This is a list of the different HTML character entities commonly used in web development. I’ve found it to be a great resource. The blacked out rows are unused entities and listed for reference only.
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 | ; | %3B | |
< | less-than symbol | < | %3C | < |
= | equal | = | %3D | |
> | greater-than symbol | > | %3E | > |
? | question mark | ? | %3F | |
@ | at symbol | @ | %40 | |
A | A | %41 | ||
B | B | %42 | ||
C | C | %43 | ||
D | D | %44 | ||
E | E | %45 | ||
F | F | %46 | ||
G | G | %47 | ||
H | H | %48 | ||
I | I | %49 | ||
J | J | %4A | ||
K | K | %4B | ||
L | L | %4C | ||
M | M | %4D | ||
N | N | %4E | ||
O | O | %4F | ||
P | P | %50 | ||
Q | Q | %51 | ||
R | R | %52 | ||
S | S | %53 | ||
T | T | %54 | ||
U | U | %55 | ||
V | V | %56 | ||
W | W | %57 | ||
X | X | %58 | ||
Y | Y | %59 | ||
Z | Z | %5A | ||
[ | left square bracket | [ | %5B | |
back slash | \ | %5C | ||
] | right square bracket | ] | %5D | |
^ | circumflex | ^ | %5E | |
_ | underscore | _ | %5F | |
` | back-tick | ` | %60 | |
a | a | %61 | ||
b | b | %62 | ||
c | c | %63 | ||
d | d | %64 | ||
e | e | %65 | ||
f | f | %66 | ||
g | g | %67 | ||
h | h | %68 | ||
i | i | %69 | ||
j | j | %6A | ||
k | k | %6B | ||
l | l | %6C | ||
m | m | %6D | ||
n | n | %6E | ||
o | o | %6F | ||
p | p | %70 | ||
q | q | %71 | ||
r | r | %72 | ||
s | s | %73 | ||
t | t | %74 | ||
u | u | %75 | ||
v | v | %76 | ||
w | w | %77 | ||
x | x | %78 | ||
y | y | %79 | ||
z | z | %7A | ||
{ | left curly brace | { | %7B | |
| | vertical pipe | | | %7C | |
} | right curly brace | } | %7D | |
~ | tilde | ~ | %7E | |
delete |  | %7F | ||
| euro | € | %80 | |
|  | %81 | ||
| baseline single quote | ‚ | %82 | |
| florin | ƒ | %83 | |
| baseline double quote | „ | %84 | |
ellipsis | … | %85 | ||
| single dagger | † | %86 | |
| double dagger | ‡ | %87 | |
| circumflex | ˆ | %88 | |
| per mil | ‰ | %89 | |
| latin capital letter S with caron | Š | %8A | |
| left single guillemet | ‹ | %8B | |
| latin capital letter OE | Œ | %8C | |
|  | %8D | ||
| latin capital letter Z with caron | Ž | %8E | |
|  | %8F | ||
|  | %90 | ||
| open single quote | ‘ | %91 | |
| close single quote | ’ | %92 | |
| open double quote | “ | %93 | |
| close double quote | ” | %94 | |
| bullet | • | %95 | |
| en dash | – | %96 | |
| em dash | — | %97 | |
| tilde | ˜ | %98 | |
| unregistered trademark | ™ | %99 | |
| latin small letter s with caron | š | %9A | |
| right single guillemet | › | %9B | |
| latin small letter oe | œ | %9C | |
|  | %9D | ||
| latin small letter z with caron | ž | %9E | |
| latin capital letter Y with diaeresis | Ÿ | %9F | |
non-breaking space |   | %A0 | | |
¡ | inverted exclamation mark | ¡ | %A1 | ¡ |
¢ | cents | ¢ | %A2 | ¢ |
£ | pounds | £ | %A3 | £ |
¤ | currency | ¤ | %A4 | ¤ |
