HTML entities reference — named, decimal and hex codes for 260 symbols

Search by a word such as arrow, by an entity name such as nbsp, or paste the symbol itself, and the reference lists each match with its named entity, decimal and hex numeric references and a short description.

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Char	Named	Decimal	Hex	Description
"	"	"	"	Quotation mark
&	&	&	&	Ampersand
'	'	'	'	Apostrophe
<	<	<	<	Less-than sign
>	>	>	>	Greater-than sign
				No-break space
¡	¡	¡	¡	Inverted exclamation mark
¢	¢	¢	¢	Cent sign
£	£	£	£	Pound sign
¤	¤	¤	¤	Currency sign
¥	¥	¥	¥	Yen sign
¦	¦	¦	¦	Broken bar
§	§	§	§	Section sign
¨	¨	¨	¨	Diaeresis
©	©	©	©	Copyright sign
ª	ª	ª	ª	Feminine ordinal indicator
«	«	«	«	Left guillemet
¬	¬	¬	¬	Not sign
				Soft hyphen
®	®	®	®	Registered sign
¯	¯	¯	¯	Macron
°	°	°	°	Degree sign
±	±	±	±	Plus-minus sign
²	²	²	²	Superscript two
³	³	³	³	Superscript three
´	´	´	´	Acute accent
µ	µ	µ	µ	Micro sign
¶	¶	¶	¶	Pilcrow (paragraph) sign
·	·	·	·	Middle dot
¸	¸	¸	¸	Cedilla
¹	¹	¹	¹	Superscript one
º	º	º	º	Masculine ordinal indicator
»	»	»	»	Right guillemet
¼	¼	¼	¼	One quarter
½	½	½	½	One half
¾	¾	¾	¾	Three quarters
¿	¿	¿	¿	Inverted question mark
À	À	À	À	Capital A with grave
Á	Á	Á	Á	Capital A with acute
Â	Â	Â	Â	Capital A with circumflex
Ã	Ã	Ã	Ã	Capital A with tilde
Ä	Ä	Ä	Ä	Capital A with diaeresis
Å	Å	Å	Å	Capital A with ring above
Æ	Æ	Æ	Æ	Capital ligature AE
Ç	Ç	Ç	Ç	Capital C with cedilla
È	È	È	È	Capital E with grave
É	É	É	É	Capital E with acute
Ê	Ê	Ê	Ê	Capital E with circumflex
Ë	Ë	Ë	Ë	Capital E with diaeresis
Ì	Ì	Ì	Ì	Capital I with grave
Í	Í	Í	Í	Capital I with acute
Î	Î	Î	Î	Capital I with circumflex
Ï	Ï	Ï	Ï	Capital I with diaeresis
Ð	Ð	Ð	Ð	Capital eth
Ñ	Ñ	Ñ	Ñ	Capital N with tilde
Ò	Ò	Ò	Ò	Capital O with grave
Ó	Ó	Ó	Ó	Capital O with acute
Ô	Ô	Ô	Ô	Capital O with circumflex
Õ	Õ	Õ	Õ	Capital O with tilde
Ö	Ö	Ö	Ö	Capital O with diaeresis
×	×	×	×	Multiplication sign
Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Capital O with stroke
Ù	Ù	Ù	Ù	Capital U with grave
Ú	Ú	Ú	Ú	Capital U with acute
Û	Û	Û	Û	Capital U with circumflex
Ü	Ü	Ü	Ü	Capital U with diaeresis
Ý	Ý	Ý	Ý	Capital Y with acute
Þ	Þ	Þ	Þ	Capital thorn
ß	ß	ß	ß	Sharp s (Eszett)
à	à	à	à	Small a with grave
á	á	á	á	Small a with acute
â	â	â	â	Small a with circumflex
ã	ã	ã	ã	Small a with tilde
ä	ä	ä	ä	Small a with diaeresis
å	å	å	å	Small a with ring above
æ	æ	æ	æ	Small ligature ae
ç	ç	ç	ç	Small c with cedilla
