HTML Character Sets

UTF-8 Typographic Symbols

HTML5 Entity Names (Letter – A)

HTML 4 Entity Names

Complete HTML 4 Entity Reference Manual

All entities in the table below can be correctly displayed in all browsers, including HTML4 and HTML5 pages.

To view the complete HTML5 entity reference manual, please see the next chapter.

Character	Entity	Decimal	Hexadecimal	Description
&	&	&	&	ampersand
<	<	<	<	less than
>	>	>	>	greater than
				no-break space = non-breaking space
¡	¡	¡	¡	inverted exclamation mark
¢	¢	¢	¢	cent sign
£	£	£	£	pound sign
¤	¤	¤	¤	currency sign
¥	¥	¥	¥	yen sign = yuan sign
¦	¦	¦	¦	broken bar = broken vertical bar
§	§	§	§	section sign
¨	¨	¨	¨	diaeresis = spacing diaeresis
©	©	©	©	copyright sign
ª	ª	ª	ª	feminine ordinal indicator
«	«	«	«	left-pointing double angle quotation mark = left pointing guillemet
¬	¬	¬	¬	not sign
				soft hyphen = discretionary hyphen
®	®	®	®	registered sign = registered trade mark sign
¯	¯	¯	¯	macron = spacing macron = overline = APL overbar
°	°	°	°	degree sign
±	±	±	±	plus-minus sign = plus-or-minus sign
²	²	²	²	superscript two = superscript digit two = squared
³	³	³	³	superscript three = superscript digit three = cubed
´	´	´	´	acute accent = spacing acute
µ	µ	µ	µ	micro sign
¶	¶	¶	¶	pilcrow sign = paragraph sign
·	·	·	·	middle dot = Georgian comma = Greek middle dot
¸	¸	¸	¸	cedilla = spacing cedilla
¹	¹	¹	¹	superscript one = superscript digit one
º	º	º	º	masculine ordinal indicator
»	»	»	»	right-pointing double angle quotation mark = right pointing guillemet
¼	¼	¼	¼	vulgar fraction one quarter = fraction one quarter
½	½	½	½	vulgar fraction one half = fraction one half
¾	¾	¾	¾	vulgar fraction three quarters = fraction three quarters
¿	¿	¿	¿	inverted question mark = turned question mark
À	À	À	À	latin capital letter A with grave = latin capital letter A grave
Á	Á	Á	Á	latin capital letter A with acute
Â	Â	Â	Â	latin capital letter A with circumflex
Ã	Ã	Ã	Ã	latin capital letter A with tilde
Ä	Ä	Ä	Ä	latin capital letter A with diaeresis
Å	Å	Å	Å	latin capital letter A with ring above = latin capital letter A ring
Æ	Æ	Æ	Æ	latin capital letter AE = latin capital ligature AE
Ç	Ç	Ç	Ç	latin capital letter C with cedilla
È	È	È	È	latin capital letter E with grave
É	É	É	É	latin capital letter E with acute
Ê	Ê	Ê	Ê	latin capital letter E with circumflex
Ë	Ë	Ë	Ë	latin capital letter E with diaeresis
Ì	Ì	Ì	Ì	latin capital letter I with grave
Í	Í	Í	Í	latin capital letter I with acute
Î	Î	Î	Î	latin capital letter I with circumflex
Ï	Ï	Ï	Ï	latin capital letter I with diaeresis
Ð	Ð	Ð	Ð	latin capital letter ETH
Ñ	Ñ	Ñ	Ñ	latin capital letter N with tilde
Ò	Ò	Ò	Ò	latin capital letter O with grave
Ó	Ó	Ó	Ó	latin capital letter O with acute
Ô	Ô	Ô	Ô	latin capital letter O with circumflex
Õ	Õ	Õ	Õ	latin capital letter O with tilde
Ö	Ö	Ö	Ö	latin capital letter O with diaeresis
×	×	×	×	multiplication sign
Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	latin capital letter O with stroke = latin capital letter O slash
Ù	Ù	Ù	Ù	latin capital letter U with grave
Ú	Ú	Ú	Ú	latin capital letter U with acute
Û	Û	Û	Û	latin capital letter U with circumflex
Ü	Ü	Ü	Ü	latin capital letter U with diaeresis
Ý	Ý	Ý	Ý	Latin capital letter Y with acute (latin capital letter Y with acute)
Þ	Þ	Þ	Þ	Latin capital letter THORN (latin capital letter THORN)
ß	ß	ß	ß	Latin small letter sharp s (latin small letter sharp s = ess-zed)
à	à	à	à	Latin small letter a with grave (latin small letter a with grave = latin small letter a grave)
á	á	á	á	Latin small letter a with acute (latin small letter a with acute)
â	â	â	â	Latin small letter a with circumflex (latin small letter a with circumflex)
ã	ã	ã	ã	Latin small letter a with tilde (latin small letter a with tilde)
ä	ä	ä	ä	Latin small letter a with diaeresis (latin small letter a with diaeresis)