¥ | yen | ¥ | %A5 | ¥ |
¦ | broken vertical bar | ¦ | %A6 | ¦ |
§ | section symbol | § | %A7 | § |
¨ | spacing diaeresis | ¨ | %A8 | ¨ |
© | copyright | © | %A9 | © |
ª | feminine ordinal indicator | ª | %AA | ª |
« | left pointing guillemet | « | %AB | « |
¬ | not | ¬ | %AC | ¬ |
| soft hyphen | ­ | %AD | ­ |
® | registered trademark | ® | %AE | ® |
¯ | spacing macron – overline | ¯ | %AF | ¯ |
° | degree | ° | %B0 | ° |
± | plus-minus | ± | %B1 | ± |
² | superscript two | ² | %B2 | ² |
³ | superscript three | ³ | %B3 | ³ |
´ | acute | ´ | %B4 | ´ |
µ | micro | µ | %B5 | µ |
¶ | paragraph | ¶ | %B6 | ¶ |
· | middle dot | · | %B7 | · |
¸ | cedilla | ¸ | %B8 | ¸ |
¹ | superscript one | ¹ | %B9 | ¹ |
º | masculine ordinal indicator | º | %BA | º |
» | right pointing guillemet | » | %BB | » |
¼ | fraction one quarter | ¼ | %BC | ¼ |
½ | fraction one half | ½ | %BD | ½ |
¾ | fraction three quarter | ¾ | %BE | ¾ |
¿ | inverted question mark | ¿ | %BF | ¿ |
À | latin capital letter A with grave | À | %C0 | À |
Á | latin capital letter A with acute | Á | %C1 | Á |
 | latin capital letter A with circumflex |  | %C2 |  |
à | latin capital letter A with tilde | à | %C3 | à |
Ä | latin capital letter A with diaeresis | Ä | %C4 | Ä |
Å | latin capital letter A with ring above | Å | %C5 | Å |
Æ | latin capital letter AE | Æ | %C6 | Æ |
Ç | latin capital letter C with cedilla | Ç | %C7 | Ç |
È | latin capital letter E with grave | È | %C8 | È |
É | latin capital letter E with acute | É | %C9 | É |
Ê | latin capital letter E with circumflex | Ê | %CA | Ê |
Ë | latin capital letter E with diaeresis | Ë | %CB | Ë |
Ì | latin capital letter I with grave | Ì | %CC | Ì |
Í | latin capital letter I with acute | Í | %CD | Í |
Î | latin capital letter I with circumflex | Î | %CE | Î |
Ï | latin capital letter I with diaeresis | Ï | %CF | Ï |
Ð | latin capital letter ETH | Ð | %D0 | Ð |
Ñ | latin capital letter N with tilde | Ñ | %D1 | Ñ |
Ò | latin capital letter O with grave | Ò | %D2 | Ò |
Ó | latin capital letter O with acute | Ó | %D3 | Ó |
Ô | latin capital letter O with circumflex | Ô | %D4 | Ô |
Õ | latin capital letter O with tilde | Õ | %D5 | Õ |
Ö | latin capital letter O with diaeresis | Ö | %D6 | Ö |
× | multiplication | × | %D7 | × |
Ø | latin capital letter O with stroke | Ø | %D8 | Ø |
Ù | latin capital letter U with grave | Ù | %D9 | Ù |
Ú | latin capital letter U with acute | Ú | %DA | Ú |
Û | latin capital letter U with circumflex | Û | %DB | Û |
Ü | latin capital letter U with diaeresis | Ü | %DC | Ü |
Ý | latin capital letter Y with actue | Ý | %DD | Ý |
Þ | latin capital letter THORN | Þ | %DE | Þ |
ß | latin small letter sharp s | ß | %DF | ß |
à | latin small letter a with grave | à | %E0 | à |
á | latin small letter a with acute | á | %E1 | á |
