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Resources :: HTML Character Entities

This is a list of the different HTML character entities commonly used in web development. I normally use the number entities for all html development and the hex entities for all flash development. The others are here because ... who knows?

char description numeric hex html
  null � %00  
  start of header  %01  
  start of text  %02  
  end of text  %03  
  end of transmission  %04  
  enquiry  %05  
  acknowledgement  %06  
  bell  %07  
  backspace  %08  
  horizontal tab 	 %09  
  linefeed 
 %0A  
  vertical tab  %0B  
  form feed  %0C  
  carriage return 
 %0D  
  shift out  %0E  
  shift in  %0F  
  data link escape  %10  
  xon - device control 1  %11  
  device control 2  %12  
  xoff - device control 3  %13  
  device control 4  %14  
  negative acknowledgement  %15  
  synchronous idle  %16  
  end of transmission block  %17  
  cancel  %18  
  end of medium  %19  
  substitute  %1A  
  escape  %1B  
  file separator  %1C  
  group separator  %1D  
  record separator  %1E  
  unit separator  %1F  
  space   %20  
! exclamation mark ! %21  
" double quotation mark " %22 "
# pound # %23  
$ dollar $ %24  
% percent % %25  
& ampersand & %26 &
' single quotation mark ' %27  
( left parenthesis ( %28  
) right parenthesis ) %29  
* asterisk * %2A  
+ plus + %2B  
, comma , %2C  
- hyphen - %2D  
. period . %2E  
/ forward slash / %2F  
0 0 %30  
1 1 %31  
2 2 %32  
3 3 %33  
4 4 %34  
5 5 %35  
6 6 %36  
7 7 %37  
8 8 %38  
9 9 %39  
: colon : %3A  
; semi-colon &#59; %3B  
< less-than symbol &#60; %3C &lt;
= equal &#61; %3D  
> greater-than symbol &#62; %3E &gt;
? question mark &#63; %3F  
@ at symbol &#64; %40  
A &#65; %41  
B &#66; %42  
C &#67; %43  
D &#68; %44  
E &#69; %45  
F &#70; %46  
G &#71; %47  
H &#72; %48  
I &#73; %49  
J &#74; %4A  
K &#75; %4B  
L &#76; %4C  
M &#77; %4D  
N &#78; %4E  
O &#79; %4F  
P &#80; %50  
Q &#81; %51  
R &#82; %52  
S &#83; %53  
T &#84; %54  
U &#85; %55  
V &#86; %56  
W &#87; %57  
X &#88; %58  
Y &#89; %59  
Z &#90; %5A  
[ left square bracket &#91; %5B  
\ back slash &#92; %5C  
] right square bracket &#93; %5D  
^ circumflex &#94; %5E  
_ underscore &#95; %5F  
` back-tick &#96; %60  
a &#97; %61  
b &#98; %62  
c &#99; %63  
d &#100; %64  
e &#101; %65  
f &#102; %66  
g &#103; %67  
h &#104; %68  
i &#105; %69  
j &#106; %6A  
k &#107; %6B  
l &#108; %6C  
m &#109; %6D  
n &#110; %6E  
o &#111; %6F  
p &#112; %70  
q &#113; %71  
r &#114; %72  
s &#115; %73  
t &#116; %74  
u &#117; %75  
v &#118; %76  
w &#119; %77  
x &#120; %78  
y &#121; %79  
z &#122; %7A  
{ left curly brace &#123; %7B  
| vertical pipe &#124; %7C  
} right curly brace &#125; %7D  
~ tilde &#126; %7E  
  delete &#127; %7F  
€ euro &#128; %80  
 &#129; %81  
‚ baseline single quote &#130; %82  
ƒ florin &#131; %83  
„ baseline double quote &#132; %84  
… ellipsis &#133; %85  
† single dagger &#134; %86  
‡ double dagger &#135; %87  
ˆ circumflex &#136; %88  
‰ per mil &#137; %89  
Š latin capital letter S with caron &#138; %8A  
