HTML Entities
Characters with special meaning
Some characters are reserved in HTML. For example, you cannot use the greater than and less than signs or angle brackets within your text because the browser could mistake them for markup.
Symbol
Description
Entity Name
Number Code
"
quotation mark
"
"
&
ampersand
&
&
'
apostrophe
'
'
<
less-than
<
<
>
greater-than
>
>
ISO 8859-1 Symbol Entities
The ISO 8859-1 or more commonly knowns as Latin 1 character set is widely used in HTML documents.
Symbol
Description
Entity Name
Number Code
non-breaking space
 
¡
inverted exclamation mark
¡
¡
¤
currency
¤
¤
¢
cent
¢
¢
£
pound
£
£
¥
yen
¥
¥
¦
broken vertical bar
¦
¦
§
section
§
§
¨
spacing diaeresis
¨
¨
©
copyright
©
©
ª
feminine ordinal indicator
ª
ª
«
angle quotation mark (left)
«
«
¬
negation
¬
¬
soft hyphen
­
­
®
registered trademark
®
®
™
trademark
™
™
¯
spacing macron
¯
¯
°
degree
°
°
±
plus-or-minus
±
±
²
superscript 2
²
²
³
superscript 3
³
³
´
spacing acute
´
´
µ
micro
µ
µ
¶
paragraph
¶
¶
·
middle dot
·
·
¸
spacing cedilla
¸
¸
¹
superscript 1
¹
¹
º
masculine ordinal indicator
º
º
»
angle quotation mark (right)
»
»
¼
fraction 1/4
¼
¼
½
fraction 1/2
½
½
¾
fraction 3/4
¾
¾
¿
inverted question mark
¿
¿
×
multiplication
×
×
÷
division
÷
÷
ISO 8859-1 Character Entities
Symbol
Description
Entity Name
Number Code
À
capital a, grave accent
À
À
Á
capital a, acute accent
Á
Á
Â
capital a, circumflex accent
Â
Â
Ã
capital a, tilde
Ã
Ã
Ä
capital a, umlaut mark
Ä
Ä
Å
capital a, ring
Å
Å
Æ
capital ae
Æ
Æ
Ç
capital c, cedilla
Ç
Ç
È
capital e, grave accent
È
È
É
capital e, acute accent
É
É
Ê
capital e, circumflex accent
Ê
Ê
Ë
capital e, umlaut mark
Ë
Ë
Ì
capital i, grave accent
Ì
Ì
Í
capital i, acute accent
Í
Í
Î
capital i, circumflex accent
Î
Î
Ï
capital i, umlaut mark
Ï
Ï
Ð
capital eth, Icelandic
Ð
Ð
Ñ
capital n, tilde
Ñ
Ñ
Ò
capital o, grave accent
Ò
Ò
Ó
capital o, acute accent
Ó
Ó
Ô
capital o, circumflex accent
Ô
Ô
Õ
capital o, tilde
Õ
Õ
Ö
capital o, umlaut mark
Ö
Ö
Ø
capital o, slash
Ø
Ø
Ù
capital u, grave accent
Ù
Ù
Ú
capital u, acute accent
Ú
Ú
Û
capital u, circumflex accent
Û
Û
Ü
capital u, umlaut mark
Ü
Ü
Ý
capital y, acute accent
Ý
Ý
Þ
capital THORN, Icelandic
Þ
Þ
ß
small sharp s, German
ß
ß
à
small a, grave accent
à
à
á
small a, acute accent
á
á
â
small a, circumflex accent
â
â
ã
small a, tilde
ã
ã
ä
small a, umlaut mark
ä
ä
å
small a, ring
å
å
æ
small ae
æ
æ
ç
small c, cedilla
ç
ç
è
small e, grave accent
è
è
é
small e, acute accent
é
é
ê
small e, circumflex accent
ê
ê
ë
small e, umlaut mark
ë
ë
ì
small i, grave accent
ì
ì
í
small i, acute accent
í
í
î
small i, circumflex accent
î
î
ï
small i, umlaut mark
ï
ï
ð
small eth, Icelandic
ð
ð
ñ
small n, tilde
ñ
ñ
ò
small o, grave accent
ò
ò
ó
small o, acute accent
ó
ó
ô
small o, circumflex accent
ô
ô
õ
small o, tilde
õ
õ
ö
small o, umlaut mark
ö
ö
ø
small o, slash
ø
ø
ù
small u, grave accent
ù
ù
ú
small u, acute accent
ú
ú
û
small u, circumflex accent
û
û
ü
small u, umlaut mark
ü
ü
ý
small y, acute accent
ý
ý
þ
small thorn, Icelandic
þ
þ
ÿ
small y, umlaut mark
ÿ
ÿ
Other Entities Supported by HTML Browser:
Symbol
Description
Entity Name
Number Code
Œ
capital ligature OE
Œ
Œ
œ
small ligature oe
œ
œ
Š
capital S with caron
Š
Š
š
small S with caron
š
š
Ÿ
capital Y with diaeres
Ÿ
Ÿ
ˆ
modifier letter circumflex accent
ˆ
ˆ
˜
small tilde
˜
˜
en space
 
 
em space
 
 
thin space
 
 
zero width non-joiner
‌
‌
zero width joiner
‍
‍
left-to-right mark
‎
‎
right-to-left mark
‏
‏
–
en dash
–
–
—
em dash
—
—
‘
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
‡
‡
…
horizontal ellipsis
…
…
‰
per mille
‰
‰
‹
single left-pointing angle quotation
‹
‹
›
single right-pointing angle quotation
›
›
€
euro
€
€
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