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HTML Special Characters

HTML special characters listed by code with examples. You can sort the list by any of the attributes.

HTML Displays  ISO Displays  Description
Á  Á Á  Á latin capital letter A with acute, U+00C1 ISOlat1
á  á á  á latin small letter a with acute, U+00E1 ISOlat1
  Â   Â latin capital letter A with circumflex, U+00C2 ISOlat1
â  â â  â latin small letter a with circumflex, U+00E2 ISOlat1
´  ´ ´  ´ acute accent, spacing acute
Æ  Æ Æ  Æ latin capital letter AE = latin capital ligature AE, U+00C6 ISOlat1
æ  æ æ  æ latin small letter ae = latin small ligature ae, U+00E6 ISOlat1
À  À À  À latin capital letter A with grave = latin capital letter A grave
à  à à  à latin small letter a with grave = latin small letter a grave
ℵ  ℵ ℵ  ℵ alef symbol, first transfinite cardinal. alef symbol is NOT the same as hebrew letter alef. The same glyph could be used to depict both characters.
Α  Α Α  Α greek capital letter alpha
α  α α  α greek small letter alpha
&  & &  & ampersand
∧  ∧ ∧  ∧ logical and = wedge, U+2227 ISOtech
∠  ∠ ∠  ∠ angle, U+2220 ISOamso
Å  Å Å  Å latin capital letter A with ring above = latin capital letter A ring, U+00C5 ISOlat1
å  å å  å latin small letter a with ring above = latin small letter a ring, U+00E5 ISOlat1
≈  ≈ ≈  ≈ almost equal to = asymptotic to, U+2248 ISOamsr
à  Ã à  Ã latin capital letter A with tilde, U+00C3 ISOlat1
ã  ã ã  ã latin small letter a with tilde, U+00E3 ISOlat1
Ä  Ä Ä  Ä latin capital letter A with diaeresis, U+00C4 ISOlat1
ä  ä ä  ä latin small letter a with diaeresis, U+00E4 ISOlat1
Β  Β Β  Β greek capital letter beta
Ç  Ç Ç  Ç latin capital letter C with cedilla, U+00C7 ISOlat1
Χ  Χ Χ  Χ greek capital letter chi
‡  ‡ ‡  ‡ double dagger
Δ  Δ Δ  Δ greek capital letter delta
Ð  Ð Ð  Ð latin capital letter ETH, U+00D0 ISOlat1
É  É É  É latin capital letter E with acute, U+00C9 ISOlat1
Ê  Ê Ê  Ê latin capital letter E with circumflex, U+00CA ISOlat1
È  È È  È latin capital letter E with grave, U+00C8 ISOlat1
Ε  Ε Ε  Ε greek capital letter epsilon
Η  Η Η  Η greek capital letter eta
Ë  Ë Ë  Ë latin capital letter E with diaeresis, U+00CB ISOlat1
Γ  Γ Γ  Γ greek capital letter gamma
Í  Í Í  Í latin capital letter I with acute, U+00CD ISOlat1
Î  Î Î  Î latin capital letter I with circumflex, U+00CE ISOlat1
Ì  Ì Ì  Ì latin capital letter I with grave, U+00CC ISOlat1
Ι  Ι Ι  Ι greek capital letter iota
Ï  Ï Ï  Ï latin capital letter I with diaeresis, U+00CF ISOlat1
Κ  Κ Κ  Κ greek capital letter kappa
Λ  Λ Λ  Λ greek capital letter lambda
Μ  Μ Μ  Μ greek capital letter mu
Ñ  Ñ Ñ  Ñ latin capital letter N with tilde, U+00D1 ISOlat1