‹ left single guillemet &#139; %8B  
Œ latin capital letter OE &#140; %8C  
 &#141; %8D  
Ž latin capital letter Z with caron &#142; %8E  
 &#143; %8F  
 &#144; %90  
‘ open single quote &#145; %91  
’ close single quote &#146; %92  
“ open double quote &#147; %93  
” close double quote &#148; %94  
• bullet &#149; %95  
– en dash &#150; %96  
— em dash &#151; %97  
˜ tilde &#152; %98  
™ unregistered trademark &#153; %99  
š latin small letter s with caron &#154; %9A  
› right single guillemet &#155; %9B  
œ latin small letter oe &#156; %9C  
 &#157; %9D  
ž latin small letter z with caron &#158; %9E  
Ÿ latin capital letter Y with diaeresis &#159; %9F  
non-breaking space &#160; %A0 &nbsp;
¡ inverted exclamation mark &#161; %A1 &iexcl;
¢ cents &#162; %A2 &cent;
£ pounds &#163; %A3 &pound;
¤ currency &#164; %A4 &curren;
¥ yen &#165; %A5 &yen;
¦ broken vertical bar &#166; %A6 &brvbar;
§ section symbol &#167; %A7 &sect;
¨ spacing diaeresis &#168; %A8 &uml;
© copyright &#169; %A9 &copy;
ª feminine ordinal indicator &#170; %AA &ordf;
« left pointing guillemet &#171; %AB &laquo;
¬ not &#172; %AC &not;
­ soft hyphen &#173; %AD &shy;
® registered trademark &#174; %AE &reg;
¯ spacing macron - overline &#175; %AF &macr;
° degree &#176; %B0 &deg;
± plus-minus &#177; %B1 &plusmn;
² superscript two &#178; %B2 &sup2;
³ superscript three &#179; %B3 &sup3;
´ acute &#180; %B4 &acute;
µ micro &#181; %B5 &micro;
paragraph &#182; %B6 &para;
· middle dot &#183; %B7 &middot;
¸ cedilla &#184; %B8 &cedil;
¹ superscript one &#185; %B9 &sup1;
º masculine ordinal indicator &#186; %BA &ordm;
» right pointing guillemet &#187; %BB &raquo;
¼ fraction one quarter &#188; %BC &frac14;
½ fraction one half &#189; %BD &frac12;
¾ fraction three quarter &#190; %BE &frac34;
¿ inverted question mark &#191; %BF &iquest;
À latin capital letter A with grave &#192; %C0 &Agrave;
Á latin capital letter A with acute &#193; %C1 &Aacute;
 latin capital letter A with circumflex &#194; %C2 &Acirc;
à latin capital letter A with tilde &#195; %C3 &Atilde;
Ä latin capital letter A with diaeresis &#196; %C4 &Auml;
Å latin capital letter A with ring above &#197; %C5 &Aring;
Æ latin capital letter AE &#198; %C6 &AElig;
Ç latin capital letter C with cedilla &#199; %C7 &Ccedil;
È latin capital letter E with grave &#200; %C8 &Egrave;
É latin capital letter E with acute &#201; %C9 &Eacute;
Ê latin capital letter E with circumflex &#202; %CA &Ecirc;
Ë latin capital letter E with diaeresis &#203; %CB &Euml;
Ì latin capital letter I with grave &#204; %CC &Igrave;
Í latin capital letter I with acute &#205; %CD &Iacute;
Î latin capital letter I with circumflex &#206; %CE &Icirc;
Ï latin capital letter I with diaeresis &#207; %CF &Iuml;
Ð latin capital letter ETH &#208; %D0 &ETH;
Ñ latin capital letter N with tilde &#209; %D1 &Ntilde;
Ò latin capital letter O with grave &#210; %D2 &Ograve;
Ó latin capital letter O with acute &#211; %D3 &Oacute;
Ô latin capital letter O with circumflex &#212; %D4 &Ocirc;
Õ latin capital letter O with tilde &#213; %D5 &Otilde;
Ö latin capital letter O with diaeresis &#214; %D6 &Ouml;
× multiplication &#215; %D7 &times;
