HTML: The Definitive Guide

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Character Entities

The following table collects the defined standard, proposed, and several nonstandard, but generally supported, character entities for HTML.

Entity names, if defined, appear for their respective characters and can be used in the HTML character-entity sequence &name; to define any character for display by the browser. Otherwise, or alternatively for named characters, use the character's three-digit numeral value in the sequence &#nnn; to specially define an HTML character entity. Actual characters, however, may or may not be displayed by the browser depending on the computer platform and user-selected font for display.

Not all 256 characters in the ISO character set appear in the table. Missing ones are not recognized by the browser as either named or numeric entities.

To be sure that your documents are fully compliant with the HTML 2.0 standard, use only those named character entities whose conformance column is blank. Characters whose conformance column contains a ``P'' (Proposed) are generally supported by the current browsers, although not part of the HTML standard. Defy compliance by using the nonstandard (N) entities.

Numeric Named      
Entity Entity Symbol Description Conformance
	     Horizontal tab  

     Line feed  

     Carriage return  
      Space  
!   ! Exclamation point  
" " quot Quotation mark  
#   # Hash mark  
$   $ Dollar sign  
%   % Percent sign  
& & & Ampersand  
'   ' Apostrophe  
(   ( Left parenthesis  
)   ) Right parenthesis  
*   * Asterisk  
+   + Plus sign  
,   , Comma  
-   - Hyphen  
.   . Period  
/   / Slash  
0 - 9   0 - 9 Digits 0 - 9  
:   : Colon  
&#059;   ; Semicolon  
&#060; &lt; < Less than  
&#061;   = Equals sign  
&#062; &gt; > Greater than  
&#063;   ? Question mark  
&#064;   @ Commercial at sign  
&#065; - &#090;   A - Z Letters A - Z  
&#091;   [ Left square bracket  
&#092;   | Backslash  
&#093;   ] Right square bracket  
&#094;   ^ Caret  
&#095;  

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Underscore  
&#096;   grave Grave accent  
&#097; - &#122;   a - z Letters a - z  
&#123;   { Left curly brace  
&#124;   | Vertical bar  
&#125;   } Right curly brace  
&#126;   ~ Tilde  
&#130;   ,   N
&#131;   (florin) Florin N
&#132;   '' Right double quote N
&#133;   ... Ellipsis N
&#134;   dagger Dagger N
&#135;   Dagger Double dagger N
&#136;   circ Circumflex N
&#137;   % Permil N
&#138;  

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  N
&#139;   < Less than sign N
&#140;   OE Capital OE ligature N
&#145;   ` Left single quote N
&#146;   ' Right single quote N
&#147;   `` Left double quote N
&#148;   '' Right double quote N
&#149;   o Bullet N
&#150;   -- Em dash N
&#151;   - En dash N
&#152;   ~ Tilde N
&#153;   trade Trademark N
&#154;  

