Special characters and HTML codes Below is a comprehensive reference for commonly used special characters and their corresponding HTML codes. These codes ensure characters display correctly across browsers, especially in HTML documents.
Common Special Characters & HTML Codes Character Description Named Entity Numeric Code Hex Code &
Ampersand &
&
&
<
Less than <
<
<
>
Greater than >
>
>
"
Double quotation "
"
"
'
Single quotation '
'
'
Non-breaking space
 
 
©
Copyright ©
©
©
®
Registered trademark ®
®
®
€
Euro €
€
€
£
Pound sterling £
£
£
¥
Japanese yen ¥
¥
¥
¢
Cent ¢
¢
¢
§
Section §
§
§
°
Degree °
°
°
±
Plus/Minus ±
±
±
×
Multiplication ×
×
×
÷
Division ÷
÷
÷
µ
Micro µ
µ
µ
¶
Paragraph ¶
¶
¶
…
Ellipsis …
…
…
•
Bullet •
•
•
Accented Characters (Latin Script) Character Example Named Entity Numeric Code á
a acute á
á
é
e acute é
é
í
i acute í
í
ñ
n tilde ñ
ñ
ü
u umlaut ü
ü
ÿ
y diaeresis ÿ
ÿ
À
A grave À
À
Mathematical Symbols Character Description Named Entity Numeric Code ∀
For all ∀
∀
∂
Partial differential ∂
∂
∃
There exists ∃
∃
∅
Empty set ∅
∅
∇
Nabla ∇
∇
∈
Element of ∈
∈
∉
Not element of ∉
∉
∑
Summation ∑
∑
√
Square root √
√
∞
Infinity ∞
∞
∫
Integral ∫
∫
≈
Almost equal ≈
≈
≠
Not equal ≠
≠
Greek Letters (Common) Character Description Named Entity Numeric Code α
Alpha α
α
β
Beta β
β
γ
Gamma γ
γ
Δ
Delta Δ
Δ
π
Pi π
π
Σ
Sigma Σ
Σ
ω
Omega ω
ω
Special characters and HTML codes
Code Name Code Description Symbol / Character � - 
 - 
These are unused. 	
A Tab !
Exclamation mark ! "
"
Double quotation mark “ #
Pound (number) sign # $
Dollar sign $ %
Percent Sign % &
&
Ampersand & '
Apostrophe ‘ (
Left parenthesis ( )
Right parenthesis ) *
Asterisk * +
Plus sign + ,
Comma , -
Hyphen – .
Period . /
Forward slash / 0 - 9
Numbers 0 to 9 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 :
Colon : ;
Semicolon ; <
<
Less than sign < =
Equals sign = >
>
Greater than sign > ?
Question mark ? @
at sign @ A - Z
Letters A – Z A – Z [
Left square bracket [ \
Back slash \ ]
Right square bracket ] ^
Caret ^ _
underscore or horizontal bar _ `
Grave accent ` a - z
Letters a – z a – z {
Left curly brace { |
Vertical bar | }
Right curly brace } ~
Tlide ~  - 
Unused ‚
Low single comma quotation mark ‚ ƒ
Function sign ƒ „
Low double comma quotation mark „ …
Ellipses … †
Dagger † ‡
Double dagger ‡ ˆ
Caret ˆ ‰
Per mile sign ‰ Š
Capital S with hacek Š ‹
Less than sign ‹ Œ
Capital OE ligature Œ  - 
unused ‘
Single beginning quotation mark ‘ ’
Single ending quotation mark ’ “
Double beginning quotation mark “ ”
Double ending quotation mark ” •
Middle dot • –
En dash – —
Em dash — ˜
Tilde ˜ ™
Trademark symbol ™ š