Ø latin capital letter O with stroke &#216; %D8 &Oslash;
Ù latin capital letter U with grave &#217; %D9 &Ugrave;
Ú latin capital letter U with acute &#218; %DA &Uacute;
Û latin capital letter U with circumflex &#219; %DB &Ucirc;
Ü latin capital letter U with diaeresis &#220; %DC &Uuml;
Ý latin capital letter Y with actue &#221; %DD &Yacute;
Þ latin capital letter THORN &#222; %DE &THORN;
ß latin small letter sharp s &#223; %DF &szlig;
à latin small letter a with grave &#224; %E0 &agrave;
á latin small letter a with acute &#225; %E1 &aacute;
â latin small letter a with circumflex &#226; %E2 &acirc;
ã latin small letter a with tilde &#227; %E3 &atilde;
ä latin small letter a with diaeresis &#228; %E4 &auml;
å latin small letter a with ring above &#229; %E5 &aring;
æ latin small letter ae &#230; %E6 &aelig;
ç latin small letter c with cedilla &#231; %E7 &ccedil;
è latin small letter e with grave &#232; %E8 &egrave;
é latin small letter e with acute &#233; %E9 &eacute;
ê latin small letter e with circumflex &#234; %EA &ecirc;
ë latin small letter e with diaeresis &#235; %EB &euml;
ì latin small letter i with grave &#236; %EC &igrave;
í latin small letter i with acute &#237; %ED &iacute;
î latin small letter i with circumflex &#238; %EE &icirc;
ï latin small letter i with diaeresis &#239; %EF &iuml;
ð latin small letter eth &#240; %F0 &eth;
ñ latin small letter n with tilde &#241; %F1 &ntilde;
ò latin small letter o with grave &#242; %F2 &ograve;
ó latin small letter o with acute &#243; %F3 &oacute;
ô latin small letter o with circumflex &#244; %F4 &ocirc;
õ latin small letter o with tilde &#245; %F5 &otilde;
ö latin small letter o with diaeresis &#246; %F6 &ouml;
÷ division &#247; %F7 &divide;
ø latin small letter o with stroke &#248; %F8 &oslash;
ù latin small letter u with grave &#249; %F9 &ugrave;
ú latin small letter u with acute &#250; %FA &uacute;
û latin small letter u with circumflex &#251; %FB &ucirc;
ü latin small letter u with diaeresis &#252; %FC &uuml;
ý latin small letter y with acute &#253; %FD &yacute;
þ latin small letter thorn &#254; %FE &thorn;
ÿ latin small letter y with diaeresis &#255; %FF &yuml;
Πlatin capital letter OE &#338; %152 &OElig;
œ latin small letter oe &#339; %153 &oelig;
Š latin capital letter S with caron &#352; %160 &Scaron;
š latin small letter s with caron &#353; %161 &scaron;
Ÿ latin capital letter Y with diaeresis &#376; %178 &Yuml;
ƒ latin small f with hook = function = florin &#402; %0192 &fnof;
ˆ circumflex symbol &#710; %2C6 &circ;
˜ small tilde &#732; %2DC &tilde;
Α greek capital letter alpha &#913; %0391 &Alpha;
Β greek capital letter beta &#914; %0392 &Beta;
Γ greek capital letter gamma &#915; %0393 &Gamma;
Δ greek capital letter delta &#916; %0394 &Delta;
Ε greek capital letter epsilon &#917; %0395 &Epsilon;
Ζ greek capital letter zeta &#918; %0396 &Zeta;
Η greek capital letter eta &#919; %0397 &Eta;
Θ greek capital letter theta &#920; %0398 &Theta;
Ι greek capital letter iota &#921; %0399 &Iota;
Κ greek capital letter kappa &#922; %039A &Kappa;
Λ greek capital letter lambda &#923; %039B &Lambda;