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  N
&#155;   > Greater than sign N
&#156;   oe Small oe ligature N
&#159;   Yuml Capital Y, umlaut N
&#160; &nbsp;   Nonbreaking space P
&#161; &iexcl; iexcl Inverted exclamation point P
&#162; &cent; cent Cent sign P
&#163; &pound; pund Pound sign P
&#164; &curren; curren General currency sign P
&#165; &yen; yen Yen sign P
&#166; &brvbar; | Broken vertical bar P
&#167; &sect; sect Section sign P
&#168; &uml; die Umlaut P
&#169; &copy; © Copyright P
&#170; &ordf; ordf Feminine ordinal P
&#171; &laquo; laquo Left angle quote P
&#172; &not; not Not sign P
&#173; &shy; - Soft hyphen P
&#174; &reg; reg Registered trademark P
&#175; &macr; macr Macron accent P
&#176; &deg; deg Degree sign P
&#177; &plusmn; +/- Plus or minus P
&#178; &sup2; 2 Superscript 2 P
&#179; &sup3; 3 Superscript 3 P
&#180; &acute; acute Acute accent P
&#181; &micro; mu Micro sign (Greek mu) P
&#182; &para; para Paragraph sign P
&#183; &middot; . Middle dot P
&#184; &cedil; cedil Cedilla P
&#185; &sup1; 1 Superscript 1 P
&#186; &ordm; ordm Masculine ordinal P
&#187; &raquo; raquo Right angle quote P
&#188; &frac14; 1/4 Fraction one-fourth P
&#189; &frac12; 1/2 Fraction one-half P
&#190; &frac34; 3/4 Fraction three-fourths P
&#191; &iquest; iquest Inverted question mark P
&#192; &Agrave; À Capital A, grave accent  
&#193; &Aacute; Á Capital A, acute accent  
&#194; &Acirc; Â Capital A, circumflex accent  
&#195; &Atilde; Ã Capital A, tilde  
&#196; &Auml; Ä Capital A, umlaut  
&#197; &Aring; Å ; Capital A, ring  
&#198; &AElig; Æ Capital AE ligature  
&#199; &Ccedil; Ç Capital C, cedilla  
&#200; &Egrave; È Capital E, grave accent  
&#201; &Eacute; É ; Capital E, acute accent  
&#202; &Ecirc; Ê Capital E, circumflex accent  
&#203; &Euml; Ë Capital E, umlaut  
&#204; &Igrave; Ì Capital I, grave accent  
&#205; &Iacute; Í Capital I, acute accent  
&#206; &Icirc; Î Capital I, circumflex accent  
&#207; &Iuml; Ï Capital I, umlaut  
&#208; &ETH; Ð Capital eth, Icelandic  
&#209; &Ntilde; Ñ Capital N, tilde  
&#210; &Ograve; Ò Capital O, grave accent  
&#211; &Oacute; Ó Capital O, acute accent  
&#212; &Ocirc; Ô Capital O, circumflex accent  
&#213; &Otilde; Õ Capital O, tilde  
&#214; &Ouml; Ö Capital O, umlaut  
&#215; &times; x Multiply sign P
&#216; &Oslash; Ø Capital O, slash  
&#217; &Ugrave; Ù Capital U, grave accent  
&#218; &Uacute; Ú Capital U, acute accent  
&#219; &Ucirc; Û Capital U, circumflex accent  
&#220; &Uuml; Ü Capital U, umlaut  
&#221; &Yacute; Y Capital Y, acute accent  
&#222; &THORN; Þ Capital thorn, Icelandic  
&#223; &szlig; ß Small sz ligature, German  
&#224; &agrave; à Small a, grave accent  
&#225; &aacute; á Small a, acute accent  
&#226; &acirc; â Small a, circumflex accent  
&#227; &atilde; ã Small a, tilde  
&#228; &auml; ä Small a, umlaut  
&#229; &aring; å Small a, ring  
&#230; &aelig; æ Small ae ligature  
&#231; &ccedil; ç Small c, cedilla  
&#232; &egrave; è Small e, grave accent  
&#233; &eacute; é Small e, acute accent  
&#234; &ecirc; ê Small e, circumflex accent  
&#235; &euml; ë Small e, umlaut  
&#236; &igrave; ì Small i, grave accent  
&#237; &iacute; í Small i, acute accent  
&#238; &icirc; î Small i, circumflex accent  
&#239; &iuml; ï Small i, umlaut  
&#240; &eth; part Small eth, Icelandic  
&#241; &ntilde; ñ Small n, tilde  
&#242; &ograve; ò Small o, grave accent  
&#243; &oacute; ó Small o, acute accent  
&#244; &ocirc; ô Small o, circumflex accent  
&#245; &otilde; õ Small o, tilde  
&#246; &ouml; ö Small o, umlaut  
&#247; &divide; / Division sign P
&#248; &oslash; ø Small o, slash  
&#249; &ugrave; ù Small u, grave accent  
&#250; &uacute; ú Small u, acute accent  
&#251; &ucirc; û Small u, circumflex accent  
&#252; &uuml; ü Small u, umlaut  
&#253; &yacute; ý Small y, acute accent  
&#254; &thorn; þ Small thorn, Icelandic  
&#255; &yuml; ÿ Small y, umlaut  


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