â | latin small letter a with circumflex | â | %E2 | â |
ã | latin small letter a with tilde | ã | %E3 | ã |
ä | latin small letter a with diaeresis | ä | %E4 | ä |
å | latin small letter a with ring above | å | %E5 | å |
æ | latin small letter ae | æ | %E6 | æ |
ç | latin small letter c with cedilla | ç | %E7 | ç |
è | latin small letter e with grave | è | %E8 | è |
é | latin small letter e with acute | é | %E9 | é |
ê | latin small letter e with circumflex | ê | %EA | ê |
ë | latin small letter e with diaeresis | ë | %EB | ë |
ì | latin small letter i with grave | ì | %EC | ì |
í | latin small letter i with acute | í | %ED | í |
î | latin small letter i with circumflex | î | %EE | î |
ï | latin small letter i with diaeresis | ï | %EF | ï |
ð | latin small letter eth | ð | %F0 | ð |
ñ | latin small letter n with tilde | ñ | %F1 | ñ |
ò | latin small letter o with grave | ò | %F2 | ò |
ó | latin small letter o with acute | ó | %F3 | ó |
ô | latin small letter o with circumflex | ô | %F4 | ô |
õ | latin small letter o with tilde | õ | %F5 | õ |
ö | latin small letter o with diaeresis | ö | %F6 | ö |
÷ | division | ÷ | %F7 | ÷ |
ø | latin small letter o with stroke | ø | %F8 | ø |
ù | latin small letter u with grave | ù | %F9 | ù |
ú | latin small letter u with acute | ú | %FA | ú |
û | latin small letter u with circumflex | û | %FB | û |
ü | latin small letter u with diaeresis | ü | %FC | ü |
ý | latin small letter y with acute | ý | %FD | ý |
þ | latin small letter thorn | þ | %FE | þ |
ÿ | latin small letter y with diaeresis | ÿ | %FF | ÿ |
Œ | latin capital letter OE | Œ | %152 | Œ |
œ | latin small letter oe | œ | %153 | œ |
Š | latin capital letter S with caron | Š | %160 | Š |
š | latin small letter s with caron | š | %161 | š |
Ÿ | latin capital letter Y with diaeresis | Ÿ | %178 | Ÿ |
ƒ | latin small f with hook = function = florin | ƒ | %0192 | ƒ |
ˆ | circumflex symbol | ˆ | %2C6 | ˆ |
˜ | small tilde | ˜ | %2DC | ˜ |
Α | greek capital letter alpha | Α | %0391 | Α |
Β | greek capital letter beta | Β | %0392 | Β |
Γ | greek capital letter gamma | Γ | %0393 | Γ |
Δ | greek capital letter delta | Δ | %0394 | Δ |
Ε | greek capital letter epsilon | Ε | %0395 | Ε |
Ζ | greek capital letter zeta | Ζ | %0396 | Ζ |
Η | greek capital letter eta | Η | %0397 | Η |
Θ | greek capital letter theta | Θ | %0398 | Θ |
Ι | greek capital letter iota | Ι | %0399 | Ι |
Κ | greek capital letter kappa | Κ | %039A | Κ |
Λ | greek capital letter lambda | Λ | %039B | Λ |
Μ | greek capital letter mu | Μ | %039C | Μ |
Ν | greek capital letter nu | Ν | %039D | Ν |
Ξ | greek capital letter xi | Ξ | %039E | Ξ |
Ο | greek capital letter omicron | Ο | %039F | Ο |
Π | greek capital letter pi | Π | %03A0 | Π |
Ρ | greek capital letter rho | Ρ | %03A1 | Ρ |
Σ | greek capital letter sigma | Σ | %03A3 | Σ |
