(X)HTML Character Codes

[ ISO Latin-1 ]
[ General Punctuation ]
[ Currency Signs ]
[ Miscellaneous Symbols ]
[ Greek Symbols ]
[ Mathematical Operators ]

Character codes, that can be used in (X)HTML, are presented on this page. Each row in the following tables provides a character, its decimal code, its named entity reference, and a brief description. Although this page contains a large selection of characters, it is not exhaustive.

Table 1: ISO Latin-1 ( - - - = not available )
Character	Decimal code	Named entity	Description
!	!	- - -	Exclamation mark
"	"	"	Quotation mark
#	#	- - -	Number sign
$	$	- - -	Dollar sign
%	%	- - -	Percent sign
&	&	&	Ampersand
'	'	- - -	Apostrophe
(	(	- - -	Left parenthesis
)	)	- - -	Right parenthesis
*	*	- - -	Asterisk
+	+	- - -	Plus sign
,	,	- - -	Comma
-	-	- - -	Hyphen
.	.	- - -	Period (fullstop)
/	/	- - -	Solidus (slash)
0	0	- - -	Digit 0
1	1	- - -	Digit 1
2	2	- - -	Digit 2
3	3	- - -	Digit 3
4	4	- - -	Digit 4
5	5	- - -	Digit 5
6	6	- - -	Digit 6
7	7	- - -	Digit 7
8	8	- - -	Digit 8
9	9	- - -	Digit 9
:	:	- - -	Colon
;	;	- - -	Semicolon
<	<	<	Less than
=	=	- - -	Equals sign
>	>	>	Greater than
?	?	- - -	Question mark
@	@	- - -	Commercial at
A	A	- - -	Capital A
B	B	- - -	Capital B
C	C	- - -	Capital C
D	D	- - -	Capital D
E	E	- - -	Capital E
F	F	- - -	Capital F
G	G	- - -	Capital G
H	H	- - -	Capital H
I	I	- - -	Capital I
J	J	- - -	Capital J
K	K	- - -	Capital K
L	L	- - -	Capital L
M	M	- - -	Capital M
N	N	- - -	Capital N
O	O	- - -	Capital O
P	P	- - -	Capital P
Q	Q	- - -	Capital Q
R	R	- - -	Capital R
S	S	- - -	Capital S
T	T	- - -	Capital T
U	U	- - -	Capital U
V	V	- - -	Capital V
W	W	- - -	Capital W
X	X	- - -	Capital X
Y	Y	- - -	Capital Y
Z	Z	- - -	Capital Z
[	[	- - -	Left square bracket
\	\	- - -	Reverse solidus (backslash)
]	]	- - -	Right square bracket
^	^	- - -	Caret
_	_	- - -	Horizontal bar (underscore)
`	`	- - -	Acute accent
a	a	- - -	Small a
b	b	- - -	Small b
c	c	- - -	Small c
d	d	- - -	Small d
e	e	- - -	Small e
f	f	- - -	Small f
g	g	- - -	Small g
h	h	- - -	Small h
i	i	- - -	Small i
j	j	- - -	Small j
k	k	- - -	Small k
l	l	- - -	Small l
m	m	- - -	Small m
n	n	- - -	Small n
o	o	- - -	Small o
p	p	- - -	Small p
q	q	- - -	Small q
r	r	- - -	Small r
s	s	- - -	Small s
t	t	- - -	Small t
u	u	- - -	Small u
v	v	- - -	Small v
w	w	- - -	Small w
x	x	- - -	Small x
y	y	- - -	Small y
z	z	- - -	Small z
{	{	- - -	Left curly brace
\|	\|	- - -	Vertical bar
}	}	- - -	Right curly brace
~	~	- - -	Tilde
			Nonbreaking space
¡	¡	¡	Inverted exclamation
¢	¢	¢	Cent sign
£	£	£	Pound sterling
¤	¤	¤	General currency sign
¥	¥	¥	Yen sign
¦	¦	¦ or &brkbar;	Broken vertical bar
§	§	§	Section sign
¨	¨	¨ or &die;	Diæresis / Umlaut
©	©	©	Copyright
ª	ª	ª	Feminine ordinal
«	«	«	Left angle quote, guillemet left
¬	¬	&not	Not sign
			Soft hyphen
®	®	®	Registered trademark
¯	¯	¯ or &hibar;	Macron accent
°	°	°	Degree sign
±	±	±	Plus or minus
²	²	²	Superscript two
³	³	³	Superscript three
´	´	´	Acute accent
µ	µ	µ	Micro sign
¶	¶	¶	Paragraph sign
·	·	·	Middle dot
¸	¸	¸	Cedilla
¹	¹	¹	Superscript one
º	º	º	Masculine ordinal
»	»	»	Right angle quote, guillemet right
