HTML ISO-8859-1 Reference Manual

ISO-8859-1

ISO-8859-1 is the default character in HTML 4.01.

ISO (International Standards Organization, International Standardization Organization) defines standard character sets for different alphabets/languages.

Different variants of ISO-8859 are listed at the bottom of this page.

ISO-8859-1 character set

ISO-8859-1 的第一部分（实体编号为 0-127）是原始 ASCII 字符集。它包含数字、大写和小写英文字母以及一些特殊字符。

For more in-depth research, please visit our 完整 ASCII 参考.

Character Entity number Entity name Description
　0 - 31　Control characters
　32　space
!33　exclamation mark
"34"quotation mark
#35　ISO-8859-1 Part 1 (entity numbers 0-127) is the original ASCII character set. It includes numbers, uppercase and lowercase English letters, and some special characters.
complete ASCII reference0 - 31　Control characters
space!　exclamation mark
"quotation mark#number sign
$dollar sign　%
percent sign&　ampersand
'apostrophe　(
left parenthesis)　right parenthesis
*asterisk　+
plus sign,　comma
-45　hyphen-minus
.46　full stop
/47　solidus
048　digit zero
149　digit one
250　digit two
351　digit three
452　digit four
553　digit five
654　digit six
755　digit seven
856　digit eight
957　digit nine
:58　colon
;59　semicolon
<60<less-than sign
=61　equals sign
>62>greater-than sign
?63　question mark
@64　commercial at
A65　Latin capital letter A
B66　Latin capital letter B
C67　Latin capital letter C
D68　Latin capital letter D
E69　Latin capital letter E
F70　Latin capital letter F
G71　Latin capital letter G
Latin capital letter HH　72
Latin capital letter HI　73
Latin capital letter IJ　74
Latin capital letter JK　75
Latin capital letter KL　76
Latin capital letter LM　77
Latin capital letter MN　78
Latin capital letter NO　79
Latin capital letter OP　80
Latin capital letter PQ　81
Latin capital letter QR　82
Latin capital letter RS　83
Latin capital letter ST　84
Latin capital letter TU　85
Latin capital letter UV　86
Latin capital letter VW　87
Latin capital letter WX　88
Latin capital letter XY　89
Latin capital letter YZ　90
Latin capital letter Z[　left square bracket
\92　reverse solidus
]93　right square bracket
^94　circumflex accent
_95　low line
`96　grave accent
a97　Latin small letter a
b98　Latin small letter b
c99　Latin small letter c
d100　Latin small letter d
e101　Latin small letter e
f102　Latin small letter f
g103　Latin small letter g
h104　Latin small letter h
i105　Latin small letter i
j106　Latin small letter j
k107　Latin small letter k
l108　Latin small letter l
m109　Latin small letter m
n110　Latin small letter n
o111　Latin small letter o
p112　Latin small letter p
q113　Latin small letter q
r114　Latin small letter r
s115　Latin small letter s
t116　Latin small letter t
u117　Latin small letter u
v118　Latin small letter v
w119　Latin small letter w
x120　Latin small letter x
y121　Latin small letter y
z122　Latin small letter z
{123　left curly bracket
|124　vertical line
}125　right curly bracket
~126　tilde
　127　Control character

ISO-8859-1 and Windows-1252

ISO-8859-1 is very similar to Windows-1252.

In ISO-8859-1, characters between 128 and 159 are undefined.

In Windows-1252, characters from 128 to 159 are used for some useful symbols.

For more in-depth research, please visit our Complete ANSI (Windows-1252) reference.

Since many websites declare ISO-8859-1 and use values from 128 to 159, as if they were using Windows-1252, most browsers will display these characters from the Windows-1252 character set.

Character Entity number Entity name Description
€128€euro sign
　129　NOT USED
‚130‚single low-9 quotation mark
131Latin small letter f with hook131ƒ
132Latin small letter f with hook132„
133double low-9 quotation mark133…
134horizontal ellipsis134†
135dagger135‡
double daggerÂ136ˆ
137modifier letter circumflex accent137‰
138per mille sign138Š
139Latin capital letter S with caron139‹
140single left-pointing angle quotation mark140Œ
　Latin capital ligature OE　NOT USED
142141142Ž
　Latin capital letter Z with caron　NOT USED
　143　NOT USED
145144145‘
146left single quotation mark146’
right single quotation mark““left double quotation mark
”148”right double quotation mark
•149•bullet
–150–en dash
—151—em dash
˜152˜small tilde
™153™trade mark sign
š154šLatin small letter s with caron
›155›single right-pointing angle quotation mark
œ156œLatin small ligature oe
　157　NOT USED
ž158žLatin small letter z with caron
Ÿ159ŸLatin capital letter Y with diaeresis

ISO-8859-1 symbols

The next part of ISO-8859-1 encoding (from 160 to 191) contains commonly used special characters.