Τ | greek capital letter tau | Τ | %03A4 | Τ |
Υ | greek capital letter upsilon | Υ | %03A5 | Υ |
Φ | greek capital letter phi | Φ | %03A6 | Φ |
Χ | greek capital letter chi | Χ | %03A7 | Χ |
Ψ | greek capital letter psi | Ψ | %03A8 | Ψ |
Ω | greek capital letter omega | Ω | %03A9 | Ω |
α | greek small letter alpha | α | %03B1 | α |
β | greek small letter beta | β | %03B2 | β |
γ | greek small letter gamma | γ | %03B3 | γ |
δ | greek small letter delta | δ | %03B4 | δ |
ε | greek small letter epsilon | ε | %03B5 | ε |
ζ | greek small letter zeta | ζ | %03B6 | ζ |
η | greek small letter eta | η | %03B7 | η |
θ | greek small letter theta | θ | %03B8 | θ |
ι | greek small letter iota | ι | %03B9 | ι |
κ | greek small letter kappa | κ | %03BA | κ |
λ | greek small letter lambda | λ | %03BB | λ |
μ | greek small letter mu | μ | %03BC | μ |
ν | greek small letter nu | ν | %03BD | ν |
ξ | greek small letter xi | ξ | %03BE | ξ |
ο | greek small letter omicron | ο | %03BF | ο |
π | greek small letter pi | π | %03C0 | π |
ρ | greek small letter rho | ρ | %03C1 | ρ |
ς | greek small letter final sigma | ς | %03C2 | ς |
σ | greek small letter sigma | σ | %03C3 | σ |
τ | greek small letter tau | τ | %03C4 | τ |
υ | greek small letter upsilon | υ | %03C5 | υ |
φ | greek small letter phi | φ | %03C6 | φ |
χ | greek small letter chi | χ | %03C7 | χ |
ψ | greek small letter psi | ψ | %03C8 | ψ |
ω | greek small letter omega | ω | %03C9 | ω |
ϑ | greek small letter theta symbol | ϑ | %03D1 | ϑ |
ϒ | greek upsilon with hook symbol | ϒ | %03D2 | ϒ |
ϖ | greek pi symbol | ϖ | %03D6 | ϖ |
en space |   | %2002 |   | |
em space |   | %2003 |   | |
thin space |   | %2009 |   | |
| zero width non-joiner | ‌ | %200C | ‌ |
| zero width joiner | ‍ | %200D | ‍ |
| left-to-right mark | ‎ | %200E | ‎ |
| right-to-left mark | ‏ | %200F | ‏ |
– | en dash | – | %2013 | – |
— | em dash | — | %2014 | — |
‘ | left single quotation mark | ‘ | %2018 | ‘ |
’ | right single quotation mark | ’ | %2019 | ’ |
‚ | single low-9 quotation mark | ‚ | %201A | ‚ |
“ | left double quotation mark | “ | %201C | “ |
” | right double quotation mark | ” | %201D | ” |
„ | double low-9 quotation mark | „ | %201E | „ |
† | single dagger | † | %2020 | † |
‡ | double dagger | ‡ | %2021 | ‡ |
• | bullet = black small circle | • | %2022 | • |
… | horizontal ellipsis = three dot leader | … | %2026 | … |
‰ | per mil | ‰ | %2030 | ‰ |
′ | prime = minutes = feet | ′ | %2032 | ′ |
″ | double prime = seconds = inches | ″ | %2033 | ″ |
‹ | single left-pointing angle quotation mark | ‹ | %2039 | ‹ |
› | single right-pointing angle quotation mark | › | %203A | › |
‾ | overline = spacing overscore | ‾ | %203E | ‾ |
⁄ | fraction slash | ⁄ | %2044 | ⁄ |
€ | euro | € | %20AC | € |
