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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

CharacterDescriptionNamed EntityNumeric CodeHex Code
&Ampersand&&&
<Less than&lt;&#60;&#x0003C;
>Greater than&gt;&#62;&#x0003E;
"Double quotation&quot;&#34;&#x00022;
'Single quotation&apos;&#39;&#x00027;
Non-breaking space&nbsp;&#160;&#x000A0;
©Copyright&copy;&#169;&#x000A9;
®Registered trademark&reg;&#174;&#x000AE;
Euro&euro;&#8364;&#x020AC;
£Pound sterling&pound;&#163;&#x000A3;
¥Japanese yen&yen;&#165;&#x000A5;
¢Cent&cent;&#162;&#x000A2;
§Section&sect;&#167;&#x000A7;
°Degree&deg;&#176;&#x000B0;
±Plus/Minus&plusmn;&#177;&#x000B1;
×Multiplication&times;&#215;&#x000D7;
÷Division&divide;&#247;&#x000F7;
µMicro&micro;&#181;&#x000B5;
Paragraph&para;&#182;&#x000B6;
Ellipsis&hellip;&#8230;&#x02026;
Bullet&bull;&#8226;&#x02022;

Accented Characters (Latin Script)

CharacterExampleNamed EntityNumeric Code
áa acute&aacute;&#225;
ée acute&eacute;&#233;
íi acute&iacute;&#237;
ñn tilde&ntilde;&#241;
üu umlaut&uuml;&#252;
ÿy diaeresis&yuml;&#255;
ÀA grave&Agrave;&#192;

Mathematical Symbols

CharacterDescriptionNamed EntityNumeric Code
For all&forall;&#8704;
Partial differential&part;&#8706;
There exists&exist;&#8707;
Empty set&empty;&#8709;
Nabla&nabla;&#8711;
Element of&isin;&#8712;
Not element of&notin;&#8713;
Summation&sum;&#8721;
Square root&radic;&#8730;
Infinity&infin;&#8734;
Integral&int;&#8747;
Almost equal&asymp;&#8776;
Not equal&ne;&#8800;

Greek Letters (Common)

CharacterDescriptionNamed EntityNumeric Code
αAlpha&alpha;&#945;
βBeta&beta;&#946;
γGamma&gamma;&#947;
ΔDelta&Delta;&#916;
πPi&pi;&#960;
ΣSigma&Sigma;&#931;
ωOmega&omega;&#969;

