”GIF: Д> Capital Eth, Icelandic &ETH; c1 Eth
&#240; ALT=”GIF: ð”> Small eth, Icelandic &eth; c1 eth
&#200; È Capital E, grave accent &Egrave; Egrave
&#232; è Small e, grave accent &egrave; egrave
&#201; É Capital E, acute accent &Eacute; Eacute
&#233; é Small e, acute accent &eacute; eacute
&#202; Ê Capital E, circumflex accent &Ecirc; Ecircumflex
&#234; ê Small e, circumflex accent &ecirc; ecircumflex
&#203; Ë Capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark &Euml; Edieresis
&#235; ë Small e, dieresis or umlaut mark &euml; edieresis
&#204; Ì Capital I, grave accent &Igrave; Igrave
&#236; ì Small i, grave accent &igrave; igrave
&#205; Í Capital I, acute accent &Iacute; Iacute
&#237; í Small i, acute accent &iacute iacute
&#206; Î Capital I, circumflex accent &Icirc; Icircumflex
&#238; î Small i, circumflex accent &icirc; icircumflex
&#207; Ï Capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark &Iuml; Idieresis
&#239; ï Small i, dieresis or umlaut mark &iuml; idieresis
&#181; µ Micro sign &micro; mu
&#209; Ñ Capital N, tilde &Ntilde; Ntilde
&#241; ñ Small n, tilde &ntilde; ntilde
&#210; Ò Capital O, grave accent &Ograve; Ograve
&#242; ò Small o, grave accent &ograve; ograve
&#211; Ó Capital O, acute accent &Oacute; Oacute
&#243; ó Small o, acute accent &oacute; oacute
&#212; Ô Capital O, circumflex accent &Ocirc; Ocircumflex
&#244; ô Small o, circumflex accent &ocirc; ocircumflex
&#213; Õ Capital O, tilde &Otilde; Otilde
&#245; õ Small o, tilde &otilde; otilde
&#214; Ö Capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark &Ouml; Odieresis
&#246; ö Small o, dieresis or umlaut mark &ouml; odieresis
&#216; Ø Capital O, slash &Oslash; Oslash
&#248; ø Small o, slash &oslash; oslash
&#223; ß Small sharp s, German (sz ligature) &szlig; germandbls
&#222; ALT=”GIF: Þ”> Capital THORN, Icelandic &THORN; c1 Thorn
&#254; ALT=”GIF: þ”> Small thorn, Icelandic &thorn; c1 thorn
&#217; Ù Capital U, grave accent &Ugrave; Ugrave
&#249; ù Small u, grave accent &ugrave; ugrave
&#218; Ú Capital U, acute accent &Uacute; Uacute
&#250; ú Small u, acute accent &uacute; uacute
&#219; Û Capital U, circumflex accent &Ucirc; Ucircumflex
&#251; û Small u, circumflex accent &ucirc; ucircumflex
&#220; Ü Capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark &Uuml; Udieresis
&#252; ü Small u, dieresis or umlaut mark &uuml; udieresis
&#221; ALT=”GIF: Ý”> Capital Y, acute accent &Yacute; c1 Yacute
&#253; ALT=”GIF: ý”> Small y, acute accent &yacute; c1 yacute
&#255; ÿ Small y, dieresis or umlaut mark &yuml; ydieresis
&#168; ¨ Umlaut &uml; dieresis
&#175; ¯ Macron accent &macr; macron
&#180; ´ Acute accent &acute; acute
&#184; ¸ Cedilla &cedil; cedilla
&#161; ¡ Inverted exclamation &iexcl; exclamdown
&#191; ¿ Inverted question mark &iquest; questiondown
&#183; · Middle dot &middot; periodcentered
&#166; ALT=”GIF: ¦”> Broken vertical bar &brvbar; c1 brokenbar
&#171; « Left angle quote &laquo; guillemotleft
&#187; » Right angle quote &raquo; guillemotright
&#182; Paragraph sign &para; paragraph
&#167; § Section sign &sect; section
&#169; © Copyright &copy; copyright
copyrightserif
&#174; ® Registered trademark &reg; registered
registerserif
&#185; ALT=”GIF: ¹”> Superscript one &sup1; c1 onesuperior
&#178; ALT=”GIF: ²”> Superscript two &sup2; c1 twosuperior
&#179; ALT=”GIF: ³”> Superscript three &sup3; c1 threesuperior
&#173; ­ Soft hyphen &shy; e1 minus(?)