¼	¼	¼	Fraction one-fourth
½	½	½	Fraction one-half
¾	¾	¾	Fraction three-fourths
¿	¿	¿	Inverted question mark
À	À	À	Capital A, grave accent
Á	Á	Á	Capital A, acute accent
Â	Â	Â	Capital A, circumflex
Ã	Ã	Ã	Capital A, tilde
Ä	Ä	Ä	Capital A, diæresis / 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
Ë	Ë	Ë	Capital E, diæresis / umlaut
Ì	Ì	Ì	Capital I, grave accent
Í	Í	Í	Capital I, acute accent
Î	Î	Î	Capital I, circumflex
Ï	Ï	Ï	Capital I, diæresis / 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
Õ	Õ	Õ	Capital O, tilde
Ö	Ö	Ö	Capital O, diæresis / umlaut
×	×	×	Multiply sign
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
Ü	Ü	Ü	Capital U, diæresis / umlaut
Ý	Ý	Ý	Capital Y, acute accent
Þ	Þ	Þ	Capital Thorn, Icelandic
ß	ß	ß	Small sharp s, German sz
à	à	à	Small a, grave accent
á	á	á	Small a, acute accent
â	â	â	Small a, circumflex
ã	ã	ã	Small a, tilde
ä	ä	ä	Small a, diæresis / 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
ë	ë	ë	Small e, diæresis / umlaut
ì	ì	ì	Small i, grave accent
í	í	í	Small i, acute accent
î	î	î	Small i, circumflex
ï	ï	ï	Small i, diæresis / 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
õ	õ	õ	Small o, tilde
ö	ö	ö	Small o, diæresis / umlaut
÷	÷	÷	Division sign
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
ü	ü	ü	Small u, diæresis / umlaut
ý	ý	ý	Small y, acute accent
þ	þ	þ	Small thorn, Icelandic
ÿ	ÿ	ÿ	Small y, diæresis / umlaut
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Table 2: General punctuation
Character	Decimal code	Named entity	Description
		&ensp;	En space
		&emsp;	Em space
–	–	–	En dash
—	—	—	Em dash
‘	‘	‘	Left single quotation mark
’	’	’	Right single quotation mark
‚	‚	&sbquo;	Single low quotation mark
“	“	“	Left double quotation mark
”	”	”	Right double quotation mark
„	„	&bdquo;	double low quotation mark
†	†	&dagger;	Dagger
‡	‡	&Dagger;	Double dagger
•	•	•	Bullet
…	…	…	Horizontal ellipsis
‰	‰	&permil;	Per mille sign
′	′	′	Prime / minutes / feet
″	″	″	Double prime / seconds / inches
‹	‹	&lsaquo;	Single left-pointing angle quotation mark
›	›	&rsaquo;	Single right-pointing angle quotation mark
‾	‾	&oline;	Overline / spacing overscore
⁄	⁄	&frasl;	Fraction slash
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Table 3: Currency Signs ( - - - = empty )
Character	Decimal code	Named entity	Description
$	$	- - -	Dollar sign
¢	¢	¢	Cent sign
£	£	£	Pound sterling
¤	¤	¤	General currency sign
¥	¥	¥	Yen sign
ƒ	ƒ	&fnof;	Florin sign
€	€	€	Euro sign
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Table 4: Miscellaneous Symbols
Character	Decimal code	Named entity	Description
©	©	©	Copyright
®	®	®	Registered trademark
™	™	™	Trade mark sign
←	←	←	Leftwards arrow
↑	↑	↑	Upwards arrow
→	→	→	Rightwards arrow
↓	↓	↓	Downwards arrow
↔	↔	↔	Left right arrow
↵	↵	&crarr;	Downwards arrow with corner leftwards / carriage return
⇐	⇐	⇐	Leftwards double arrow
⇑	⇑	&uArr;	Upwards double arrow
⇒	⇒	⇒	Rightwards double arrow
⇓	⇓	&dArr;	Downwards double arrow
⇔	⇔	⇔	Left right double arrow
⌈	⌈	&lceil;	Left ceiling / apl upstile
⌉	⌉	&rceil;	Right ceiling
⌊	⌊	&lfloor;	Left floor / apl downstile
