HTML 4 Entity Names
Complete HTML 4 Entity Reference
All entities in the table below, will display correctly in all browsers, both in HTML4 and in HTML5 pages.
For a complete HTML5 entity reference, please go to the next chapter.
Char | Entity | Dec | Hex | 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 |
 |  |  |  | latin capital letter A with circumflex |
à | à | à | à | 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 |
Þ | Þ | Þ | Þ | latin capital letter THORN |
ß | ß | ß | ß | latin small letter sharp s = ess-zed |
à | à | à | à | latin small letter a with grave = latin small letter a grave |
á | á | á | á | latin small letter a with acute |
â | â | â | â | latin small letter a with circumflex |
ã | ã | ã | ã | latin small letter a with tilde |
ä | ä | ä | ä | latin small letter a with diaeresis |
å | å | å | å | latin small letter a with ring above = latin small letter a ring |
æ | æ | æ | æ | latin small letter ae = latin small ligature ae |
ç | ç | ç | ç | latin small letter c with cedilla |
è | è | è | è | latin small letter e with grave |
é | é | é | é | latin small letter e with acute |
ê | ê | ê | ê | latin small letter e with circumflex |
ë | ë | ë | ë | latin small letter e with diaeresis |
ì | ì | ì | ì | latin small letter i with grave |
í | í | í | í | latin small letter i with acute |
î | î | î | î | latin small letter i with circumflex |
ï | ï | ï | ï | latin small letter i with diaeresis |
ð | ð | ð | ð | latin small letter eth |
ñ | ñ | ñ | ñ | latin small letter n with tilde |
ò | ò | ò | ò | latin small letter o with grave |
ó | ó | ó | ó | latin small letter o with acute |
ô | ô | ô | ô | latin small letter o with circumflex |
õ | õ | õ | õ | latin small letter o with tilde |
ö | ö | ö | ö | latin small letter o with diaeresis |
÷ | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | division sign |
ø | ø | ø | ø | latin small letter o with stroke = latin small letter o slash |
ù | ù | ù | ù | latin small letter u with grave |
ú | ú | ú | ú | latin small letter u with acute |
û | û | û | û | 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 | ƒ | ƒ | ƒ | latin small 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 smal letter alpha |
β | β | β | β | greek smal letter beta |
γ | γ | γ | γ | greek smal letter gamma |
δ | δ | δ | δ | greek smal letter delta |
ε | ε | ε | ε | greek smal letter epsilon |
ζ | ζ | ζ | ζ | greek smal letter zeta |
η | η | η | η | greek smal letter eta |
θ | θ | θ | θ | greek smal letter theta |
ι | ι | ι | ι | greek smal letter iota |
κ | κ | κ | κ | greek smal letter kappa |
λ | λ | λ | λ | greek smal letter lambda |
μ | μ | μ | μ | greek smal letter mu |
ν | ν | ν | ν | greek smal letter nu |
ξ | ξ | ξ | ξ | greek smal letter xi |
ο | ο | ο | ο | greek smal letter omicron |
π | π | π | π | greek smal letter pi |
ρ | ρ | ρ | ρ | greek smal letter rho |
ς | ς | ς | ς | greek smal letter final sigma |
σ | σ | σ | σ | greek smal letter sigma |
τ | τ | τ | τ | greek smal letter tau |
υ | υ | υ | υ | greek smal letter upsilon |
φ | φ | φ | φ | greek smal letter phi |
χ | χ | χ | χ | greek smal letter chi |
ψ | ψ | ψ | ψ | greek smal letter psi |
ω | ω | ω | ω | greek smal letter omega |
(not used) | ||||
ϑ | ϑ | ϑ | ϑ | greek smal letter theta symbol |