Small s with hacek š ›
Greater than sign › œ
Small oe ligature œ  - ž
Unused ‡ Ÿ
Capital Y with umlaut Ÿ
 
Non-breaking space ¡
¡
Inverted exclamation point ¡ ¢
¢
Cent symbol ¢ £
£
Pound sterling £ ¤
¤
General currency symbol ¤ ¥
¥
Yen sign ¥ ¦
¦
Broken vertical bar ¦ §
§
Section sign § ¨
¨
Umlaut ¨ ©
©
Copyright symbol © ª
ª
Feminine ordinal ª «
«
Left angle quotation mark « ¬
¬
Not sign ¬ ­
­
Soft hyphen ®
®
Registered trademark ® ¯
¯
Macron ¯ °
°
Degree sign ° ±
±
Plus / minus symbol ± ²
²
Superscript 2 ² ³
³
Superscript 3 ³ ´
´
Acute accent ´ µ
µ
Micro symbol µ ¶
¶
Paragraph sign ¶ ·
·
Middle dot · ¸
¸
Cedilla ¸ ¹
¹
Superscript 1 ¹ º
º
Masculine ordinal º »
»
Right angle quotation mark » ¼
¼
Fraction one-quarter ¼ ½
½
Fraction one-half ½ ¾
¾
Fraction three-quarters ¾ ¿
¿
Inverted question mark ¿ À
À
Captial A, grave accent À Á
Á
Capital A, acute accent Á Â
Â
Capital A, circumflex accent  Ã
Ã
Capital A, tilde à Ä
Ä
Capital A, umlaut Ä Å
Å
Capital A, ring Å &Aelig;
Æ
Æ Ç
Ç
Capital AE ligature Ç È
È
Capital E, grave accent È É
É
Capital E, acute accent É Ê
Ê
Capital E, circumflex accent Ê &Emul;
Ë
Capital E, umlaut Ë &lgrave;
Ì
Capital l, grave accent Ì ĺ
Í
Capital l, acute accent Í &lcirc;
Î
Capital l, circumflex accent Î &luml;
Ï
Capital l, umlaut Ï Ð
Ð
Capital ETH, lcelandic Ð Ñ
Ñ
Capital N, tlide Ñ Ò
Ò
Capital O, grave accent Ò Ó
Ó
Capital O, grave accent Ó Ô
Ô
Capital O, circumflex accent Ô Õ
Õ
Capital O, tilde Õ Ö
Ö
Capital O, umlaut Ö ×
×
Multiplication sign × Ø
Ø
Capital O slash Ø Ù
Ù
Capital U, grave accent Ù Ú
Ú
Capital U, acute accent Ú Û
Û
Capital U, circumflex accent Û Ü
Ü
Capital U, umlaut Ü Ý
Ý
Capital Y, acute accent Ý Þ
Þ
Capital THORN, lcelandic Þ ß
ß
Small sz ligature ß à
à
Small a, grave accent à á
á
Small a, acute accent á â
â
Small a, circumflex accent â ã
ã
Small a, tilde ã ä
ä
Small a, umlaut ä å
å
Small a, ring å æ
æ
Small Æ ligature æ ç
ç
Small C, cedilla ç è
è
Small e, grave accent è é
é
Small e, accute accent é ê
ê
Small e, circumflex accent ê ë
ë
Small e, umiaut ë ì
ì
Small i, grave accent ì í
í
Small i, acute accent í &iciric;
î
Small i, circumflex accent î ï
ï
Small i, umiaut ï ð
ð
Small ETH, lcelandic ð ñ
ñ
Small N, tilde ñ ò
ò
Small o, grave accent ò ó
ó
Small o, accute accent ó ô
ô
Small o, circumflex accent ô õ
õ
Small o, tilde õ ö
ö
Small o, umlaut ö ÷
÷
Division sign ÷ ø
ø
Small o slash ø ù
ù
Small u, grave accent ù ú
ú
Small u, accute accent ú û
û
Small u, circumflex accent û ü
ü
Small u, umlaut ü ý
ý
Small y, acute accent ý þ
þ
Small thorn, lcelandic þ ÿ
ÿ
Small y, umlaut ÿ
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