⌋	⌋	&rfloor;	Right floor
〈	〈	&lang;	Left-pointing angle bracket / bra
〉	〉	&rang;	Right-pointing angle bracket / ket
◊	◊	&loz;	Lozenge
♠	♠	&spades;	Black spade suit
♣	♣	&clubs;	Black club suit
♥	♥	&hearts;	Black heart suit
♦	♦	&diams;	Black diamond suit
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Table 5: Greek Symbols
Character	Decimal code	Named entity	Description
Α	Α	Α	Greek capital letter alpha
Β	Β	Β	Greek capital letter beta
Γ	Γ	Γ	Greek capital letter gamma
Δ	Δ	Δ	Greek capital letter delta
Ε	Ε	Ε	Greek capital letter epsilon
Ζ	Ζ	Ζ	Greek capital letter zeta
Η	Η	Η	Greek capital letter eta
Θ	Θ	Θ	Greek capital letter theta
Ι	Ι	Ι	Greek capital letter iota
Κ	Κ	Κ	Greek capital letter kappa
Λ	Λ	Λ	Greek capital letter lambda
Μ	Μ	Μ	Greek capital letter mu
Ν	Ν	Ν	Greek capital letter nu
Ξ	Ξ	Ξ	Greek capital letter xi
Ο	Ο	Ο	Greek capital letter omicron
Π	Π	Π	Greek capital letter pi
Ρ	Ρ	Ρ	Greek capital letter rho
Σ	Σ	Σ	Greek capital letter sigma
Τ	Τ	Τ	Greek capital letter tau
Υ	Υ	Υ	Greek capital letter upsilon
Φ	Φ	Φ	Greek capital letter phi
Χ	Χ	Χ	Greek capital letter chi
Ψ	Ψ	Ψ	Greek capital letter psi
Ω	Ω	Ω	Greek capital letter omega
α	α	α	Greek small letter alpha
β	β	β	Greek small letter beta
γ	γ	γ	Greek small letter gamma
δ	δ	δ	Greek small letter delta
ε	ε	ε	Greek small letter epsilon
ζ	ζ	ζ	Greek small letter zeta
η	η	η	Greek small letter eta
θ	θ	θ	Greek small letter theta
ι	ι	ι	Greek small letter iota
κ	κ	κ	Greek small letter kappa
λ	λ	λ	Greek small letter lambda
μ	μ	μ	Greek small letter mu
ν	ν	ν	Greek small letter nu
ξ	ξ	ξ	Greek small letter xi
ο	ο	ο	Greek small letter omicron
π	π	π	Greek small letter pi
ρ	ρ	ρ	Greek small letter rho
ς	ς	&sigmaf;	Greek small letter final sigma
σ	σ	σ	Greek small letter sigma
τ	τ	τ	Greek small letter tau
υ	υ	υ	Greek small letter upsilon
φ	φ	φ	Greek small letter phi
χ	χ	χ	Greek small letter chi
ψ	ψ	ψ	Greek small letter psi
ω	ω	ω	Greek small letter omega
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Table 6: Mathematical Operators
Character	Decimal code	Named entity	Description
×	×	×	Multiply sign
∀	∀	∀	For all
∂	∂	∂	Partial differential
∃	∃	∃	There exists
∅	∅	∅	Empty set / null set / diameter
∇	∇	∇	Nabla / backward difference
∈	∈	∈	Element of
∉	∉	∉	Not an element of
∋	∋	&ni;	Contains as member
∏	∏	∏	N-ary product / product sign
∑	∑	∑	N-ary sumation
−	−	−	Minus sign
∗	∗	&lowast;	Asterisk operator
√	√	√	Square root / radical sign
∝	∝	&prop;	Proportional to
∞	∞	∞	Infinity
∠	∠	&ang;	Angle
∧	∧	&and;	Logical and
∨	∨	&or;	Logical or
∩	∩	∩	Intersection
∪	∪	∪	Union
∫	∫	∫	Integral
∴	∴	&there4;	Therefore
∼	∼	&sim;	Tilde operator / varies with / similar to
≅	≅	&cong;	Approximately equal to
≈	≈	≈	Almost equal to / asymptotic to
≠	≠	≠	Not equal to
≡	≡	&equiv;	Identical to
≤	≤	≤	Less-than or equal to
≥	≥	≥	Greater-than or equal to
⊂	⊂	⊂	Subset of
⊃	⊃	⊃	Superset of
⊄	⊄	&nsub;	Not a subset of
⊆	⊆	&sube;	Subset of or equal to
⊇	⊇	&supe;	Superset of or equal to
⊕	⊕	&oplus;	Direct sum
⊗	⊗	&otimes;	Vector product
⊥	⊥	&perp;	Orthogonal to
⋅	⋅	⋅	Dot operator
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