ϒ | ϒ | ϒ | ϒ | Greek upsilon with hook symbol |
(not used) | ||||
ϖ | ϖ | ϖ | ϖ | Greek pi symbol |
Special Symbols
Char | Entity | Dec | Hex | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
• | • | • | • | bullet = black small circle |
… | … | … | … | horizontal ellipsis = three dot leader |
′ | ′ | ′ | ′ | prime = minutes = feet |
″ | ″ | ″ | ″ | double prime = seconds = inches |
‾ | ‾ | ‾ | ‾ | overline = spacing overscore |
⁄ | ⁄ | ⁄ | ⁄ | fraction slash |
℘ | ℘ | ℘ | ℘ | script capital P = power set = Weierstrass p |
ℑ | ℑ | ℑ | ℑ | blackletter capital I = imaginary part |
ℜ | ℜ | ℜ | ℜ | blackletter capital R = real part symbol |
™ | ™ | ™ | ™ | trade mark sign |
ℵ | ℵ | ℵ | ℵ | alef symbol = first transfinite cardinal |
← | ← | ← | ← | leftwards arrow |
↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | upwards arrow |
→ | → | → | → | rightwards arrow |
↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | downwards arrow |
↔ | ↔ | ↔ | ↔ | left right arrow |
↵ | ↵ | ↵ | ↵ | downwards arrow with corner leftwards = carriage return |
⇐ | ⇐ | ⇐ | ⇐ | leftwards double arrow |
⇑ | ⇑ | ⇑ | ⇑ | upwards double arrow |
⇒ | ⇒ | ⇒ | ⇒ | rightwards double arrow |
⇓ | ⇓ | ⇓ | ⇓ | downwards double arrow |
⇔ | ⇔ | ⇔ | ⇔ | left right double arrow |
∀ | ∀ | ∀ | ∀ | for all |
∂ | ∂ | ∂ | ∂ | partial differential |
∃ | ∃ | ∃ | ∃ | there exists |
∅ | ∅ | ∅ | ∅ | empty set = null set = diameter |
∇ | ∇ | ∇ | ∇ | nabla = backward difference |
∈ | ∈ | ∈ | ∈ | element of |
∉ | ∉ | ∉ | ∉ | not an element of |
∋ | ∋ | ∋ | ∋ | contains as member |
∏ | ∏ | ∏ | ∏ | n-ary product = product sign |
∑ | ∑ | ∑ | ∑ | n-ary sumation |
− | − | − | − | minus sign |
∗ | ∗ | ∗ | ∗ | asterisk operator |
√ | √ | √ | √ | square root = radical sign |
∝ | ∝ | ∝ | ∝ | proportional to |
∞ | ∞ | ∞ | ∞ | infinity |
∠ | ∠ | ∠ | ∠ | angle |
∧ | ∧ | ∧ | ∧ | logical and = wedge |
∨ | ∨ | ∨ | ∨ | logical or = vee |
∩ | ∩ | ∩ | ∩ | intersection = cap |
∪ | ∪ | ∪ | ∪ | union = cup |
∫ | ∫ | ∫ | ∫ | integral |
∴ | ∴ | ∴ | ∴ | therefore |
∼ | ∼ | ∼ | ∼ | tilde operator = varies with = similar to |
≅ | ≅ | ≅ | ≅ | approximately equal to |
≈ | ≈ | ≈ | ≈ | almost equal to = asymptotic to |
≠ | ≠ | ≠ | ≠ | not equal to |
≡ | ≡ | ≡ | ≡ | identical to |
≤ | ≤ | ≤ | ≤ | less-than or equal to |
≥ | ≥ | ≥ | ≥ | greater-than or equal to |
⊂ | ⊂ | ⊂ | ⊂ | subset of |
⊃ | ⊃ | ⊃ | ⊃ | superset of |
⊄ | ⊄ | ⊄ | ⊄ | not a subset of |
⊆ | ⊆ | ⊆ | ⊆ | subset of or equal to |
⊇ | ⊇ | ⊇ | ⊇ | superset of or equal to |
⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | circled plus = direct sum |
⊗ | ⊗ | ⊗ | ⊗ | circled times = vector product |
⊥ | ⊥ | ⊥ | ⊥ | up tack = orthogonal to = perpendicular |
⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | dot operator |
⌈ | ⌈ | ⌈ | ⌈ | left ceiling = APL upstile |
⌉ | ⌉ | ⌉ | ⌉ | right ceiling |
⌊ | ⌊ | ⌊ | ⌊ | left floor = APL downstile |
⌋ | ⌋ | ⌋ | ⌋ | right floor |
〈 | ⟨ | 〈 | 〈 | left-pointing angle bracket = bra |
〉 | ⟩ | 〉 | 〉 | right-pointing angle bracket = ket |
◊ | ◊ | ◊ | ◊ | lozenge |
♠ | ♠ | ♠ | ♠ | black spade suit |
♣ | ♣ | ♣ | ♣ | black club suit = shamrock |
♥ | ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | black heart suit = valentine |
♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | black diamond suit |