HTML 4 Entity Names

Complete HTML 4 entity reference manual

All entities in the table will display correctly in all browsers, in both HTML4 and HTML5 pages.

For a complete HTML5 entity reference, please visit the next chapter.

character entity decimal hexadecimal description
& & & ampersand ampersand
< less than less than less than less than
> greater than greater than greater than greater than
　 no-break space = non-breaking space no-break space = non-breaking space no-break space = non-breaking space no-break space = non-breaking space
inverted exclamation mark inverted exclamation mark inverted exclamation mark inverted exclamation mark inverted exclamation mark
cent sign cent sign cent sign cent sign cent sign
pound sign pound sign pound sign pound sign pound sign
currency sign currency sign currency sign currency sign currency sign
yen sign = yuan sign currency sign yen sign = yuan sign yen sign = yuan sign yen sign = yuan sign
broken bar = broken vertical bar broken bar = broken vertical bar broken bar = broken vertical bar broken bar = broken vertical bar broken bar = broken vertical bar
section sign section sign section sign section sign section sign
diaeresis = spacing diaeresis diaeresis = spacing diaeresis diaeresis = spacing diaeresis diaeresis = spacing diaeresis diaeresis = spacing diaeresis
copyright sign copyright sign copyright sign copyright sign copyright sign
feminine ordinal indicator feminine ordinal indicator feminine ordinal indicator feminine ordinal indicator feminine ordinal indicator
left-pointing double angle quotation mark = left pointing guillemet left-pointing double angle quotation mark = left pointing guillemet left-pointing double angle quotation mark = left pointing guillemet left-pointing double angle quotation mark = left pointing guillemet left-pointing double angle quotation mark = left pointing guillemet
not sign not sign not sign not sign not sign
non-breaking hyphen soft hyphen en dash non-breaking hyphen soft hyphen = discretionary hyphen
copyright sign registered trademark sign TM sign copyright sign registered sign = registered trade mark sign
micro sign macron dagger micro sign macron = spacing macron = overline = APL overbar
degree sign degree sign degree sign degree sign degree sign
plus or minus plus or minus plus or minus plus or minus 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 small letter alpha
β β β β greek small letter beta
γ γ γ γ greek small letter gamma
δ δ δ δ greek small letter delta
ε ε ε ε greek small letter epsilon
ζ ζ ζ ζ greek small letter zeta
η η η η greek small letter eta
θ θ θ θ greek small letter theta
ι ι ι ι greek small letter iota
κ κ κ κ greek small letter kappa
λ λ λ λ greek small letter lambda
μ μ μ μ greek small letter mu
ν ν ν ν greek small letter nu
ξ ξ ξ ξ greek small letter xi
ο ο ο ο greek small letter omicron
π π π π greek small letter pi
ρ ρ ρ ρ greek small letter rho
ς ς ς ς greek small letter final sigma
σ σ σ σ greek small letter sigma
τ τ τ τ greek small letter tau
υ υ υ υ greek small letter upsilon
φ φ φ φ greek small letter phi
χ χ χ χ greek small letter chi
ψ ψ ψ ψ greek small letter psi
ω ω ω ω greek small letter omega
　 　 　 　 (not used)
θ θ θ θ greek small letter theta symbol
ϋ ϋ ϋ ϋ Greek upsilon with hook symbol
　 　 　 　 (not used)
π π π π Greek pi symbol

special symbol

character entity decimal hexadecimal 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 rightwards double arrow rightwards double arrow rightwards double arrow rightwards double arrow
downwards double arrow downwards double arrow downwards double arrow downwards double arrow downwards double arrow
left right double arrow left right double arrow left right double arrow left right double arrow left right double arrow
for all for all for all for all for all
partial differential partial differential partial differential partial differential partial differential
there exists there exists there exists there exists there exists
empty set empty set empty set empty set empty set = null set = diameter
nabla nabla nabla nabla nabla = backward difference
element of element of element of element of element of
not an element of not an element of not an element of not an element of not an element of
contains contains contains contains contains as member
product product product product n-ary product = product sign
sum sum sum sum n-ary sumation
minus sign minus sign minus sign minus sign minus sign
asterisk operator asterisk operator asterisk operator asterisk operator asterisk operator
square root square root square root square root square root = radical sign
proportional to proportional to proportional to proportional to proportional to
infinity infinity infinity infinity infinity
angle angle angle angle angle
conjunction intersection union wedge logical and = wedge
logical or ∨ ∨ ∨ logical or = vee
intersection ∩ ∩ ∩ intersection = cap
union ∪ ∪ ∪ union = cup
integral ∫ ∫ ∫ integral
therefore ∴ ∴ ∴ therefore
similar ∼ ∼ ∼ tilde operator = varies with = similar to
congruent ≅ ≅ ≅ approximately equal to
approximately equal ≈ ≈ ≈ almost equal to = asymptotic to
not equal ≠ ≠ ≠ not equal to
identical ≡ ≡ ≡ identical to
less than or equal ≤ ≤ ≤ less-than or equal to
greater than or equal ≥ ≥ ≥ greater-than or equal to
subset ⊂ ⊂ ⊂ subset of
superset ⊃ ⊃ ⊃ superset of
not a subset ⊄ ⊄ ⊄ not a subset of
subset or equal ⊆ ⊆ ⊆ subset of or equal to
superset or equal ⊇ ⊇ ⊇ superset of or equal to
direct sum ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ circled plus = direct sum
tensor product ⊗ ⊗ ⊗ circled times = vector product
perpendicular ⊥ ⊥ ⊥ 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