Μ greek capital letter mu &#924; %039C &Mu;
Ν greek capital letter nu &#925; %039D &Nu;
Ξ greek capital letter xi &#926; %039E &Xi;
Ο greek capital letter omicron &#927; %039F &Omicron;
Π greek capital letter pi &#928; %03A0 &Pi;
Ρ greek capital letter rho &#929; %03A1 &Rho;
Σ greek capital letter sigma &#931; %03A3 &Sigma;
Τ greek capital letter tau &#932; %03A4 &Tau;
Υ greek capital letter upsilon &#933; %03A5 &Upsilon;
Φ greek capital letter phi &#934; %03A6 &Phi;
Χ greek capital letter chi &#935; %03A7 &Chi;
Ψ greek capital letter psi &#936; %03A8 &Psi;
Ω greek capital letter omega &#937; %03A9 &Omega;
α greek small letter alpha &#945; %03B1 &alpha;
β greek small letter beta &#946; %03B2 &beta;
γ greek small letter gamma &#947; %03B3 &gamma;
δ greek small letter delta &#948; %03B4 &delta;
ε greek small letter epsilon &#949; %03B5 &epsilon;
ζ greek small letter zeta &#950; %03B6 &zeta;
η greek small letter eta &#951; %03B7 &eta;
θ greek small letter theta &#952; %03B8 &theta;
ι greek small letter iota &#953; %03B9 &iota;
κ greek small letter kappa &#954; %03BA &kappa;
λ greek small letter lambda &#955; %03BB &lambda;
μ greek small letter mu &#956; %03BC &mu;
ν greek small letter nu &#957; %03BD &nu;
ξ greek small letter xi &#958; %03BE &xi;
ο greek small letter omicron &#959; %03BF &omicron;
π greek small letter pi &#960; %03C0 &pi;
ρ greek small letter rho &#961; %03C1 &rho;
ς greek small letter final sigma &#962; %03C2 &sigmaf;
σ greek small letter sigma &#963; %03C3 &sigma;
τ greek small letter tau &#964; %03C4 &tau;
υ greek small letter upsilon &#965; %03C5 &upsilon;
φ greek small letter phi &#966; %03C6 &phi;
χ greek small letter chi &#967; %03C7 &chi;
ψ greek small letter psi &#968; %03C8 &psi;
ω greek small letter omega &#969; %03C9 &omega;
ϑ greek small letter theta symbol &#977; %03D1 &thetasym;
ϒ greek upsilon with hook symbol &#978; %03D2 &upsih;
ϖ greek pi symbol &#982; %03D6 &piv;
  en space &#8194; %2002 &ensp;
  em space &#8195; %2003 &emsp;
  thin space &#8201; %2009 &thinsp;
‌ zero width non-joiner &#8204; %200C &zwnj;
‍ zero width joiner &#8205; %200D &zwj;
‎ left-to-right mark &#8206; %200E &lrm;
‏ right-to-left mark &#8207; %200F &rlm;
– en dash &#8211; %2013 &ndash;
— em dash &#8212; %2014 &mdash;
‘ left single quotation mark &#8216; %2018 &lsquo;
’ right single quotation mark &#8217; %2019 &rsquo;
‚ single low-9 quotation mark &#8218; %201A &sbquo;
“ left double quotation mark &#8220; %201C &ldquo;
” right double quotation mark &#8221; %201D &rdquo;
„ double low-9 quotation mark &#8222; %201E &bdquo;
† single dagger &#8224; %2020 &dagger;
‡ double dagger &#8225; %2021 &Dagger;
• bullet = black small circle &#8226; %2022 &bull;
… horizontal ellipsis = three dot leader &#8230; %2026 &hellip;
‰ per mil &#8240; %2030 &permil;
′ prime = minutes = feet &#8242; %2032 &prime;
″ double prime = seconds = inches &#8243; %2033 &Prime;
‹ single left-pointing angle quotation mark &#8249; %2039 &lsaquo;
› single right-pointing angle quotation mark &#8250; %203A &rsaquo;
‾ overline = spacing overscore &#8254; %203E &oline;
⁄ fraction slash &#8260; %2044 &frasl;