è	è	è	è	Small e with grave
é	é	é	é	Small e with acute
ê	ê	ê	ê	Small e with circumflex
ë	ë	ë	ë	Small e with diaeresis
ì	ì	ì	ì	Small i with grave
í	í	í	í	Small i with acute
î	î	î	î	Small i with circumflex
ï	ï	ï	ï	Small i with diaeresis
ð	ð	ð	ð	Small eth
ñ	ñ	ñ	ñ	Small n with tilde
ò	ò	ò	ò	Small o with grave
ó	ó	ó	ó	Small o with acute
ô	ô	ô	ô	Small o with circumflex
õ	õ	õ	õ	Small o with tilde
ö	ö	ö	ö	Small o with diaeresis
÷	÷	÷	÷	Division sign
ø	ø	ø	ø	Small o with stroke
ù	ù	ù	ù	Small u with grave
ú	ú	ú	ú	Small u with acute
û	û	û	û	Small u with circumflex
ü	ü	ü	ü	Small u with diaeresis
ý	ý	ý	ý	Small y with acute
þ	þ	þ	þ	Small thorn
ÿ	ÿ	ÿ	ÿ	Small y with diaeresis
Œ	&OElig;	Œ	Œ	Latin capital ligature OE
œ	&oelig;	œ	œ	Latin small ligature oe
Š	&Scaron;	Š	Š	S with caron
š	&scaron;	š	š	s with caron
Ÿ	&Yuml;	Ÿ	Ÿ	Y with diaeresis
ƒ	&fnof;	ƒ	ƒ	Latin small f with hook (florin)
ˆ	&circ;	ˆ	ˆ	Modifier circumflex
˜	&tilde;	˜	˜	Small tilde
Α	Α	Α	Α	Greek capital alpha
Β	Β	Β	Β	Greek capital beta
Γ	Γ	Γ	Γ	Greek capital gamma
Δ	Δ	Δ	Δ	Greek capital delta
Ε	Ε	Ε	Ε	Greek capital epsilon
Ζ	Ζ	Ζ	Ζ	Greek capital zeta
Η	Η	Η	Η	Greek capital eta
Θ	Θ	Θ	Θ	Greek capital theta
Ι	Ι	Ι	Ι	Greek capital iota
Κ	Κ	Κ	Κ	Greek capital kappa
Λ	Λ	Λ	Λ	Greek capital lambda
Μ	Μ	Μ	Μ	Greek capital mu
Ν	Ν	Ν	Ν	Greek capital nu
Ξ	Ξ	Ξ	Ξ	Greek capital xi
Ο	Ο	Ο	Ο	Greek capital omicron
Π	Π	Π	Π	Greek capital pi
Ρ	Ρ	Ρ	Ρ	Greek capital rho
Σ	Σ	Σ	Σ	Greek capital sigma
Τ	Τ	Τ	Τ	Greek capital tau
Υ	Υ	Υ	Υ	Greek capital upsilon
Φ	Φ	Φ	Φ	Greek capital phi
Χ	Χ	Χ	Χ	Greek capital chi
Ψ	Ψ	Ψ	Ψ	Greek capital psi
Ω	Ω	Ω	Ω	Greek capital omega
α	α	α	α	Greek small alpha
β	β	β	β	Greek small beta
γ	γ	γ	γ	Greek small gamma
δ	δ	δ	δ	Greek small delta
ε	ε	ε	ε	Greek small epsilon
ζ	ζ	ζ	ζ	Greek small zeta
η	η	η	η	Greek small eta
θ	θ	θ	θ	Greek small theta
ι	ι	ι	ι	Greek small iota
κ	κ	κ	κ	Greek small kappa
λ	λ	λ	λ	Greek small lambda
μ	μ	μ	μ	Greek small mu
ν	ν	ν	ν	Greek small nu
ξ	ξ	ξ	ξ	Greek small xi
ο	ο	ο	ο	Greek small omicron
π	π	π	π	Greek small pi
ρ	ρ	ρ	ρ	Greek small rho
ς	&sigmaf;	ς	ς	Greek final sigma
σ	σ	σ	σ	Greek small sigma
τ	τ	τ	τ	Greek small tau
υ	υ	υ	υ	Greek small upsilon
φ	φ	φ	φ	Greek small phi
χ	χ	χ	χ	Greek small chi
ψ	ψ	ψ	ψ	Greek small psi
ω	ω	ω	ω	Greek small omega
ϑ	&thetasym;	ϑ	ϑ	Greek theta symbol
ϒ	&upsih;	ϒ	ϒ	Greek upsilon with hook
ϖ	ϖ	ϖ	ϖ	Greek pi symbol
	&ensp;			En space
	&emsp;			Em space
				Thin space
‌	&zwnj;	‌	‌	Zero-width non-joiner
‍	&zwj;	‍	‍	Zero-width joiner