Special characters and HTML codes

Code NameCodeDescriptionSymbol / Character
 &#00; - &#08;
&#11; - &#31;
These are unused. 
 &#09;A Tab 
 &#33;Exclamation mark!
&quot;&#34;Double quotation mark
 &#35;Pound (number) sign#
 &#36;Dollar sign$
 &#37;Percent Sign%
&amp;&#38;Ampersand&
 &#39;Apostrophe
 &#40;Left parenthesis(
 &#41;Right parenthesis)
 &#42;Asterisk*
 &#43;Plus sign+
 &#44;Comma,
 &#45;Hyphen
 &#46;Period.
 &#47;Forward slash/
 &#48; - &#57Numbers 0 to 90, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9
 &#58;Colon:
 &#59;Semicolon;
&lt;&#60;Less than sign<
 &#61;Equals sign=
&gt;&#62;Greater than sign>
 &#63;Question mark?
 &#64;at sign@
 &#65; - &#90;Letters A – ZA – Z
 &#91;Left square bracket[
 &#92;Back slash\
 &#93;Right square bracket]
 &#94;Caret^
 &#95;underscore or horizontal bar_
 &#96;Grave accent`
 &#97; - &#122;Letters a – za – z
 &#123;Left curly brace{
 &#124;Vertical bar|
 &#125;Right curly brace}
 &#126;Tlide~
 &#127; - &#129;Unused 
 &#130;Low single comma quotation mark
 &#131;Function signƒ
 &#132;Low double comma quotation mark
 &#133;Ellipses
 &#134;Dagger
 &#135;Double dagger
 &#136;Caretˆ
 &#137;Per mile sign
 &#138;Capital S with hacekŠ
 &#139;Less than sign
 &#140;Capital OE ligatureŒ
 &#141; - &#144;unused 
 &#145;Single beginning quotation mark
 &#146;Single ending quotation mark
 &#147;Double beginning quotation mark
 &#148;Double ending quotation mark
 &#149;Middle dot
 &#150;En dash
 &#151;Em dash
 &#152;Tilde˜
 &#153;Trademark symbol
 &#154;Small s with hacekš
 &#155;Greater than sign
 &#156;Small oe ligatureœ
 &#157; - &#158;Unused
 &#159;Capital Y with umlautŸ
&nbsp;&#160;Non-breaking space 
&iexcl;&#161;Inverted exclamation point¡
&cent;&#162;Cent symbol¢
&pound;&#163;Pound sterling£
&curren;&#164;General currency symbol¤
&yen;&#165;Yen sign¥
&brvbar;&#166;Broken vertical bar¦
&sect;&#167;Section sign§
&uml;&#168;Umlaut¨
&copy;&#169;Copyright symbol©
&ordf;&#170;Feminine ordinalª
&laquo;&#171;Left angle quotation mark«
&not;&#172;Not sign¬
&shy;&#173;Soft hyphen­
&reg;&#174;Registered trademark®
&macr;&#175;Macron¯
&deg;&#176;Degree sign°
&plusmn;&#177;Plus / minus symbol±
&sup2&#178;Superscript 2²
&sup3;&#179;Superscript 3³
&acute;&#180;Acute accent´
&micro;&#181;Micro symbolµ
&para;&#182;Paragraph sign
&middot;&#183;Middle dot·
&cedil;&#184;Cedilla¸
&sup1;&#185;Superscript 1¹
&ordm;&#186;Masculine ordinalº
&raquo;&#187;Right angle quotation mark»
&frac14;&#188;Fraction one-quarter¼
&frac12;&#189;Fraction one-half½
&frac34;&#190;Fraction three-quarters¾
&iquest;&#191;Inverted question mark¿
&Agrave;&#192;Captial A, grave accentÀ
&Aacute;&#193;Capital A, acute accentÁ
&Acirc;&#194;Capital A, circumflex accentÂ
&Atilde;&#195;Capital A, tildeÃ
&Auml;&#196;Capital A, umlautÄ
&Aring;&#197;Capital A, ringÅ
&Aelig;&#198;Æ
&Ccedil;&#199;Capital AE ligatureÇ
&Egrave;&#200;Capital E, grave accentÈ
&Eacute;&#201;Capital E, acute accentÉ
&Ecirc;&#202;Capital E, circumflex accentÊ
&Emul;&#203;Capital E, umlautË
&lgrave;&#204;Capital l, grave accentÌ
&lacute;&#205;Capital l, acute accentÍ
&lcirc;&#206;Capital l, circumflex accentÎ
&luml;&#207;Capital l, umlautÏ
&ETH;&#208;Capital ETH, lcelandicÐ
&Ntilde;&#209;Capital N, tlideÑ
&Ograve;&#210;Capital O, grave accentÒ
&Oacute;&#211;Capital O, grave accentÓ
&Ocirc;&#212;Capital O, circumflex accentÔ
&Otilde;&#213;Capital O, tildeÕ
&Ouml;&#214;Capital O, umlautÖ
&times;&#215;Multiplication sign×
&Oslash;&#216;Capital O slashØ
&Ugrave;&#217;Capital U, grave accentÙ
&Uacute;&#218;Capital U, acute accentÚ
&Ucirc;&#219;Capital U, circumflex accentÛ
&Uuml;&#220;Capital U, umlautÜ
&Yacute;&#221;Capital Y, acute accentÝ
&THORN;&#222;Capital THORN, lcelandicÞ
&szlig;&#223;Small sz ligatureß
&agrave;&#224;Small a, grave accentà
&aacute;&#225;Small a, acute accentá
&acirc;&#226;Small a, circumflex accentâ
&atilde;&#227;Small a, tildeã
&auml;&#228;Small a, umlautä
&aring;&#229;Small a, ringå
&aelig;&#230;Small Æ ligatureæ
&ccedil;&#231;Small C, cedillaç
&egrave;&#232;Small e, grave accentè
&eacute;&#233;Small e, accute accenté
&ecirc;&#234;Small e, circumflex accentê
&euml;&#235;Small e, umiautë
&igrave;&#236;Small i, grave accentì
&iacute;&#237;Small i, acute accentí
&iciric;&#238;Small i, circumflex accentî
&iuml;&#239;Small i, umiautï
&eth;&#240;Small ETH, lcelandicð
&ntilde;&#241;Small N, tildeñ
&ograve;&#242;Small o, grave accentò
&oacute;&#243;Small o, accute accentó
&ocirc;&#244;Small o, circumflex accentô
&otilde;&#245;Small o, tildeõ
&ouml;&#246;Small o, umlautö
&divide;&#247;Division sign÷
&oslash;&#248;Small o slashø
&ugrave;&#249;Small u, grave accentù
&uacute;&#250;Small u, accute accentú
&ucirc;&#251;Small u, circumflex accentû
&uuml;&#252;Small u, umlautü
&yacute;&#253;Small y, acute accentý
&thorn;&#254;Small thorn, lcelandicþ
&yuml;&#255;Small y, umlautÿ

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