€ euro &#8364; %20AC &euro;
℘ script capital P = power set = Weierstrass p &#8472; %2118 &weierp;
ℑ blackletter capital I = imaginary part &#8465; %2111 &image;
ℜ blackletter capital R = real part symbol &#8476; %211C &real;
℠ service mark sign &#8480; %2120 &trade;
™ trade mark sign &#8482; %2122 &trade;
ℵ alef symbol = first transfinite cardinal &#8501; %2135 &alefsym;
← leftwards arrow &#8592; %2190 &larr;
↑ upwards arrow &#8593; %2191 &uarr;
→ rightwards arrow &#8594; %2192 &rarr;
↓ downwards arrow &#8595; %2193 &darr;
↔ left right arrow &#8596; %2194 &harr;
↵ downwards arrow with corner leftwards = carriage return &#8629; %21B5 &crarr;
⇐ leftwards double arrow &#8656; %21D0 &lArr;
⇑ upwards double arrow &#8657; %21D1 &uArr;
⇒ rightwards double arrow &#8658; %21D2 &rArr;
⇓ downwards double arrow &#8659; %21D3 &dArr;
⇔ left right double arrow &#8660; %21D4 &hArr;
∀ for all &#8704; %2200 &forall;
∂ partial differential &#8706; %2202 &part;
∃ there exists &#8707; %2203 &exist;
∅ empty set = null set = diameter &#8709; %2205 &empty;
∇ nabla = backward difference &#8711; %2207 &nabla;
∈ element of &#8712; %2208 &isin;
∉ not an element of &#8713; %2209 &notin;
∋ contains as member &#8715; %220B &ni;
∏ n-ary product = product sign &#8719; %220F &prod;
∑ n-ary sumation &#8721; %2211 &sum;
− minus sign &#8722; %2212 &minus;
∗ asterisk operator &#8727; %2217 &lowast;
√ square root = radical sign &#8730; %221A &radic;
∝ proportional to &#8733; %221D &prop;
∞ infinity &#8734; %221E &infin;
∠ angle &#8736; %2220 &ang;
∧ logical and = wedge &#8743; %2227 &and;
∨ logical or = vee &#8744; %2228 &or;
∩ intersection = cap &#8745; %2229 &cap;
∪ union = cup &#8746; %222A &cup;
∫ integral &#8747; %222B &int;
∴ therefore &#8756; %2234 &there4;
∼ tilde operator = varies with = similar to &#8764; %223C &sim;
≅ approximately equal to &#8773; %2245 &cong;
≈ almost equal to = asymptotic to &#8776; %2248 &asymp;
≠ not equal to &#8800; %2260 &ne;
≡ identical to &#8801; %2261 &equiv;
≤ less-than or equal to &#8804; %2264 &le;
≥ greater-than or equal to &#8805; %2265 &ge;
⊂ subset of &#8834; %2282 &sub;
⊃ superset of &#8835; %2283 &sup;
⊄ not a subset of &#8836; %2284 &nsub;
⊆ subset of or equal to &#8838; %2286 &sube;
⊇ superset of or equal to &#8839; %2287 &supe;
⊕ circled plus = direct sum &#8853; %2295 &oplus;
⊗ circled times = vector product &#8855; %2297 &otimes;
⊥ up tack = orthogonal to = perpendicular &#8869; %22A5 &perp;
⋅ dot operator &#8901; %22C5 &sdot;
⌈ left ceiling = apl upstile &#8968; %2308 &lceil;
⌉ right ceiling &#8969; %2309 &rceil;
⌊ left floor = apl downstile &#8970; %230A &lfloor;
⌋ right floor &#8971; %230B &rfloor;
〈 left-pointing angle bracket = bra &#9001; %2329 &lang;
〉 right-pointing angle bracket = ket &#9002; %232A &rang;
◊ lozenge &#9674; %25CA &loz;
♠ spade suit &#9824; %2660 &spades;
♣ club suit &#9827; %2663 &clubs;
♥ heart suit &#9829; %2665 &hearts;
♦ diamond suit &#9830; %2666 &diams;


If you know of more widely supported characters please let me know what they are and I'll add them in.
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