‎	&lrm;	‎	‎	Left-to-right mark
‏	&rlm;	‏	‏	Right-to-left mark
–	–	–	–	En dash
—	—	—	—	Em dash
‘	‘	‘	‘	Left single quotation mark
’	’	’	’	Right single quotation mark
‚	&sbquo;	‚	‚	Single low-9 quotation mark
“	“	“	“	Left double quotation mark
”	”	”	”	Right double quotation mark
„	&bdquo;	„	„	Double low-9 quotation mark
†	&dagger;	†	†	Dagger
‡	&Dagger;	‡	‡	Double dagger
•	•	•	•	Bullet
…	…	…	…	Horizontal ellipsis
‰	&permil;	‰	‰	Per mille sign
′	′	′	′	Prime (minutes, feet)
″	″	″	″	Double prime (seconds, inches)
‹	&lsaquo;	‹	‹	Single left angle quotation
›	&rsaquo;	›	›	Single right angle quotation
‾	&oline;	‾	‾	Overline
⁄	&frasl;	⁄	⁄	Fraction slash
€	€	€	€	Euro sign
ℑ	&image;	ℑ	ℑ	Black-letter capital I
℘	&weierp;	℘	℘	Script capital P
ℜ	&real;	ℜ	ℜ	Black-letter capital R
™	™	™	™	Trade mark sign
ℵ	&alefsym;	ℵ	ℵ	Alef symbol
←	←	←	←	Leftwards arrow
↑	↑	↑	↑	Upwards arrow
→	→	→	→	Rightwards arrow
↓	↓	↓	↓	Downwards arrow
↔	↔	↔	↔	Left right arrow
↵	&crarr;	↵	↵	Carriage return arrow
⇐	⇐	⇐	⇐	Leftwards double arrow
⇑	&uArr;	⇑	⇑	Upwards double arrow
⇒	⇒	⇒	⇒	Rightwards double arrow
⇓	&dArr;	⇓	⇓	Downwards double arrow
⇔	⇔	⇔	⇔	Left right double arrow
∀	∀	∀	∀	For all
∂	∂	∂	∂	Partial differential
∃	∃	∃	∃	There exists
∅	∅	∅	∅	Empty set
∇	∇	∇	∇	Nabla
∈	∈	∈	∈	Element of
∉	∉	∉	∉	Not an element of
∋	&ni;	∋	∋	Contains as member
∏	∏	∏	∏	N-ary product
∑	∑	∑	∑	N-ary summation
−	−	−	−	Minus sign
∗	&lowast;	∗	∗	Asterisk operator
√	√	√	√	Square root
∝	&prop;	∝	∝	Proportional to
∞	∞	∞	∞	Infinity
∠	&ang;	∠	∠	Angle
∧	&and;	∧	∧	Logical and
∨	&or;	∨	∨	Logical or
∩	∩	∩	∩	Intersection
∪	∪	∪	∪	Union
∫	∫	∫	∫	Integral
∴	&there4;	∴	∴	Therefore
∼	&sim;	∼	∼	Tilde operator
≅	&cong;	≅	≅	Approximately equal to
≈	≈	≈	≈	Almost equal 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;	⊕	⊕	Circled plus
⊗	&otimes;	⊗	⊗	Circled times
⊥	&perp;	⊥	⊥	Up tack (perpendicular)
⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	Dot operator
⌈	&lceil;	⌈	⌈	Left ceiling
⌉	&rceil;	⌉	⌉	Right ceiling
⌊	&lfloor;	⌊	⌊	Left floor
⌋	&rfloor;	⌋	⌋	Right floor
◊	&loz;	◊	◊	Lozenge
★	&starf;	★	★	Black star
☆	&star;	☆	☆	White star
☎	&phone;	☎	☎	Black telephone
♀	&female;	♀	♀	Female sign
♂	&male;	♂	♂	Male sign
♠	&spades;	♠	♠	Black spade suit
♣	&clubs;	♣	♣	Black club suit
♥	&hearts;	♥	♥	Black heart suit
♦	&diams;	♦	♦	Black diamond suit
✓	&check;	✓	✓	Check mark
✗	&cross;	✗	✗	Ballot X
⟨	&lang;	⟨	⟨	Mathematical left angle bracket
⟩	&rang;	⟩	⟩	Mathematical right angle bracket