Ν  Ν Ν  Ν greek capital letter nu, U+039D
Œ  Œ Œ  Œ latin capital ligature OE
Ó  Ó Ó  Ó latin capital letter O with acute, U+00D3 ISOlat1
Ô  Ô Ô  Ô latin capital letter O with circumflex, U+00D4 ISOlat1
Ò  Ò Ò  Ò latin capital letter O with grave, U+00D2 ISOlat1
Ω  Ω Ω  Ω greek capital letter omega
Ο  Ο Ο  Ο greek capital letter omicron, U+039F
Ø  Ø Ø  Ø latin capital letter O with stroke = latin capital letter O slash
Õ  Õ Õ  Õ latin capital letter O with tilde, U+00D5 ISOlat1
Ö  Ö Ö  Ö latin capital letter O with diaeresis, U+00D6 ISOlat1
Φ  Φ Φ  Φ greek capital letter phi
Π  Π Π  Π greek capital letter pi, U+03A0 ISOgrk3
″  ″ ″  ″ double prime = seconds = inches
Ψ  Ψ Ψ  Ψ greek capital letter psi
Ρ  Ρ Ρ  Ρ greek capital letter rho
Š  Š Š  Š latin capital letter S with caron
Σ  Σ Σ  Σ greek capital letter sigma
Þ  Þ Þ  Þ latin capital letter THORN, U+00DE ISOlat1
Τ  Τ Τ  Τ greek capital letter tau
Θ  Θ Θ  Θ greek capital letter theta
Ú  Ú Ú  Ú latin capital letter U with acute, U+00DA ISOlat1
Û  Û Û  Û latin capital letter U with circumflex, U+00DB ISOlat1
Ù  Ù Ù  Ù latin capital letter U with grave, U+00D9 ISOlat1
Υ  Υ Υ  Υ greek capital letter upsilon
Ü  Ü Ü  Ü latin capital letter U with diaeresis, U+00DC ISOlat1
Ξ  i; Ξ  Ξ greek capital letter xi, U+039E ISOgrk3
Ý  Ý Ý  Ý latin capital letter Y with acute, U+00DD ISOlat1
Ÿ  Ÿ Ÿ  Ÿ latin capital letter Y with diaeresis
Ζ  Ζ Ζ  Ζ greek capital letter zeta
„  „ „  „ double low-9 quotation mark
β  β β  β greek small letter beta
¦  ¦ ¦  ¦ broken bar, broken vertical bar
•  • •  • bullet = black small circle bullet is NOT the same as 'bullet operator'
∩  ∩ ∩  ∩ intersection = cap, U+2229 ISOtech
ç  ç ç  ç latin small letter c with cedilla, U+00E7 ISOlat1
¸  ¸ ¸  ¸ cedilla = spacing cedilla, U+00B8 ISOdia
¢  ¢ ¢  ¢ cent sign
χ  χ χ  χ greek small letter chi
ˆ  ˆ ˆ  ˆ modifier letter circumflex accent
♣  ♣ ♣  ♣ black club suit = shamrock
≅  ≅ ≅  ≅ approximately equal to, U+2245 ISOtech
©  © ©  © copyright sign
↵  ↵ ↵  ↵ downwards arrow with corner leftwards = carriage return
∪  ∪ ∪  ∪ union = cup, U+222A ISOtech
¤  ¤ ¤  ¤ currency sign
⇓  ⇓ ⇓  ⇓ downwards double arrow
†  † †  † dagger
↓  ↓ ↓  ↓ downwards arrow, U+2193 ISOnum
°  ° °  ° degree sign
δ  δ δ  δ greek small letter delta
♦  ♦ ♦  ♦ black diamond suit
÷  ÷ ÷  ÷ division sign, U+00F7 ISOnum
é  é é  é latin small letter e with acute, U+00E9 ISOlat1
ê  ê ê  ê latin small letter e with circumflex, U+00EA ISOlat1
è  è è  è latin small letter e with grave, U+00E8 ISOlat1
∅  ∅ ∅  ∅ empty set = null set = diameter, U+2205 ISOamso
          em space
          en space
ε  ε ε  ε greek small letter epsilon
≡  ≡ ≡  ≡ identical to, U+2261 ISOtech
η  η η  η greek small letter eta