℘ | script capital P = power set = Weierstrass p | ℘ | %2118 | ℘ |
ℑ | blackletter capital I = imaginary part | ℑ | %2111 | ℑ |
ℜ | blackletter capital R = real part symbol | ℜ | %211C | ℜ |
℠ | service mark sign | ℠ | %2120 | ™ |
™ | trade mark sign | ™ | %2122 | ™ |
ℵ | alef symbol = first transfinite cardinal | ℵ | %2135 | ℵ |
← | leftwards arrow | ← | %2190 | ← |
↑ | upwards arrow | ↑ | %2191 | ↑ |
→ | rightwards arrow | → | %2192 | → |
↓ | downwards arrow | ↓ | %2193 | ↓ |
↔ | left right arrow | ↔ | %2194 | ↔ |
↵ | downwards arrow with corner leftwards = carriage return | ↵ | %21B5 | ↵ |
⇐ | leftwards double arrow | ⇐ | %21D0 | ⇐ |
⇑ | upwards double arrow | ⇑ | %21D1 | ⇑ |
⇒ | rightwards double arrow | ⇒ | %21D2 | ⇒ |
⇓ | downwards double arrow | ⇓ | %21D3 | ⇓ |
⇔ | left right double arrow | ⇔ | %21D4 | ⇔ |
∀ | for all | ∀ | %2200 | ∀ |
∂ | partial differential | ∂ | %2202 | ∂ |
∃ | there exists | ∃ | %2203 | ∃ |
∅ | empty set = null set = diameter | ∅ | %2205 | ∅ |
∇ | nabla = backward difference | ∇ | %2207 | ∇ |
∈ | element of | ∈ | %2208 | ∈ |
∉ | not an element of | ∉ | %2209 | ∉ |
∋ | contains as member | ∋ | %220B | ∋ |
∏ | n-ary product = product sign | ∏ | %220F | ∏ |
∑ | n-ary sumation | ∑ | %2211 | ∑ |
− | minus sign | − | %2212 | − |
∗ | asterisk operator | ∗ | %2217 | ∗ |
√ | square root = radical sign | √ | %221A | √ |
∝ | proportional to | ∝ | %221D | ∝ |
∞ | infinity | ∞ | %221E | ∞ |
∠ | angle | ∠ | %2220 | ∠ |
∧ | logical and = wedge | ∧ | %2227 | ∧ |
∨ | logical or = vee | ∨ | %2228 | ∨ |
∩ | intersection = cap | ∩ | %2229 | ∩ |
∪ | union = cup | ∪ | %222A | ∪ |
∫ | integral | ∫ | %222B | ∫ |
∴ | therefore | ∴ | %2234 | ∴ |
∼ | tilde operator = varies with = similar to | ∼ | %223C | ∼ |
≅ | approximately equal to | ≅ | %2245 | ≅ |
≈ | almost equal to = asymptotic to | ≈ | %2248 | ≈ |
≠ | not equal to | ≠ | %2260 | ≠ |
≡ | identical to | ≡ | %2261 | ≡ |
≤ | less-than or equal to | ≤ | %2264 | ≤ |
≥ | greater-than or equal to | ≥ | %2265 | ≥ |
⊂ | subset of | ⊂ | %2282 | ⊂ |
⊃ | superset of | ⊃ | %2283 | ⊃ |
⊄ | not a subset of | ⊄ | %2284 | ⊄ |
⊆ | subset of or equal to | ⊆ | %2286 | ⊆ |
⊇ | superset of or equal to | ⊇ | %2287 | ⊇ |
⊕ | circled plus = direct sum | ⊕ | %2295 | ⊕ |
⊗ | circled times = vector product | ⊗ | %2297 | ⊗ |
⊥ | up tack = orthogonal to = perpendicular | ⊥ | %22A5 | ⊥ |
⋅ | dot operator | ⋅ | %22C5 | ⋅ |
⌈ | left ceiling = apl upstile | ⌈ | %2308 | ⌈ |
⌉ | right ceiling | ⌉ | %2309 | ⌉ |
⌊ | left floor = apl downstile | ⌊ | %230A | ⌊ |
⌋ | right floor | ⌋ | %230B | ⌋ |
〈 | left-pointing angle bracket = bra | 〈 | %2329 | ⟨ |
〉 | right-pointing angle bracket = ket | 〉 | %232A | ⟩ |
◊ | lozenge | ◊ | %25CA | ◊ |
♠ | spade suit | ♠ | %2660 | ♠ |
♣ | club suit | ♣ | %2663 | ♣ |
♥ | heart suit | ♥ | %2665 | ♥ |
♦ | diamond suit | ♦ | %2666 | ♦ |