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How to use the HTML entities reference

Type in Filter: a word from the description (arrow, euro, fraction), an entity name (nbsp, copy) or several words (arrow right). Every word must match.
Or paste one character, such as © or —, to find exactly that symbol.
Copy the form you need from Named, Decimal or Hex.
Download the full list as html-entities.csv for your own notes or tests.

What it does and when to use it

Entities let you write characters that would otherwise be read as markup, or that are hard to type on your keyboard. You need one when a template shows a raw & that breaks validation, when a CMS strips special characters, when an email template must stay in ASCII, or when you want a non-breaking space between a number and its unit. The reference gives the readable name and both numeric forms, so you can use whichever your template engine or XML schema accepts.

To convert a whole block of text, use the HTML Entities Encoder or the String Escaper. For plain ASCII codes, see the ASCII Table.

How it works

The list contains 260 named character references from the WHATWG HTML standard: the five markup characters, the Latin-1 symbols and letters, Greek letters, arrows, maths operators, punctuation such as dashes and curly quotes, and common symbols such as ✓. For each one, the decimal and hex references are computed from its Unicode code point. Filtering happens in your browser.

Worked examples

Arrows. Filter arrow right returns four rows, including:

→ | &rarr; | &#8594; | &#x2192; | Rightwards arrow
⇒ | &rArr; | &#8658; | &#x21D2; | Rightwards double arrow

Names are case-sensitive: → and ⇒ are different symbols.

Paste the symbol. Filter — returns — | — | — | — | Em dash. Useful when you copy a dash from a document and need to know which one it is; the en dash – is –.

Quotes. Filter quot returns Showing: 9 of 260 entities: the straight ", the curly ‘ ’ “ ”, the low-9 quotes and the single angle quotes.

Limits and tips

The WHATWG standard defines over two thousand names, many of them rare maths symbols. This list covers the common 260; for any other character, the numeric form always works.
Search terms are matched against English descriptions, so try another word if one finds nothing (dash, not hyphen long).
For numeric references of a whole string, try Numeric HTML Entities.

Frequently asked questions

Do I still need entities on a UTF-8 page?

Only for characters that HTML itself treats as markup. Always write & as & and < as < in text, and quotes as " inside a quoted attribute. Other symbols such as →, € or é can be typed directly when the page is served as UTF-8.

Named or numeric, which is better?

Both give the same character. Named entities like © are easier to read in source. Numeric ones like © work for any Unicode character, including those with no name, and in XML, which only knows five named entities.

Why does my   not stop a line from wrapping in some places?

It prevents a break at that space only. A long word or URL can still wrap, and CSS such as white-space and overflow-wrap also decide how lines break.

Is ' safe to use?

It is defined in HTML5 and XML, but not in HTML 4. If old clients matter, use ' for an apostrophe, which is what the String Escaper writes in HTML mode.

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