Follow the links, or scroll down just a bit to see the first one. The table columns show the symbolic character reference, which always begins with an ampersand (&) and ends with a semicolon (;). The name is case sensitive and must be spelled as shown.
The next column shows the corresponding numeric character reference (the decimal representation of the Unicode value). The next column shows the character itself (if you can't see it, it's a deficiency of your browser or font) and the final column is the character name (in English). To use a symbolic (or numeric) character reference in a Web document, just put it where the desired character would go, for example:
Grüße aus Köln!
becomes:
Grüße aus Köln! The three tables show all the symbolic character references of HTML 4.01 (the current version as of this writing). To get characters that do not have symbolic references (e.g. Cyrillic, Hebrew, line-and-box drawing, etc), use numeric character references. For example, the uppercase Russian alphabet:
АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯcan be written like this:
АБВГДЕЖЗ ИЙКЛМНОП РСТУФХЦЧ ШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯYou can also use hexadecimal numeric character references. These are like decimal numeric character references except (a) there is a letter "x" after the "&#" and (b) the number is hexadecimal (base 16). These are handy because Unicode values are usually written in hexadecimal, e.g. U+042F (the four characters after "U+" are the four hexadecimal digits). Using hex notation, the same Russian alphabet can be written like this:
АБВГДЕЖ ЗИЙКЛМН ОПРСТУФ ХЦЧШЩЪЫ ЬЭЮЯYou can also include characters in any MIME-registered character set directly (literally) in a Web page, but that's beyond the scope of this document, and also it's more risky.
Also see:
- The HTML 4.01 Specification (official)
- Character Entities in HTML 4 (official)
- Unicode Character Charts (official)
- A brief HTML tutorial / sampler
- A Unicode 4.0 Table (all but Chinese, Japanese, and Korean; shows hexadecimal values)
- More character set tables
- A UTF-8 sampler (text in many languages, entered "direct" in Unicode Transformation Format 8).
Latin
À À À Latin capital letter A with grave Á Á Á Latin capital letter A with acute    Latin capital letter A with circumflex à à à Latin capital letter A with tilde Ä Ä Ä Latin capital letter A with diaeresis (umlaut) Å Å Å Latin capital letter A with ring above Æ Æ Æ Latin capital letter AE (Ash) Ç Ç Ç Latin capital letter C with cedilla È È È Latin capital letter E with grave É É É Latin capital letter E with acute Ê Ê Ê Latin capital letter E with circumflex Ë Ë Ë Latin capital letter E with diaeresis (umlaut) Ì Ì Ì Latin capital letter I with grave Í Í Í Latin capital letter I with acute Î Î Î Latin capital letter I with circumflex Ï Ï Ï Latin capital letter I with diaeresis (umlaut) Ð Ð Ð Latin capital letter ETH Ñ Ñ Ñ Latin capital letter N with tilde Ò Ò Ò Latin capital letter O with grave Ó Ó Ó Latin capital letter O with acute Ô Ô Ô Latin capital letter O with circumflex Õ Õ Õ Latin capital letter O with tilde Ö Ö Ö Latin capital letter O with diaeresis (umlaut) Ø Ø Ø Latin capital letter O with stroke Ù Ù Ù Latin capital letter U with grave Ú Ú Ú Latin capital letter U with acute Û Û Û Latin capital letter U with circumflex Ü Ü Ü Latin capital letter U with diaeresis (umlaut) Ý Ý Ý Latin capital letter Y with acute Þ Þ Þ Latin capital letter Thorn ß ß ß Latin small letter sharp s = ess-zed à à à Latin small letter a with grave á á á Latin small letter a with acute â â â Latin small letter a with circumflex ã ã ã Latin small letter a with tilde ä ä ä Latin small letter a with diaeresis (umlaut) å å å Latin small letter a with ring above æ æ æ Latin small letter ae (ash) ç ç ç Latin small letter