å	å	å	å	Latin small letter a with ring above (latin small letter a with ring above = latin small letter a ring)
æ	æ	æ	æ	Latin small letter ae (latin small letter ae = latin small ligature ae)
ç	ç	ç	ç	Latin small letter c with cedilla (latin small letter c with cedilla)
è	è	è	è	Latin small letter e with grave (latin small letter e with grave)
é	é	é	é	Latin small letter e with acute (latin small letter e with acute)
ê	ê	ê	ê	Latin small letter e with circumflex (latin small letter e with circumflex)
ë	ë	ë	ë	Latin small letter e with diaeresis (latin small letter e with diaeresis)
ì	ì	ì	ì	Latin small letter i with grave (latin small letter i with grave)
í	í	í	í	Latin small letter i with acute (latin small letter i with acute)
î	î	î	î	Latin small letter i with circumflex (latin small letter i with circumflex)
ï	ï	ï	ï	Latin small letter i with diaeresis (latin small letter i with diaeresis)
ð	ð	ð	ð	Latin small letter eth (latin small letter eth)
ñ	ñ	ñ	ñ	Latin small letter n with tilde (latin small letter n with tilde)
ò	ò	ò	ò	Latin small letter o with grave (latin small letter o with grave)
ó	ó	ó	ó	Latin small letter o with acute (latin small letter o with acute)
ô	ô	ô	ô	Latin small letter o with circumflex (latin small letter o with circumflex)
õ	õ	õ	õ	Latin small letter o with tilde (latin small letter o with tilde)
ö	ö	ö	ö	Latin small letter o with diaeresis (latin small letter o with diaeresis)
÷	÷	÷	÷	Division sign (division sign)
ø	ø	ø	ø	Latin small letter o with stroke (latin small letter o with stroke = latin small letter o slash)
ù	ù	ù	ù	Latin small letter u with grave (latin small letter u with grave)
ú	ú	ú	ú	Latin small letter u with acute (latin small letter u with acute)
û	û	û	û	Latin small letter u with circumflex (latin small letter u with circumflex)
ü	ü	ü	ü	Latin small letter u with diaeresis
ý	ý	ý	ý	Latin small letter y with acute
þ	þ	þ	þ	Latin small letter thorn
ÿ	ÿ	ÿ	ÿ	Latin small letter y with diaeresis
ƒ	&fnof;	ƒ	ƒ	Latin small letter f with hook = function = florin
Α	Α	Α	Α	Greek capital letter alpha
Β	Β	Β	Β	Greek capital letter beta
Γ	Γ	Γ	Γ	Greek capital letter gamma
Δ	Δ	Δ	Δ	Greek capital letter delta
Ε	Ε	Ε	Ε	Greek capital letter epsilon
Ζ	Ζ	Ζ	Ζ	Greek capital letter zeta
Η	Η	Η	Η	Greek capital letter eta
Θ	Θ	Θ	Θ	Greek capital letter theta
Ι	Ι	Ι	Ι	Greek capital letter iota
Κ	Κ	Κ	Κ	Greek capital letter kappa
Λ	Λ	Λ	Λ	Greek capital letter lambda
Μ	Μ	Μ	Μ	Greek capital letter mu
Ν	Ν	Ν	Ν	Greek capital letter nu
Ξ	Ξ	Ξ	Ξ	Greek capital letter xi
Ο	Ο	Ο	Ο	Greek capital letter omicron
Π	Π	Π	Π	Greek capital letter pi
Ρ	Ρ	Ρ	Ρ	Greek capital letter rho
				not used
Σ	Σ	Σ	Σ	Greek capital letter sigma
Τ	Τ	Τ	Τ	Greek capital letter tau
Υ	Υ	Υ	Υ	Greek capital letter upsilon
Φ	Φ	Φ	Φ	Greek capital letter phi
Χ	Χ	Χ	Χ	Greek capital letter chi
Ψ	Ψ	Ψ	Ψ	Greek capital letter psi
Ω	Ω	Ω	Ω	Greek capital letter omega
				not used
α	α	α	α	Greek small letter alpha
β	β	β	β	Greek small letter beta
γ	γ	γ	γ	Greek small letter gamma
δ	δ	δ	δ	Greek small letter delta
ε	ε	ε	ε	Greek small letter epsilon
ζ	ζ	ζ	ζ	Greek small letter zeta
η	η	η	η	Greek small letter eta
θ	θ	θ	θ	Greek small letter theta
ι	ι	ι	ι	Greek small letter iota
κ	κ	κ	κ	Greek small letter kappa
λ	λ	λ	λ	Greek small letter lambda
μ	μ	μ	μ	Greek small letter mu
ν	ν	ν	ν	Greek small letter nu
ξ	ξ	ξ	ξ	Greek small letter xi
ο	ο	ο	ο	Greek small letter omicron
π	π	π	π	Greek small letter pi
ρ	ρ	ρ	ρ	Greek small letter rho
ς	&sigmaf;	ς	ς	Greek small letter final sigma
σ	σ	σ	σ	Greek small letter sigma
τ	τ	τ	τ	Greek small letter tau
υ	υ	υ	υ	Greek small letter upsilon
φ	φ	φ	φ	Greek small letter phi
χ	χ	χ	χ	Greek small letter chi
ψ	ψ	ψ	ψ	Greek small letter psi
ω	ω	ω	ω	Greek small letter omega
				not used
ϑ	&thetasym;	ϑ	ϑ	Greek small letter theta symbol
ϒ	&upsih;	ϒ	ϒ	Greek upsilon with hook symbol
				not used
ϖ	ϖ	ϖ	ϖ	Greek pi symbol