ð  ð ð  ð latin small letter eth
ë  ë ë  ë latin small letter e with diaeresis, U+00EB ISOlat1
€  € €  € euro sign
∃  ∃ ∃  ∃ there exists, U+2203 ISOtech
ƒ  ƒ ƒ  ƒ latin small f with hook, function, florin
∀  ∀ ∀  ∀ for all
½  ½ ½  ½ vulgar fraction one half = fraction one half, U+00BD ISOnum
¼  ¼ ¼  ¼ vulgar fraction one quarter = fraction one quarter, U+00BC ISOnum
¾  ¾ ¾  ¾ vulgar fraction three quarters = fraction three quarters, U+00BE ISOnum
⁄  ⁄ ⁄  ⁄ fraction slash
γ  γ γ  γ greek small letter gamma
≥  ≥ ≥  ≥ greater-than or equal to
>  > >  > greater-than sign
⇔  ⇔ ⇔  ⇔ left right double arrow
↔  ↔ ↔  ↔ left right arrow, U+2194 ISOamsa
♥  ♥ ♥  ♥ black heart suit, valentine
…  … …  … horizontal ellipsis = three dot leader
í  í í  í latin small letter i with acute, U+00ED ISOlat1
î  î î  î latin small letter i with circumflex, U+00EE ISOlat1
¡  ¡ ¡  ¡ inverted exclamation mark
ì  ì ì  ì latin small letter i with grave, U+00EC ISOlat1
ℑ  ℑ ℑ  ℑ blackletter capital I, imaginary part
∞  ∞ ∞  ∞ infinity
∫  ∫ ∫  ∫ integral, U+222B ISOtech
ι  ι ι  ι greek small letter iota
¿  ¿ ¿  ¿ inverted question mark = turned question mark, U+00BF ISOnum
∈  ∈ ∈  ∈ element of, U+2208 ISOtech
ï  ï ï  ï latin small letter i with diaeresis, U+00EF ISOlat1
κ  κ κ  κ greek small letter kappa
⇐  ⇐ ⇐  ⇐ leftwards double arrow. ISO 10646 does not say that lArr is the same as the 'is implied by' arrow and does not have any other character for that function so use lArr.
λ  λ λ  λ greek small letter lambda
⟨  〈 〈  〈 left-pointing angle bracket, bra. lang is NOT the same character as U+003C 'less than' or 'single left-pointing angle quotation mark'
«  « «  « left-pointing double angle quotation mark, left pointing guillemet
←  ← ←  ← leftwards arrow, U+2190 ISOnum
⌈  ⌈ ⌈  ⌈ left ceiling, apl upstile
“  “ “  “ left double quotation mark
≤  ≤ ≤  ≤ less-than or equal to, U+2264 ISOtech
⌊  ⌊ ⌊  ⌊ left floor, apl downstile
∗  ∗ ∗  ∗ asterisk operator
◊  ◊ ◊  ◊ lozenge, U+25CA ISOpub
‎  ‎ ‎  ‎ left-to-right mark
‹  ‹ ‹  ‹ single left-pointing angle quotation mark
‘  ‘ ‘  ‘ left single quotation mark
&lt;  < &#60;  < less-than sign
&macr;  ¯ &#175;  ¯ macron = spacing macron, overline, APL overbar
&mdash;  — &#8212;  — em dash
&micro;  µ &#181;  µ micro sign, U+00B5 ISOnum
&middot;  · &#183;  · middle dot = Georgian comma = Greek middle dot, U+00B7 ISOnum
&minus;  − &#8722;  − minus sign
&mu;  μ &#956;  μ greek small letter mu
&nabla;  ∇ &#8711;  ∇ nabla = backward difference, U+2207 ISOtech
&nbsp;    &#160;    no-break space, non-breaking space
&ndash;  – &#8211;  – en dash
&ne;  ≠ &#8800;  ≠ not equal to, U+2260 ISOtech
&ni;  ∋ &#8715;  ∋ contains as member.