&#215; ALT=”GIF: ×”> Multiply sign &times; c1 multiply
&#247; ÷ Division sign &divide; divide
&#188; ALT=”GIF: ¼”> Fraction one-fourth &frac14; c1 onequarter
&#189; ALT=”GIF: ½”> Fraction one-half &frac12; c1 onehalf
&#190; ALT=”GIF: ¾”> Fraction three-fourths &frac34; c1 threequarters
&#170; ª Feminine ordinal &ordf; ordfeminine
&#186; º Masculine ordinal &ordm; ordmasculine
&#172; ¬ Not sign &not; logicalnot
&#176; ° Degree sign &deg; degree
&#177; ± Plus or minus &plusmn; plusminus
&#164; ¤ General currency sign &curren; currency
&#162; ¢ Cent sign &cent; cent
&#163; £ Pound sterling &pound; sterling
&#165; ¥ Yen sign &yen; yen
Supplementary Characters (Unicode UCS-2 is “charset=UNICODE-1-1″)
&#916; ALT=”GIF: Δ”> delta &Delta; e0 Delta
&#402; ALT=”GIF: ƒ”> florin &fnof; e0 florin
&#937; ALT=”GIF: Ω”> omega &Omega; e0 Omega
&#338; ALT=”GIF: Œ”> OE ligature &OElig; e0 OE
&#339; ALT=”GIF: œ”> oe ligature &oelig; e0 oe
&#352; ALT=”GIF: Š”> Scaron &Scaron; e0 Scaron
&#353; ALT=”GIF: š”> scaron &scaron; e0 scaron
&#376; ALT=”GIF: Ÿ”> Ydieresis &Yuml; e0 Ydieresis
&#305; ALT=”GIF: ı”> dotless i &inodot; e0 dotlessi
&#710; ALT=”GIF: ˆ”> circumflex &circ; e0 circumflex
&#711; ALT=”GIF: ˇ”> caron &caron; e0 caron
&#728; ALT=”GIF: ˘”> breve &breve; e0 breve
&#729; ALT=”GIF: ˙”> dot accent &dot; e0 dotaccent
&#730; ALT=”GIF: ˚”> ring &ring; e0 ring
&#731; ALT=”GIF: ˛”> ogonek &ogon; e0 ogonek
&#732; ALT=”GIF: ˜”> tilde &tilde; e0 tilde
&#733; ALT=”GIF: ˝”> double acute accent &dblac; e0 hungarumlaut
&#8211; ALT=”GIF: –”> en dash &ndash; e1 endash
&#8212; ALT=”GIF: —”> em dash &mdash; e1 emdash
&#8224; ALT=”GIF: †”> dagger &dagger; e0 dagger
&#8225; ALT=”GIF: ‡”> double dagger &Dagger; e0 daggerdbl
&#8226; ALT=”GIF: •”> bullet &bull; e0 bullet
&#8230; ALT=”GIF: …”> ellipsis &hellip; e0 ellipsis
&#8216; ALT=”GIF: ‘”> quote left &lsquo; e0 quoteleft
&#8217; ALT=”GIF: ’”> quote right &rsquo; e0 quoteright
&#8218; ALT=”GIF: ‚”> quote single base &lsquor; e0 quotesinglbase
&#8220; ALT=”GIF: “”> quote double left &ldquo; e0 quotedblleft
&#8221;  ALT=”GIF: ””> quote double right &rdquo; e0 quotedblright
&#8222;  ALT=”GIF: „”> quote double base &ldquor; e0 quotedblbase
&#8249;  ALT=”GIF: ‹”> guille single left &lsaquo; e? guilsinglleft
&#8250;  ALT=”GIF: ›”> guille single right &rsaquo; e? guilsinglright
&#8482;  ALT=”GIF: ™”> trademark, TM &trade; e1 trademark
trademarkserif
&#8480;  ALT=”GIF: ℠”> service mark, SM
&#8471;  ALT=”GIF: ℗”> sound recording copyright, (P)
&#8730;  ALT=”GIF: √”> radical &radic; e0 radical
&#8734;  ALT=”GIF: ∞”> infinity &infin; e0 infinity
&#8747;  ALT=”GIF: ∫”> integral &int; e0 integral
&#8706;  ALT=”GIF: ∂”> partial differential &part; e0 partialdiff
&#8773;  ALT=”GIF: ≅”> approximately equal &ap; e0 approxequal
&#8800;  ALT=”GIF: ≠”> not equal &ne; e0 notequal
&#8804;  ALT=”GIF: ≤”> less than or equal &le; e0 lessequal
&#8805;  ALT=”GIF: ≥”> greater than or equal &ge; e0 greaterequal
&#931;  ALT=”GIF: Σ”> summation &sum; e0 summation
&#8240;  ALT=”GIF: ‰”> per thousand (mille) &permil; e0 perthousand
&#8260; ALT=”GIF: ⁄”> fraction separator fraction
&#8719; product &prod; e0 product
&#960; pi &pi; e0 pi
&#9674; lozenge (diamond) &loz; e0 lozenge
&#8355; franc franc
&#63743; Apple logo apple
&#8984;  ALT=”GIF: ⌘”> command key
&#8997;  ALT=”GIF: ⌥”> option key
&#9774;  ALT=”GIF: ☮”> peace symbol
&#9775;  ALT=”GIF: ☯”> yin yang

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