Special Symbols

Character	Entity	Decimal	Hexadecimal	Description
•	•	•	•	bullet = black small circle
…	…	…	…	horizontal ellipsis = three dot leader
′	′	′	′	prime = minutes = feet
″	″	″	″	double prime = seconds = inches
‾	&oline;	‾	‾	overline = spacing overscore
⁄	&frasl;	⁄	⁄	fraction slash
℘	&weierp;	℘	℘	Script capital P = power set (script capital P = power set = Weierstrass p)
ℑ	&image;	ℑ	ℑ	Blackletter capital I = imaginary part symbol (blackletter capital I = imaginary part)
ℜ	&real;	ℜ	ℜ	Blackletter capital R = real part symbol (blackletter capital R = real part symbol)
™	™	™	™	Trademark (trade mark sign)
ℵ	&alefsym;	ℵ	ℵ	Alef symbol = first transfinite cardinal (alef symbol = first transfinite cardinal)
←	←	←	←	Leftwards arrow (leftwards arrow)
↑	↑	↑	↑	Upwards arrow (upwards arrow)
→	→	→	→	Rightwards arrow (rightwards arrow)
↓	↓	↓	↓	Downwards arrow (downwards arrow)
↔	↔	↔	↔	Left right arrow (left right arrow)
↵	&crarr;	↵	↵	Downwards arrow with corner leftwards = carriage return (downwards arrow with corner leftwards = carriage return)
⇐	⇐	⇐	⇐	Leftwards double arrow (leftwards double arrow)
⇑	&uArr;	⇑	⇑	Upwards double arrow (upwards double arrow)
⇒	⇒	⇒	⇒	Rightwards double arrow (rightwards double arrow)
⇓	&dArr;	⇓	⇓	Downwards double arrow (downwards double arrow)
⇔	⇔	⇔	⇔	Left right double arrow (left right double arrow)
∀	∀	∀	∀	For all (for all)
∂	∂	∂	∂	Partial differential (partial differential)
∃	∃	∃	∃	There exists (there exists)
∅	∅	∅	∅	Empty set = diameter (empty set = null set = diameter)
∇	∇	∇	∇	Nabla = backward difference (nabla = backward difference)
∈	∈	∈	∈	Element of (element of)
∉	∉	∉	∉	Not an element of (not an element of)
∋	&ni;	∋	∋	Contains as member (contains as member)
∏	∏	∏	∏	N-ary product (n-ary product = product sign)
∑	∑	∑	∑	Summation (n-ary sumation)
−	−	−	−	Minus sign (minus sign)
∗	&lowast;	∗	∗	Asterisk operator (asterisk operator)
√	√	√	√	Square root = radical sign (square root = radical sign)
∝	&prop;	∝	∝	Proportional to (proportional to)
∞	∞	∞	∞	Infinity (infinity)
∠	&ang;	∠	∠	Angle (angle)
∧	&and;	∧	∧	Logical and (logical and = wedge)
∨	&or;	∨	∨	Logical or (logical or = vee)
∩	∩	∩	∩	Intersection = cap (intersection = cap)
∪	∪	∪	∪	Union = cup (union = cup)
∫	∫	∫	∫	Integral (integral)
∴	&there4;	∴	∴	Therefore (therefore)
∼	&sim;	∼	∼	Tilde operator = similar to (tilde operator = varies with = similar to)
≅	&cong;	≅	≅	Approximately equal to (approximately equal to)
≈	≈	≈	≈	Almost equal to = asymptotic to (almost equal to = asymptotic to)
≠	≠	≠	≠	Not equal to (not equal to)
≡	&equiv;	≡	≡	Identical to (identical to)
≤	≤	≤	≤	Less-than or equal to (less-than or equal to)
≥	≥	≥	≥	Greater-than or equal to (greater-than or equal to)
⊂	⊂	⊂	⊂	Subset of (subset of)
⊃	⊃	⊃	⊃	Superset of (superset of)
⊄	&nsub;	⊄	⊄	Not a subset of (not a subset of)
⊆	&sube;	⊆	⊆	Subset of or equal to (subset of or equal to)
⊇	&supe;	⊇	⊇	Superset of or equal to (superset of or equal to)
⊕	&oplus;	⊕	⊕	Circled plus = direct sum (circled plus = direct sum)
⊗	&otimes;	⊗	⊗	Circled times = vector product
⊥	&perp;	⊥	⊥	Up tack = orthogonal to = perpendicular
⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	Dot operator
⌈	&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 (shamrock)
♥	&hearts;	♥	♥	Black heart suit (valentine)
♦	&diams;	♦	♦	Black diamond suit

Other extensions

UTF-8 typographic symbols

HTML5 entity names (letter – A)