Character Entity number Entity name Description
　  non-breaking space
¡¡¡inverted exclamation mark
¢¢¢cent
£££pound
¤¤¤currency
¥¥¥yen
¦¦¦broken vertical bar
§§§section
¨¨¨spacing diaeresis
©©©copyright
ªªªfeminine ordinal indicator
«««angle quotation mark (left)
¬¬¬negation
­­­soft hyphen
®®®registered trademark
¯¯¯spacing macron
°°°degree
±±±plus-or-minus
²²²superscript 2
³³³superscript 3
´´´spacing acute
µµµmicro
paragraph
···middle dot
¸¸¸spacing cedilla
¹¹¹superscript 1
ºººmasculine ordinal indicator
»»»angle quotation mark (right)
¼¼¼fraction 1/4
½½½fraction 1/2
¾¾¾fraction 3/4
¿¿¿inverted question mark

ISO-8859-1 character

The higher part of ISO-8859-1 (encoding from 192 to 255, excluding 215 and 247) contains characters used in Western European countries/regions.

Character Entity number Entity name Description
ÀÀÀcapital a, grave accent
ÁÁÁcapital a, acute accent
ÂÂÂcapital a, circumflex accent
ÃÃÃcapital a, tilde
ÄÄÄcapital a, umlaut mark
ÅÅÅcapital a, ring
ÆÆÆcapital ae
ÇÇÇcapital c, cedilla
ÈÈÈcapital e, grave accent
ÉÉÉcapital e, acute accent
ÊÊÊcapital e, circumflex accent
ËËËcapital e, umlaut mark
ÌÌÌcapital i, grave accent
ÍÍÍcapital i, acute accent
ÎÎÎcapital i, circumflex accent
ÏÏÏcapital i, umlaut mark
ÐÐÐcapital eth, Icelandic
ÑÑÑcapital n, tilde
ÒÒÒcapital o, grave accent
ÓÓÓcapital o, acute accent
ÔÔÔcapital o, circumflex accent
ÕÕÕcapital o, tilde
ÖÖÖcapital o, umlaut mark
×××multiplication
ØØØcapital o, slash
ÙÙÙcapital u, grave accent
ÚÚÚcapital u, acute accent
ÛÛÛcapital u, circumflex accent
ÜÜÜcapital u, umlaut mark
ÝÝÝcapital y, acute accent
ÞÞÞcapital THORN, Icelandic
ßßßsmall sharp s, German
àààsmall a, grave accent
ááásmall a, acute accent
âââsmall a, circumflex accent
ãããsmall a, tilde
äääsmall a, umlaut mark
åååsmall a, ring
æææsmall ae
çççsmall c, cedilla
èèèsmall e, grave accent
ééésmall e, acute accent
êêêsmall e, circumflex accent
ëëësmall e, umlaut mark
ìììsmall i, grave accent
ííísmall i, acute accent
îîîsmall i, circumflex accent
ïïïsmall i, umlaut mark
ðððsmall eth, Icelandic
ñññsmall n, tilde
òòòsmall o, grave accent
óóósmall o, acute accent
ôôôsmall o, circumflex accent
õõõsmall o, tilde
ööösmall o, umlaut mark
÷÷÷division
øøøsmall o, slash
ùùùsmall u, grave accent
úúúsmall u, acute accent
ûûûsmall u, circumflex accent
üüüsmall u, umlaut mark
ýýýsmall y, acute accent
þþþsmall thorn, Icelandic
ÿÿÿsmall y, umlaut mark

Variants of ISO-8859

Number Description Coverage
8859-1Latin 1North America, Western Europe, Latin America, Caribbean Sea, Canada, Africa.
8859-2Latin 2East Europe.
8859-3Latin 3Southeast Europe, Esperanto, and others.
8859-4Latin 4Scandinavian/Baltic (and other languages not included in ISO-8859-1).
8859-5Latin/CyrillicCyrillic Characters. Bulgarian, Belarusian, Russian, and Macedonian.
8859-6Latin/ArabicArabic Characters.
8859-7Latin/GreekModern Greek Letters and Mathematical Symbols Derived from Greek.
8859-8Latin/HebrewHebrew Characters.
8859-9Latin/TurkishTurkish Characters. Same as ISO-8859-1, except Turkish characters replace Icelandic.
8859-10Latin/NordicNordic Characters. Lapp, Nordic, Eskimo language.
8859-15Latin 9 (Latin 0)Similar to ISO-8859-1, but some less common symbols are replaced with euro symbol and some other missing characters.
2022-JPLatin/Japanese 1Japanese Characters Part 1.
2022-JP-2Latin/Japanese 2Japanese Characters Part 2.
2022-KRLatin/Korean 1Korean Characters.