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HTML 4 entity name

Complete Reference Manual HTML 4 entities

All entities in the following table can be displayed correctly in all browsers, including HTML4 and HTML5 pages.

To view the complete HTML5 entity reference manual, see the next chapter.

character entity Decimal Hex description
& & Amp; & # 38; & # X26; Ampersand (ampersand)
< & Lt; & # 60; & # X3C; Less-than (less than)
> & Gt; & # 62; & # X3E; Greater-than (greater than)
& Nbsp; & # 160; & # XA0; Non-breaking space (no-break space = non-breaking space)
¡ & Iexcl; & # 161; & # XA1; Inverted exclamation mark (inverted exclamation mark)
¢ & Cent; & # 162; & # XA2; Cent (cent sign)
£ & Pound; & # 163; & # XA3; Pound sign (pound sign)
¤ & Curren; & # 164; & # XA4; Currency symbol (currency sign)
¥ & Yen; & # 165; & # XA5; Yen symbol (yen sign = yuan sign)
| & Brvbar; & # 166; & # XA6; Intermittent vertical bar (broken bar = broken vertical bar)
§ & Sect; & # 167; & # XA7; Section number (section sign)
¨ & Uml; & # 168; & # XA8; Diaeresis (diaeresis = spacing diaeresis)
© & Copy; & # 169; & # XA9; Copyright (copyright sign)
ª & Ordf; & # 170; & # XAA; Negative ordinal number sign (feminine ordinal indicator)
<< & Laquo; & # 171; & # XAB; Left double angle quotation mark (left-pointing double angle quotation mark = left pointing guillemet)
¬ & Not; & # 172; & # XAC; Tilde (not sign)
& Shy; & # 173; & # XAD; Soft hyphen = discretionary hyphen (soft hyphen = discretionary hyphen)
® & Reg; & # 174; & # XAE; Registered trademark (registered sign = registered trade mark sign)
¯ & Macr; & # 175; & # XAF; Macron (macron = spacing macron = overline = APL overbar)
° & Deg; & # 176; & # XB0; Degree symbol (degree sign)
± & Plusmn; & # 177; & # XB1; Minus sign / number (plus-minus sign = plus-or-minus sign) positive and negative
² & Sup2; & # 178; & # XB2; Superscript 2 (superscript two = superscript digit two = squared)
³ & Sup3; & # 179; & # XB3; Superscript 3 (superscript three = superscript digit three = cubed)
' & Acute; & # 180; & # XB4; Acute accent (acute accent = spacing acute)
μ & Micro; & # 181; & # XB5; M symbol (micro sign)
& Para; & # 182; & # XB6; Paragraph symbol (pilcrow sign = paragraph sign)
· & Middot; & # 183; & # XB7; Intermediate point (middle dot = Georgian comma = Greek middle dot)
¸ & Cedil; & # 184; & # XB8; Diacritical marks (cedilla = spacing cedilla)
¹ & Sup1; & # 185; & # XB9; Superscript 1 (superscript one = superscript digit one)
º & Ordm; & # 186; & # XBA; Masculine ordinal number sign ((masculine ordinal indicator)
» & Raquo; & # 187; & # XBB; The right double angle quotation mark (right-pointing double angle quotation mark = right pointing guillemet)
¼ & Frac14; & # 188; & # XBC; 1/4 Score (vulgar fraction one quarter = fraction one quarter)
½ & Frac12; & # 189; & # XBD; 1/2 Score (vulgar fraction one half = fraction one half)
¾ & Frac34; & # 190; & # XBE; 3/4 Score (vulgar fraction three quarters = fraction three quarters)
¿ & Iquest; & # 191; & # XBF; Inverted question mark (inverted question mark = turned question mark)
À & Agrave; & # 192; & # XC0; Latin capital letter A with accents (latin capital letter A with grave = latin capital letter A grave)
Á & Aacute; & # 193; & # XC1; Latin capital letter A with acute accent (latin capital letter A with acute)
 & Acirc; & # 194; & # XC2; Latin capital letter A with a circumflex accent (latin capital letter A with circumflex)
à & Atilde; # & 195; & # XC3; Latin capital letter A (latin capital letter A with tilde) with wavy lines
Ä & Auml; & # 196; & # XC4; Latin capital letter A with diaeresis (latin capital letter A with diaeresis)
Å & Aring; & # 197; & # XC5; Latin capital letter A (latin capital letter A with ring above = latin capital letter A ring) with the circle
Æ & AElig; & # 198; & # XC6; Latin capital letters AE (latin capital letter AE = latin capital ligature AE)
Ç & Ccedil; & # 199; & # XC7; With umlauts Latin capital letter C (latin capital letter C with cedilla)
È & Egrave; & # 200; & # XC8; Latin capital letter E (latin capital letter E with grave) accents
É & Eacute; & # 201; & # XC9; Latin capital letter E with acute accent (latin capital letter E with acute)
Ê & Ecirc; & # 202; & # XCA; Latin capital letter E (latin capital letter E with circumflex) symbol with circumflex
Ë & Euml; & # 203; & # XCB; Latin capital letter E (latin capital letter E with diaeresis) with diaeresis
Ì & Igrave; # & 204; & # XCC; Latin capital letter I (latin capital letter I with grave) accented
Í & Iacute; & # 205; & # XCD; Latin capital letter I with acute accent (latin capital letter I with acute)
Î & Icirc; & # 206; & # XCE; Latin capital letter I (latin capital letter I with circumflex) with a circumflex accent
Ï & Iuml; & # 207; & # XCF; Latin capital letter I with diaeresis (latin capital letter I with diaeresis)
Ð & ETH; & # 208; & # XD0; Latin capital letter ETH (latin capital letter ETH)
Ñ & Ntilde; & # 209; & # XD1; Wavy lines with Latin capital letter N (latin capital letter N with tilde)
Ò & Ograve; & # 210; & # XD2; Latin capital letter O (latin capital letter O with grave) accents
Ó & Oacute; & # 211; & # XD3; With an acute accent Latin capital letter O (latin capital letter O with acute)
Ô & Ocirc; & # 212; & # XD4; Latin capital letter O with circumflex accent symbol (latin capital letter O with circumflex)
Õ & Otilde; & # 213; & # XD5; Latin capital letter O (latin capital letter O with tilde) with wavy lines
Ö & Ouml; & # 214; & # XD6; Latin capital letter O with diaeresis (latin capital letter O with diaeresis)
× & Times; & # 215; & # XD7; Multiplication (multiplication sign)
Ø & Oslash; & # 216; & # XD8; Latin capital letter O with strikethrough (latin capital letter O with stroke = latin capital letter O slash)
Ù & Ugrave; & # 217; & # XD9; Latin capital letter U (latin capital letter U with grave) accents
Ú & Uacute; & # 218; & # XDA; Latin capital letter U with acute accent (latin capital letter U with acute)
Û & Ucirc; & # 219; & # XDB; Latin capital letter U with circumflex accent symbol (latin capital letter U with circumflex)
Ü & Uuml; & # 220; & # XDC; Latin capital letter U with diaeresis (latin capital letter U with diaeresis)
Ý & Yacute; & # 221; & # XDD; Latin capital letter Y with acute accent (latin capital letter Y with acute)
Þ & THORN; & # 222; & # XDE; Latin capital letter THORN (latin capital letter THORN)
ß & Szlig; & # 223; & # XDF; Latin small letter sharp s (latin small letter sharp s = ess-zed)
à & Agrave; & # 224; & # XE0; Accented Latin lowercase a (latin small letter a with grave = latin small letter a grave)
á & Aacute; & # 225; & # XE1; With an acute accent Latin lowercase a (latin small letter a with acute)
â & Acirc; & # 226; & # XE2; With circumflex accent Latin lowercase a (latin small letter a with circumflex)
ã & Atilde; & # 227; & # XE3; Wavy lines with Latin lowercase a (latin small letter a with tilde)
ä & Auml; & # 228; & # XE4; With diaeresis Latin lowercase a (latin small letter a with diaeresis)
å & Aring; & # 229; & # XE5; Circle with the Latin lowercase letter a (latin small letter a with ring above = latin small letter a ring)
æ & Aelig; & # 230; & # XE6; Latin lowercase letters ae (latin small letter ae = latin small ligature ae)
ç & Ccedil; & # 231; & # XE7; With umlauts Latin lowercase c (latin small letter c with cedilla)
è & Egrave; & # 232; & # XE8; Latin small letter e with an accent (latin small letter e with grave)
é & Eacute; & # 233; & # XE9; Latin small letter e with acute accent (latin small letter e with acute)
ê & Ecirc; & # 234; & # XEA; Latin small letter e with circumflex accent symbol (latin small letter e with circumflex)
ë & Euml; & # 235; & # XEB; Latin small letter e (latin small letter e with diaeresis) with diaeresis
ì & Igrave; & # 236; & # XEC; Accented Latin lowercase letter i (latin small letter i with grave)
í & Iacute; & # 237; & # XED; With an acute accent Latin lowercase letter i (latin small letter i with acute)
î & Icirc; & # 238; & # XEE; With circumflex accent Latin lowercase letter i (latin small letter i with circumflex)
ï & Iuml; & # 239; & # XEF; With diaeresis Latin lowercase letter i (latin small letter i with diaeresis)
ð & Eth; & # 240; & # XF0; Latin small letter eth (latin small letter eth)
ñ & Ntilde; & # 241; & # XF1; Wavy lines with Latin lowercase n (latin small letter n with tilde)
ò & Ograve; & # 242; & # XF2; Latin lowercase o (latin small letter o with grave) accents
ó & Oacute; & # 243; & # XF3; Latin small letter o with acute accent (latin small letter o with acute)
ô & Ocirc; & # 244; & # XF4; Latin lowercase o (latin small letter o with circumflex) with a circumflex accent
õ & Otilde; & # 245; & # XF5; Latin lowercase o (latin small letter o with tilde) with wavy lines
ö & Ouml; & # 246; & # XF6; Latin small letter o with diaeresis (latin small letter o with diaeresis)
÷ & Divide; & # 247; & # XF7; Divide (division sign)
ø & Oslash; & # 248; & # XF8; Latin small letter o with strikethrough (latin small letter o with stroke = latin small letter o slash)
ù & Ugrave; & # 249; & # XF9; Accented Latin lowercase u (latin small letter u with grave)
ú & Uacute; & # 250; & # XFA; With an acute accent Latin lowercase u (latin small letter u with acute)
û & Ucirc; & # 251; & # XFB; With circumflex accent Latin lowercase u (latin small letter u with circumflex)
ü & Uuml; & # 252; & # XFC; With diaeresis Latin lowercase u (latin small letter u with diaeresis)
ý & Yacute; & # 253; & # XFD; Latin small letter y with acute accent (latin small letter y with acute)
þ & Thorn; & # 254; & # XFE; Latin small letter thorn (latin small letter thorn)
ÿ & Yuml; & # 255; & # XFF; Latin small letter y with diaeresis (latin small letter y with diaeresis)
ƒ & Fnof; & # 402; & # X192; Hooked Latin lowercase f (latin small f with hook = function = florin)
Α & Alpha; & # 913; & # X391; Greek capital letter alpha
Β & Beta; & # 914; & # X392; Greek capital letter beta
Γ & Gamma; & # 915; & # X393; Greek capital letter gamma
Δ & Delta; & # 916; & # X394; Greek capital letter delta
Ε & Epsilon; & # 917; & # X395; Greek capital letter epsilon
Ζ & Zeta; & # 918; & # X396; Greek uppercase letter zeta
Η & Eta; & # 919; & # X397; Greek capital letter eta
Θ & Theta; & # 920; & # X398; Greek capital letter theta
Ι & Iota; & # 921; & # X399; Greek capital letter iota
Κ & Kappa; & # 922; & # X39A; Greek uppercase letter kappa
Λ & Lambda; & # 923; & # X39B; Greek capital letter lambda
Μ & Mu; & # 924; & # X39C; Greek uppercase letter mu
Ν & Nu; & # 925; & # X39D; Greek uppercase nu
Ξ & Xi; & # 926; & # X39E; Greek uppercase xi
Ο & Omicron; & # 927; & # X39F; Greek uppercase letter omicron
Π & Pi; & # 928; & # X3A0; Greek uppercase letter pi
Ρ & Rho; & # 929; & # X3A1; Greek uppercase letter rho
Unused (not used)
Σ & Sigma; & # 931; & # X3A3; Greek capital letter sigma
Τ & Tau; & # 932; & # X3A4; Greek uppercase letter tau
Υ & Upsilon; & # 933; & # X3A5; Greek uppercase upsilon
Φ & Phi; & # 934; & # X3A6; Greek uppercase letter phi
Χ & Chi; & # 935; & # X3A7; Greek capital letter chi
Ψ & Psi; & # 936; & # X3A8; Greek uppercase letter psi
Ω & Omega; # & 937; & # X3A9; Greek capital letter omega
Unused (not used)
α & Alpha; & # 945; & # X3B1; Greek lowercase alpha
β & Beta; & # 946; & # X3B2; Greek lowercase beta
γ & Gamma; & # 947; & # X3B3; Greek lowercase gamma
δ & Delta; & # 948; & # X3B4; Greek lowercase delta
ε & Epsilon; & # 949; & # X3B5; Greek lowercase epsilon
ζ & Zeta; & # 950; & # X3B6; Greek lowercase zeta
η & Eta; & # 951; & # X3B7; Greek lowercase letter eta
θ & Theta; & # 952; & # X3B8; Greek lowercase letter theta
ι & Iota; & # 953; & # X3B9; Greek lowercase iota
κ & Kappa; & # 954; & # X3BA; Greek lowercase letter kappa
λ & Lambda; & # 955; & # X3BB; Lowercase Greek letter lambda
μ & Mu; & # 956; & # X3BC; Greek lowercase mu
ν & Nu; & # 957; & # X3BD; Greek lowercase nu
ξ & Xi; & # 958; & # X3BE; Greek lowercase xi
ο & Omicron; & # 959; & # X3BF; Greek lowercase omicron
π & Pi; & # 960; & # X3C0; Greek lowercase pi
ρ & Rho; & # 961; & # X3C1; Greek lowercase letter rho
ς & Sigmaf; & # 962; & # X3C2; Greek lowercase letter final sigma
σ & Sigma; & # 963; & # X3C3; Greek lowercase sigma
τ & Tau; & # 964; & # X3C4; Greek lowercase tau
υ & Upsilon; & # 965; & # X3C5; Greek lowercase letter upsilon
φ & Phi; & # 966; & # X3C6; Greek lowercase phi
χ & Chi; & # 967; & # X3C7; Greek lowercase letters chi
ψ & Psi; & # 968; & # X3C8; Greek lowercase psi
ω & Omega; & # 969; & # X3C9; Greek lowercase omega
Unused (not used)
θ & Thetasym; & # 977; & # X3D1; Greek lowercase letter theta symbol
Υ & Upsih; & # 978; & # X3D2; Greek upsilon with hook symbol (Greek upsilon with hook symbol)
Unused (not used)
π & Piv; & # 982; & # X3D6; Greece pi symbol (Greek pi symbol)


Special symbols

character entity Decimal Hex description
& Bull; & # 8226; & # X2022; Emphasis = black dots (bullet = black small circle)
... & Hellip; & # 8230; & # X2026; Horizontal ellipsis (horizontal ellipsis = three dot leader)
' & Prime; & # 8242; & # X2032; Primes = min = ft (prime = minutes = feet)
" & Prime; & # 8243; & # X2033; Double prime = seconds = inches (double prime = seconds = inches)
~ & Oline; & # 8254; & # X203E; Overline (overline = spacing overscore)
/ & Frasl; & # 8260; & # X2044; Slash fraction (fraction slash)
& Weierp; & # 8472; & # X2118; Script capital P = power set (script capital P = power set = Weierstrass p)
& Image; & # 8465; & # X2111; Bold capital I = imaginary part of the symbol (blackletter capital I = imaginary part)
& Real; & # 8476; & # X211C; Bold capital R = real part symbol (blackletter capital R = real part symbol)
& Trade; & # 8482; & # X2122; Trademark (trade mark sign)
& Alefsym; & # 8501; & # X2135; alef symbol = first overrun (alef symbol = first transfinite cardinal)
& Larr; & # 8592; & # X2190; The left arrow (leftwards arrow)
& Uarr; & # 8593; & # X2191; The up arrow (upwards arrow)
& Rarr; & # 8594; & # X2192; Right arrow (rightwards arrow)
& Darr; & # 8595; & # X2193; Down arrow (downwards arrow)
& Harr; & # 8596; & # X2194; The left and right arrow (left right arrow)
& Crarr; & # 8629; & # X21B5; Down Arrow = Enter with a left turn (downwards arrow with corner leftwards = carriage return)
& LArr; & # 8656; & # X21D0; Left double arrow (leftwards double arrow)
& UArr; & # 8657; & # X21D1; Up of the double arrow (upwards double arrow)
& RArr; & # 8658; & # X21D2; Right double arrow (rightwards double arrow)
& DArr; & # 8659; & # X21D3; Down double arrow (downwards double arrow)
& HArr; & # 8660; & # X21D4; The left and right of the double arrow (left right double arrow)
& Forall; & # 8704; & # X2200; All (for all)
& Part; & # 8706; & # X2202; PDE (partial differential)
& Exist; & # 8707; & # X2203; Presence (there exists)
& Empty; & # 8709; & # X2205; Empty set = diameter (empty set = null set = diameter)
& Nabla; & # 8711; & # X2207; Inverted triangle = backward difference (nabla = backward difference)
& Isin; & # 8712; & # X2208; It belongs to (element of)
& Notin; & # 8713; & # X2209; It does not belong to (not an element of)
& Ni; & # 8715; & # X220B; Members included (contains as member)
Π & Prod; & # 8719; & # X220F; Quadrature (n-ary product = product sign)
Σ & Sum; & # 8721; & # X2211; Sum (n-ary sumation)
- & Minus; & # 8722; & # X2212; Minus (minus sign)
* & Lowast; & # 8727; & # X2217; Asterisk operator (asterisk operator)
& Radic; & # 8730; & # X221A; = Square root root (square root = radical sign)
α & Prop; & # 8733; & # X221D; Proportional (proportional to)
& Infin; & # 8734; & # X221E; Infinity (infinity)
& Ang; & # 8736; & # X2220; Angle (angle)
& And; & # 8743; & # X2227; Logic (logical and = wedge)
& Or; & # 8744; & # X2228; Logical OR (logical or = vee)
& Cap; & # 8745; & # X2229; = Cap intersection (intersection = cap)
& Cup; & # 8746; & # X222A; And set = Cup (union = cup)
& Int; & # 8747; & # X222B; Integral (integral)
& There4; & # 8756; & # X2234; So (therefore)
~ & Sim; & # 8764; & # X223C; Similar wave operator = (tilde operator = varies with = similar to)
& Cong; & # 8773; & # X2245; Approximately equal (approximately equal to)
& Asymp; & # 8776; & # X2248; Almost equal to = asymptotic (almost equal to = asymptotic to)
& Ne; & # 8800; & # X2260; Not equal (not equal to)
& Equiv; & # 8801; & # X2261; Constant equal (identical to)
& Le; & # 8804; & # X2264; Less than or equal to (less-than or equal to)
& Ge; & # 8805; & # X2265; Greater than or equal to (greater-than or equal to)
& Sub; & # 8834; & # X2282; Subset (subset of)
& Sup; & # 8835; & # X2283; Superset (superset of)
& Nsub; & # 8836; & # X2284; Feizi set (not a subset of)
& Sube; & # 8838; & # X2286; Subset or equal to (subset of or equal to)
& Supe; & # 8839; & # X2287; Superset of or equal to (superset of or equal to)
& Oplus; & # 8853; & # X2295; Plus straight and circled = (circled plus = direct sum)
& Otimes; & # 8855; & # X2297; Circled multiplication sign = vector product (circled times = vector product)
& Perp; & # 8869; & # X22A5; Up nails = = perpendicular to the vertical (up tack = orthogonal to = perpendicular)
& Sdot; & # 8901; & # X22C5; Dot operator (dot operator)
& Lceil; & # 8968; & # X2308; Left ceiling (left ceiling = APL upstile)
& Rceil; & # 8969; & # X2309; Right ceiling (right ceiling)
& Lfloor; & # 8970; & # X230A; Left floor (left floor = APL downstile)
& Rfloor; & # 8971; & # X230B; Right floor (right floor)
< & Lang; & # 9001; & # X2329; Left angle bracket (left-pointing angle bracket = bra)
> & Rang; & # 9002; & # X232A; Right angle bracket (right-pointing angle bracket = ket)
& Loz; & # 9674; & # X25CA; Diamond (lozenge)
& Spades; & # 9824; & # X2660; Spades (black spade suit)
& Clubs; & # 9827; & # X2663; Black Plum (black club suit = shamrock)
& Hearts; & # 9829; & # X2665; Black heart (black heart suit = valentine)
& Diams; & # 9830; & # X2666; Black Box (black diamond suit)