&not;  ¬ &#172;  ¬ not sign
&notin;  ∉ &#8713;  ∉ not an element of, U+2209 ISOtech
&nsub;  ⊄ &#8836;  ⊄ not a subset of
&ntilde;  ñ &#241;  ñ latin small letter n with tilde, U+00F1 ISOlat1
&nu;  ν &#957;  ν greek small letter nu
&oacute;  ó &#243;  ó latin small letter o with acute, U+00F3 ISOlat1
&ocirc;  ô &#244;  ô latin small letter o with circumflex, U+00F4 ISOlat1
&oelig;  œ &#339;  œ latin small ligature oe. Ligature is a misnomer, this is a separate character in some languages
&ograve;  ò &#242;  ò latin small letter o with grave, U+00F2 ISOlat1
&oline;  ‾ &#8254;  ‾ overline = spacing overscore
&omega;  ω &#969;  ω greek small letter omega
&omicron;  ο &#959;  ο greek small letter omicron
&oplus;  ⊕ &#8853;  ⊕ circled plus = direct sum
&or;  ∨ &#8744;  ∨ logical or = vee, U+2228 ISOtech
&ordf;  ª &#170;  ª feminine ordinal indicator
&ordm;  º &#186;  º masculine ordinal indicator, U+00BA ISOnum
&oslash;  ø &#248;  ø latin small letter o with stroke, = latin small letter o slash,
U+00F8 ISOlat1
&otilde;  õ &#245;  õ latin small letter o with tilde, U+00F5 ISOlat1
&otimes;  ⊗ &#8855;  ⊗ circled times = vector product
&ouml;  ö &#246;  ö latin small letter o with diaeresis, U+00F6 ISOlat1
&para;  ¶ &#182;  ¶ pilcrow sign = paragraph sign, U+00B6 ISOnum
&part;  ∂ &#8706;  ∂ partial differential
&permil;  ‰ &#8240;  ‰ per mille sign
&perp;  ⊥ &#8869;  ⊥ up tack = orthogonal to = perpendicular
&phi;  φ &#966;  φ greek small letter phi
&pi;  π &#960;  π greek small letter pi
&piv;  ϖ &#982;  ϖ greek pi symbol
&plusmn;  ± &#177;  ± plus-minus sign = plus-or-minus sign
&pound;  £ &#163;  £ pound sign
&prime;  ′ &#8242;  ′ prime = minutes = feet
&prod;  ∏ &#8719;  ∏ n-ary product = product sign, U+220F ISOamsb. prod is NOT the same character as U+03A0 'greek capital letter pi' though the same glyph might be used for both
&prop;  ∝ &#8733;  ∝ proportional to
&psi;  ψ &#968;  ψ greek small letter psi
&quot;  " &#34;  " quotation mark = APL quote
&rArr;  ⇒ &#8658;  ⇒ rightwards double arrow. ISO 10646 does not say this is the 'implies' character but does not have another character with this function so use rArr.
&radic;  √ &#8730;  √ square root = radical sign, U+221A ISOtech
&rang;  〉 &#9002;  〉 right-pointing angle bracket, ket. rang is NOT the same character as 'greater than' or 'single right-pointing angle quotation mark'
&raquo;  » &#187;  » right-pointing double angle quotation mark = right pointing guillemet = double chevron right, U+00BB ISOnum. See Double Chevron Right.