c with cedilla è è è Latin small letter e with grave é é é Latin small letter e with acute ê ê ê Latin small letter e with circumflex ë ë ë Latin small letter e with diaeresis (umlaut) ì ì ì Latin small letter i with grave í í í Latin small letter i with acute î î î Latin small letter i with circumflex ï ï ï Latin small letter i with diaeresis (umlaut) ð ð ð Latin small letter eth ñ ñ ñ Latin small letter n with tilde ò ò ò Latin small letter o with grave ó ó ó Latin small letter o with acute ô ô ô Latin small letter o with circumflex õ õ õ Latin small letter o with tilde ö ö ö Latin small letter o with diaeresis (umlaut) ø ø ø Latin small letter o with stroke ù ù ù Latin small letter u with grave ú ú ú Latin small letter u with acute û û û Latin small letter u with circumflex ü ü ü Latin small letter u with diaeresis (umlaut) ý ý ý Latin small letter y with acute þ þ þ Latin small letter thorn ÿ ÿ ÿ Latin small letter y with diaeresis (umlaut) ƒ ƒ ƒ Latin small f with hook = function = florin Œ Œ Œ Latin capital ligature OE œ œ œ Latin small ligature oe Š Š Š Latin capital letter S with caron š š š Latin small letter s with caron Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Latin capital letter Y with diaeresis (umlaut)
Greek
Α Α Α Greek capital letter alpha Β Β Β Greek capital letter beta Γ Γ Γ Greek capital letter gamma Δ Δ Δ Greek capital letter delta Ε Ε Ε Greek capital letter epsilon Ζ Ζ Ζ Greek capital letter zeta Η Η Η Greek capital letter eta Θ Θ Θ Greek capital letter theta Ι Ι Ι Greek capital letter iota Κ Κ Κ Greek capital letter kappa Λ Λ Λ Greek capital letter lambda Μ Μ Μ Greek capital letter mu Ν Ν Ν Greek capital letter nu Ξ Ξ Ξ Greek capital letter xi Ο Ο Ο Greek capital letter omicron Π Π Π Greek capital letter pi Ρ Ρ Ρ Greek capital letter rho Σ Σ Σ Greek capital letter sigma Τ Τ Τ Greek capital letter tau Υ Υ Υ Greek capital letter upsilon Φ Φ Φ Greek capital letter phi Χ Χ Χ Greek capital letter chi Ψ Ψ Ψ Greek capital letter psi Ω Ω Ω Greek capital letter omega α α α Greek small letter alpha β β β Greek small letter beta γ γ γ Greek small letter gamma δ δ δ Greek small letter delta ε ε ε Greek small letter epsilon ζ ζ ζ Greek small letter zeta η η η Greek small letter eta θ θ θ Greek small letter theta ι ι ι Greek small letter iota κ κ κ Greek small letter kappa λ λ λ Greek small letter lambda μ μ μ Greek small letter mu ν ν ν Greek small letter nu ξ ξ ξ Greek small letter xi ο ο ο Greek small letter omicron π π π Greek small letter pi ρ ρ ρ Greek small letter rho ς ς ς Greek small letter final sigma σ σ σ Greek small letter sigma τ τ τ Greek small letter tau υ υ υ Greek small letter upsilon φ φ φ Greek small letter phi χ χ χ Greek small letter chi ψ ψ ψ Greek small letter psi ω ω ω Greek small letter omega ϑ ϑ ϑ Greek small letter theta symbol ϒ ϒ ϒ Greek upsilon with hook symbol ϖ ϖ ϖ Greek pi symbol
Miscellaneous
" " " Quotation mark = APL quote & & & Ampersand < < < Left angle bracket; less-than sign > > > Right angle bracket; greater-than sign   No-break space (hard space, non-collapsable space) ¡ ¡ ¡ Inverted exclamation mark ¢ ¢ ¢ Cent sign £ £ £ Pound sign ¤ ¤ ¤ Currency sign ¥ ¥ ¥ Yen sign = yuan sign ¦ ¦ ¦ Broken bar = broken vertical bar § § § Section sign ¨ ¨ ¨ Diaeresis = spacing diaeresis (umlaut) © © © Copyright sign ª ª ª Feminine ordinal indicator « « « Left-pointing double angle quotation mark ¬ ¬ ¬ Not sign ­ ­ Soft hyphen = discretionary hyphen ® ® ® Registered sign = registered trade mark sign ¯ ¯ ¯ Macron = spacing macron = overline ° ° ° Degree sign ± ± ± Plus-minus sign = plus-or-minus sign ² ² ² Superscript two = superscript digit two ³ ³ ³ Superscript three = superscript digit three ´ ´ ´ Acute accent = spacing acute µ µ µ Micro sign ¶ ¶ ¶ Pilcrow sign = paragraph sign · · · Middle dot = Georgian comma ