Skip to content

HTML

Character Entity Quick Reference HTML 4 (Cheat Sheet)
	Character Description	Name	Number
“	quotation mark	`"`	`"`
&	ampersand	`&`	`&`
<	less than	`<`	`<`
>	greater than	`>`	`>`
	non-breaking space	` `	` `
¡	inverted exclamation mark	`¡`	`¡`
¢	cent	`¢`	`¢`
£	pound	`£`	`£`
¤	currency	`¤`	`¤`
¥	yen	`¥`	`¥`
€	euro sign	`€`	`€`
¦	broken vertical bar	`¦`	`¦`
§	section	`§`	`§`
¨	spacing dieresis	`¨`	`¨`
©	copyright	`©`	`©`
ª	feminine ordinal indicator	`ª`	`ª`
«	left angle quotation mark	`«`	`«`
¬	negation	`¬`	`¬`
	soft hyphen	``	``
®	registered trademark	`®`	`®`
™	trademark	`™`	`™`
¯	spacing macron	`¯`	`¯`
°	degree symbol (e.g. 90°)	`°`	`°`
±	plus-or-minus	`±`	`±`
²	superscript 2	`²`	`²`
³	superscript 3	`³`	`³`
´	spacing acute	`´`	`´`
µ	micro	`µ`	`µ`
¶	paragraph	`¶`	`¶`
·	middle dot	`·`	`·`
¸	spacing cedilla	`¸`	`¸`
¹	superscript 1	`¹`	`¹`
º	masculine ordinal indicator	`º`	`º`
»	right angle quotation mark	`»`	`»`
½	fraction 1/2	`½`	`½`
⅓	fraction 1/3	n/a	`⅓`
⅔	fraction 2/3	n/a	`⅔`
¼	fraction 1/4	`¼`	`¼`
¾	fraction 3/4	n/a	`¾`
⅕	fraction one fifth.	n/a	`⅕`
⅖	fraction two fifths.	n/a	`⅖`
⅗	fraction three fifths.	n/a	`⅗`
⅘	fraction four fifths.	n/a	`⅘`
⅙	fraction one sixth.	n/a	`⅙`
⅚	fraction five sixths.	n/a	`⅚`
⅛	fraction one eighth.	n/a	`⅛`
⅜	fraction three eighths.	n/a	`⅜`
⅝	fraction five eighths.	n/a	`⅝`
⅞	fraction seven eighths.	n/a	`⅞`
¿	inverted question mark	`¿`	`¿`
×	multiplication	`×`	`×`
÷	division	`÷`	`÷`
À	capital a, grave accent	`À`	`À`
Á	capital a, acute accent	`Á`	`Á`
Â	capital a, circumflex accent	`Â`	`Â`
Ã	capital a, tilde	`Ã`	`Ã`
Ä	capital a, umlaut mark	`Ä`	`Ä`
Å	capital a, ring	`Å`	`Å`
Æ	capital ae	`Æ`	`Æ`
Ç	capital c, cedilla	`Ç`	`Ç`
È	capital e, grave accent	`È`	`È`
É	capital e, acute accent	`É`	`É`
Ê	capital e, circumflex accent	`Ê`	`Ê`
Ë	capital e, umlaut mark	`Ë`	`Ë`
Ì	capital i, grave accent	`Ì`	`Ì`
Í	capital i, acute accent	`Í`	`Í`
Î	capital i, circumflex accent	`Î`	`Î`
Ï	capital i, umlaut mark	`Ï`	`Ï`
Ð	capital eth, Icelandic	`Ð`	`Ð`
Ñ	capital n, tilde	`Ñ`	`Ñ`
Ò	capital o, grave accent	`Ò`	`Ò`
Ó	capital o, acute accent	`Ó`	`Ó`
Ô	capital o, circumflex accent	`Ô`	`Ô`
Õ	capital o, tilde	`Õ`	`Õ`
Ö	capital o, umlaut mark	`Ö`	`Ö`
Ø	capital o, slash	`Ø`	`Ø`
Ù	capital u, grave accent	`Ù`	`Ù`
Ú	capital u, acute accent	`Ú`	`Ú`
Û	capital u, circumflex accent	`Û`	`Û`
Ü	capital u, umlaut mark	`Ü`	`Ü`
Ý	capital y, acute accent	`Ý`	`Ý`
Þ	capital THORN, Icelandic	`Þ`	`Þ`
ß	small sharp s, German	`ß`	`ß`
à	small a, grave accent	`à`	`à`
á	small a, acute accent	`á`	`á`
â	small a, circumflex accent	`â`	`â`
ã	small a, tilde	`ã`	`ã`
ä	small a, umlaut mark	`ä`	`ä`
å	small a, ring	`å`	`å`
æ	small ae	`æ`	`æ`
ç	small c, cedilla	`ç`	`ç`
è	small e, grave accent	`è`	`è`
é	small e, acute accent	`é`	`é`
ê	small e, circumflex accent	`ê`	`ê`
ë	small e, umlaut mark	`ë`	`ë`
ì	small i, grave accent	`ì`	`ì`
í	small i, acute accent	`í`	`í`
î	small i, circumflex accent	`î`	`î`
ï	small i, umlaut mark	`ï`	`ï`
ð	small eth, Icelandic	`ð`	`ð`
ñ	small n, tilde	`ñ`	`ñ`
ò	small o, grave accent	`ò`	`ò`
ó	small o, acute accent	`ó`	`ó`
ô	small o, circumflex accent	`ô`	`ô`
õ	small o, tilde	`õ`	`õ`
ö	small o, umlaut mark	`ö`	`ö`
ø	small o, slash	`ø`	`ø`
ù	small u, grave accent	`ù`	`ù`
ú	small u, acute accent	`ú`	`ú`
û	small u, circumflex accent	`û`	`û`
ü	small u, umlaut mark	`ü`	`ü`
ý	small y, acute accent	`ý`	`ý`
þ	small thorn, Icelandic	`þ`	`þ`
ÿ	small y, umlaut mark	`ÿ`	`ÿ`
Œ	Latin capital ligature	`&OElig;`	`Œ`
œ	Latin small ligature	`&oelig;`	`œ`
Š	Latin capital letter S with caron	`&Scaron;`	`Š`
š	Latin small letter s with caron	`&scaron;`	`š`
Ÿ	Latin capital letter Y with diaeresis	`&Yuml;`	`Ÿ`
ˆ	modifier letter circumflex accent	`&circ;`	`ˆ`
˜	small tilde	`&tilde`	`˜`
General Punctuation
	en space	`&ensp;`	` `
	em space	`&emsp;`	` `
	thin space	`&thinsp`	` `
‌	zero width non-joiner	`&zwnj;`	`&8204;`
‍	zero width joiner	`&zwj;`	`‍`
‎	left-to-right mark	`&lrm;`	`‎`
‏	right-to-left mark	`&rlm;`	`‏`
–	en dash	`–`	`–`
—	em dash	`—`	`—`
‘	left single quotation mark	`‘`	`‘`
’	right single quotation mark	`’`	`’`
‚	single low-9 quotation mark	`&sbquo;`	`‚`
“	left double quotation mark	`“`	`“`
”	right double quotation mark	`”`	`”`
„	double low-9 quotation mark	`&bdquo;`	`„`
†	dagger	`&dagger;`	`†`
‡	double dagger	`&Dagger;`	`‡`
‰	per mille sign	`&permil;`	`‰`
‹	single left-pointing angle quotation mark	`&lsaquo;`	`‹`
›	single right-pointing angle quotation mark	`&rsaquo;`	`›`
ƒ	Latin small f with hook	`&fnof;`	`ƒ`
•	bullet = black small circle	`•`	`•`
…	horizontal ellipsis = three dot leader	`…`	`…`
′	prime = minutes = feet	`′`	`′`
″	double prime = seconds = inches	`″`	`″`
‾	overline = spacing overscore	`&oline;`	`‾`
⁄	fraction slash	`&frasl;`	`⁄`
℘	script capital P = power set = Weierstrass p	`&weierp;`	`℘`
ℑ	black-letter capital I = imaginary part	`&image;`	`ℑ`
ℜ	black-letter capital R = real part symbol	`&real;`	`ℜ`
ℵ	aleph symbol = first transfinite cardinal	`&alefsym;`	`ℵ`
←	leftwards arrow	`←`	`←`
↑	upwards arrow	`↑`	`↑`
→	rightwards arrow	`→`	`→`
↓	downwards arrow	`↓`	`ℯ`
↔	left right arrow	`↔`	`↔`
↵	downwards arrow with corner leftwards = carriage return	`&crarr;`	`↵`
⇐	leftwards double arrow	`⇐`	`⇐`
⇑	upwards double arrow	`&uArr;`	`⇑`
⇒	rightwards double arrow	`⇒`	`⇒`
⇓	downwards double arrow	`&dArr;`	`⇓`
⇔	left right double arrow	`⇔`	`⇔`
Mathematical Operators
∀	for all	`∀`	`∀`
∂	partial differential	`∂`	`∂`
∃	there exists	`∃`	`∃`
∅	empty set = null set = diameter	`∅`	`∅`
∇	nabla = backward difference	`∇`	`∇`
∈	element of	`∈`	`∈`
∉	not an element of	`∉`	`∉`
∋	contains as member	`&ni;`	`∋`
∏	n-array product = product sign	`∏`	`∏`
∑	n-array summation	`∑`	`∑`
−	minus sign	`−`	`−`
∗	asterisk operator	`&lowast;`	`∗`
√	square root	`√`	`√`
∝	proportional to	`&prop;`	`∝`
∞	infinity	`∞`	`∞`
∠	angle	`&ang;`	`∠`
∧	logical and = wedge	`&and;`	`∧`
∨	logical or = vee	`&or;`	`∨`
∩	intersection = cap	`∩`	`∩`
∪	union = cup	`∪`	`∪`
∫	integral	`∫`	`∫`
∴	therefore	`&there4;`	`∴`
∼	tilde operator = varies with = similar to	`&sim;`	`∼`
≅	approximately equal to	`&cong;`	`≅`
≈	almost equal to = asymptotic to	`≈`	`≈`
≠	not equal to	`≠`	`≠`
≡	identical to	`&equiv;`	`≡`
≤	less-than or equal to	`≤`	`≤`
≥	greater-than or equal to	`≥`	`≥`
⊂	subset of	`⊂`	`⊂`
⊃	superset of	`⊃`	`⊃`
⊄	not a subset of	`&nsub;`	`⊄`
⊆	subset of or equal to	`&sube;`	`⊆`
⊇	superset of or equal to	`&supe;`	`⊇`
⊕	circled plus = direct sum	`&oplus;`	`⊕`
⊗	circled times = vector product	`&otimes;`	`⊗`
⊥	up tack = orthogonal to = perpendicular	`&perp;`	`⊥`
⋅	dot operator	`⋅`	`⋅`
Miscellaneous Technical
⌈	left ceiling = apl upstile	`&lceil;`	`⌈`
⌉	right ceiling	`&rceil;`	`⌉`
⌊	left floor = apl downstile	`&lfloor;`	`⌊`
⌋	right floor	`&rfloor;`	`⌋`
〈	left-pointing angle bracket = bra	`&lang;`	`〈`
〉	right-pointing angle bracket = ket	`&rang;`	`〉`
Geometric Shapes
◊	lozenge	`&loz;`	`◊`
Expanded Character Entity List: Miscellaneous Symbols
℠	Service Mark	n/a	`&#8480`
℃	Celsius	n/a	`℃`
℅	care of	n/a	`℅`
℉	Fahrenheit	n/a	`℉`
№	numero symbol -number sign	n/a	`№`
℗	Sound Recording Copyright	n/a	`℗`
℞	Prescription Take pharmaceutical symbol	n/a	`℞`
Ω	Ohm	n/a	`Ω`
℧	Inverted Ohm	n/a	`℧`
☀	sunshine – sun	n/a	`☀`
☁	cloudy – cloud	n/a	`☁`
☂	raining – rain	n/a	`☂`
☃	snow – snowman	n/a	`☃`
☄	comet	n/a	`☄`
★	star solid	n/a	`★`
☆	star outline	n/a	`☆`
☇	lightning	n/a	`☇`
☈	thunderstorm	n/a	`☈`
☉	sun	n/a	`☉`
☊	ascending node	n/a	`☊`
☋	descending node	n/a	`☋`
☌	conjunction	n/a	`☌`
☍	opposition	n/a	`☍`
☎	phonenumber – phone service	n/a	`☎`
☏	phone symbol outline	n/a	`☏`
☐	check box – ballot box	n/a	`☐`
☑	ballot box check mark	n/a	`☑`
☒	ballot box with X	n/a	`☒`
☓	Saltire – St. Andrew’s Cross	n/a	`☓`
☚	left-pointing index finger	n/a	`☚`
☛	right-pointing index finger	n/a	`☛`
☜	left-pointing index finger	n/a	`☜`
☝	upwards pointing index finger	n/a	`☝`
☞	right pointing index finger	n/a	`☞`
☟	downwards pointing index finger	n/a	`☟`
☠	skull & crossbones	n/a	`☠`
☡	caution sign	n/a	`☡`
☢	radioactive sign	n/a	`☢`
☣	biohazard sign	n/a	`☣`
☤	Caduceus or “Kerykeion”	n/a	`☤`
☥	Ankh	n/a	`☥`
☦	Eastern Christian Cross	n/a	`☦`
☧	Chi Rho Cross	n/a	`☧`
☨	Patriarchal Cross	n/a	`☨`
☩	Greek Cross	n/a	`☩`
☪	Crescent Moon & Star	n/a	`☪`
☫	Farsi symbol	n/a	`☫`
☬	Adi Shakti	n/a	`☬`
☭	hammer & sickle	n/a	`☭`
☮	peace sign	n/a	`☮`
☯	yin & yang	n/a	`☯`
☰	trigram Heaven	n/a	`☰`
☱	trigram Lake	n/a	`☱`
☲	trigram Fire	n/a	`☲`
☳	trigram Thunder	n/a	`☳`
☴	trigram Wind	n/a	`☴`
☵	trigram Water	n/a	`☵`
☶	trigram Mountain	n/a	`☶`
☷	trigram Heaven	n/a	`☷`
☸	Dharma Wheel	n/a	`☸`
☹	frowning face	n/a	`☹`
☺	smiley face	n/a	`☺`
☻	black smiley face	n/a	`☻`
☽	waxing crescent moon	n/a	`☽`
☾	waning crescent moon	n/a	`☾`
☿	Mercury	n/a	`☿`
♀	Venus – Female symbol	n/a	`♀`
♁	Earth symbol	n/a	`♁`
♂	Mars – Male symbol	n/a	`♂`
♃	Jupiter	n/a	`♃`
♄	Saturn	n/a	`♄`
♅	Uranus	n/a	`♅`
♆	Neptune	n/a	`♆`
♇	Pluto	n/a	`♇`
♈	Aries	n/a	`♈`
♉	Taurus	n/a	`♉`
♊	Gemini	n/a	`♊`
♋	Cancer	n/a	`♋`
♌	Leo	n/a	`♌`
♍	Virgo	n/a	`♍`
♎	Libra	n/a	`♎`
♏	Scorpio	n/a	`♏`
♐	Sagittarius	n/a	`♐`
♑	Capricorn	n/a	`♑`
♒	Aquarius	n/a	`♒`
♓	Pisces	n/a	`♓`
♔	White King	n/a	`♔`
♕	White Queen	n/a	`♕`
♖	White Rook	n/a	`♖`
♗	White Bishop	n/a	`♗`
♘	White Knight	n/a	`♘`
♙	White Pawn	n/a	`♙`
♚	Black King	n/a	`♚`
♛	Black Queen	n/a	`♛`
♜	Black Rook	n/a	`♜`
♝	Black Bishop	n/a	`♝`
♞	Black Knight	n/a	`♞`
♟	Black Pawn	n/a	`♟`
♠	black spade suit	`&spades;`	`♠`
♡	red heart suit	n/a	`♡`
♢	red diamond suit	n/a	`♢`
♣	black club suit = shamrock	`&clubs;`	`♣`
♤	red spade suit	n/a	`♤`
♥	black heart suit = valentine	`&hearts;`	`♥`
♦	black diamond suit	`&diams;`	`♦`
♧	red club suit	n/a	`♧`
♨	hot springs	n/a	`♨`
♩	musical quarter note	n/a	`♩`
♪	musical eighth note	n/a	`♪`
♫	musical single bar note	n/a	`♫`
♬	musical double bar note	n/a	`♬`
♭	flat note	n/a	`♭`
♮	natural note	n/a	`♮`
♯	sharp note	n/a	`♯`
✁	cut above	n/a	`✁`
✂	cut here	n/a	`✂`
✃	cut below	n/a	`✃`
✄	scissors	n/a	`✄`
✆	public pay phone	n/a	`✆`
✇	film reel – tape spool	n/a	`✇`
✈	airport jet airplane	n/a	`✈`
✉	envelope mail email	n/a	`✉`
✌	victory sign	n/a	`✌`
✍	signature – sign here	n/a	`✍`
✎	pencil diagonal down	n/a	`✎`
✏	pencil	n/a	`✏`
✐	pencil diagonal up	n/a	`Ϩ`
✓	check mark	n/a	`✓`
✔	heavy check mark	n/a	`✔`
✕	multiplication sign X	n/a	`𘚥`
✖	heavy multiplication sign X	n/a	`✖`
✗	ballot X	n/a	`✗`
✘	heavy ballot X	n/a	`✘`
✝	Latin Roman Cross	n/a	`✝`
✞	Latin Cross 3D shadow	n/a	`✞`
✟	Latin Cross outline	n/a	`✟`
✠	Maltese Cross	n/a	`✠`
✡	Star of David	n/a	`✡`
❛	quotation mark single turned comma	n/a	`❛`
❜	quotation mark single comma	n/a	`❜`
❝	quotation mark double turned comma	n/a	`❝`
❞	quotation mark double comma	n/a	`❞`
Greek Letters & Symbols Character Entity Reference
Α	Greek capital letter alpha	`Α`	`Α`
Β	Greek capital letter beta	`Β`	`Β`
Γ	Greek capital letter gamma	`Γ`	`Γ`
Δ	Greek capital letter delta	`Δ`	`Δ`
Ε	Greek capital letter epsilon	`Ε`	`Ε`
Ζ	Greek capital letter zeta	`Ζ`	`Ζ`
Η	Greek capital letter eta	`Η`	`Η`
Θ	Greek capital letter theta	`Θ`	`Θ`
Ι	Greek capital letter iota	`Ι`	`Ι`
Κ	Greek capital letter kappa	`Κ`	`Κ`
Λ	Greek capital letter lambda	`Λ`	`Λ`
Μ	Greek capital letter mu	`Μ`	`Μ`
Ν	Greek capital letter nu	`Ν`	`Ν`
Ξ	Greek capital letter xi	`Ξ`	`Ξ`
Ο	Greek capital letter omicron	`Ο`	`Ο`
Π	Greek capital letter pi	`Π`	`Π`
Ρ	Greek capital letter rho	`Ρ`	`Ρ`
Σ	Greek capital letter sigma	`Σ`	`Σ`
Τ	Greek capital letter tau	`Τ`	`Τ`
Υ	Greek capital letter upsilon	`Υ`	`Υ`
Φ	Greek capital letter phi	`Φ`	`Φ`
Χ	Greek capital letter chi	`Χ`	`Χ`
Ψ	Greek capital letter psi	`Ψ`	`Ψ`
Ω	Greek capital letter omega	`Ω`	`Ω`
α	Greek small letter alpha	`α`	`α`
β	Greek small letter beta	`β`	`β`
γ	Greek small letter gamma	`γ`	`γ`
δ	Greek small letter delta	`δ`	`δ`
ε	Greek small letter epsilon	`ε`	`ε`
ζ	Greek small letter zeta	`ζ`	`ζ`
η	Greek small letter eta	`η`	`η`
θ	Greek small letter theta	`θ`	`θ`
ι	Greek small letter iota	`ι`	`ι`
κ	Greek small letter kappa	`κ`	`κ`
λ	Greek small letter lambda	`λ`	`λ`
μ	Greek small letter mu	`μ`	`μ`
ν	Greek small letter nu	`ν`	`ν`
ξ	Greek small letter xi	`ξ`	`ξ`
ο	Greek small letter omicron	`ο`	`ο`
π	Greek small letter pi	`π`	`π`
ρ	Greek small letter rho	`ρ`	`ρ`
ς	Greek small letter final sigma	`&sigmaf;`	`ς`
σ	Greek small letter sigma	`σ`	`σ`
τ	Greek small letter tau	`τ`	`τ`
υ	Greek small letter upsilon	`υ`	`υ`
φ	Greek small letter phi	`φ`	`φ`
χ	Greek small letter chi	`χ`	`χ`
ψ	Greek small letter psi	`ψ`	`ψ`
ω	Greek small letter omega	`ω`	`ω`
ϑ	Greek small letter theta symbol	`&thetasym;`	`ϑ`
ϒ	Greek upsilon with hook symbol	`&upsih;`	`ϒ`
ϖ	Greek pi symbol	`ϖ`	`ϖ`
ψ	Greek small letter psi	`ψ`	`ψ`
ω	Greek small letter omega	`ω`	`ω`
ϑ	Greek small letter theta symbol	`&thetasym;`	`ϑ`
ϒ	Greek upsilon with hook symbol	`&upsih;`	`ϒ`
ϖ	Greek pi symbol	`ϖ`	`ϖ`

Like this post? Share it! Tweet it!

4 Comments

Leave a comment

DYams / Feb 13 2009

Is there a way to write the list of Expanded Character Entity List: Miscellaneous Symbols with name codes instead of number codes?
annue / Mar 10 2009

i think that they need to put the letters and numbers insted of just the letters
SpunkyGidget / May 16 2009

I’ve updated the Character Reference. Check it out! Unfortunately there aren’t named references for many. Please let me know if you find any I don’t have noted! Cheers!
SpunkyGidget / May 16 2009

I’ve updated the Character Reference. Check it out! Unfortunately there aren’t named references for many. Please let me know if you find any I don’t have noted! Thanks DY!

Leave a comment

Copyright © 2010 Angela Baxley @ang. All rights reserved.

Paperpunch Theme by The Theme Foundry