&rarr;  → &#8594;  → rightwards arrow, U+2192 ISOnum
&rceil;  ⌉ &#8969;  ⌉ right ceiling
&rdquo;  ” &#8221;  ” right double quotation mark
&real;  ℜ &#8476;  ℜ blackletter capital R = real part symbol, U+211C ISOamso
&reg;  ® &#174;  ® registered sign, registered trade mark sign
&rfloor;  ⌋ &#8971;  ⌋ right floor
&rho;  ρ &#961;  ρ greek small letter rho
&rlm;  ‏ &#8207;  ‏ right-to-left mark
&rsaquo;  › &#8250;  › single right-pointing angle quotation mark
&rsquo;  ’ &#8217;  ’ right single quotation mark
&sbquo;  ‚ &#8218;  ‚ single low-9 quotation mark
&scaron;  š &#353;  š latin small letter s with caron
&sdot;  ⋅ &#8901;  ⋅ dot operator. dot operator is NOT the same character as 'middle dot'
&sect;  § &#167;  § section sign
&shy;  ­ &#173;  ­ soft hyphen, discretionary hyphen
&sigma;  σ &#963;  σ greek small letter sigma
&sigmaf;  ς &#962;  ς greek small letter final sigma
&sim;  ∼ &#8764;  ∼ tilde operator, varies with, similar to. tilde operator is NOT the same character as the tilde although the same glyph might be used to represent both
&spades;  ♠ &#9824;  ♠ black spade suit
&sub;  ⊂ &#8834;  ⊂ subset of
&sube;  ⊆ &#8838;  ⊆ subset of or equal to
&sum;  ∑ &#8721;  ∑ n-ary sumation sum is NOT the same character as 'greek capital letter sigma' though the same glyph might be used for both
&sup1;  ¹ &#185;  ¹ superscript one = superscript digit one, U+00B9 ISOnum
&sup2;  ² &#178;  ² superscript two = superscript digit two, squared
&sup3;  ³ &#179;  ³ superscript three = superscript digit three, cubed
&sup;  ⊃ &#8835;  ⊃ superset of. note that nsup, 'not a superset of' is not covered by the symbol font encoding and is not included.
&supe;  ⊇ &#8839;  ⊇ superset of or equal to
&szlig;  ß &#223;  ß latin small letter sharp s = ess-zed, U+00DF ISOlat1
&tau;  τ &#964;  τ greek small letter tau
&there4;  ∴ &#8756;  ∴ therefore, U+2234 ISOtech
&theta;  θ &#952;  θ greek small letter theta
&thetasym;  ϑ &#977;  ϑ greek small letter theta symbol
&thinsp;    &#8201;    thin space
&thorn;  þ &#254;  þ latin small letter thorn
&tilde;  ˜ &#732;  ˜ small tilde
&times;  × &#215;  × multiplication sign, U+00D7 ISOnum
&trade;  ™ &#8482;  ™ trade mark sign
&uArr;  ⇑ &#8657;  ⇑ upwards double arrow
&uacute;  ú &#250;  ú latin small letter u with acute, U+00FA ISOlat1
&uarr;  ↑ &#8593;  ↑ upwards arrow, U+2191 ISOnum
&ucirc;  û &#251;  û latin small letter u with circumflex, U+00FB ISOlat1
&ugrave;  ù &#249;  ù latin small letter u with grave, U+00F9 ISOlat1
&uml;  ¨ &#168;  ¨ diaeresis, spacing diaeresis
&upsih;  ϒ &#978;  ϒ greek upsilon with hook symbol
&upsilon;  υ &#965;  υ greek small letter upsilon
&uuml;  ü &#252;  ü latin small letter u with diaeresis, U+00FC ISOlat1
&weierp;  ℘ &#8472;  ℘ script capital P, power set, Weierstrass p
&xi;  i; &#958;  ξ greek small letter xi
&yacute;  ý &#253;  ý latin small letter y with acute, U+00FD ISOlat1
&yen;  ¥ &#165;  ¥ yen sign, yuan sign
&yuml;  ÿ &#255;  ÿ latin small letter y with diaeresis
&zeta;  ζ &#950;  ζ greek small letter zeta
&zwj;  ‍ &#8205;  ‍ zero width joiner
&zwnj;  ‌ &#8204;  ‌ zero width non-joiner
    &#9650; Triangle, upward pointing arrow.
    &#9658; Triangle, right pointing arrow.
    &#9660; Triangle, down pointing arrow.
    &#9668; Triangle, left pointing arrow.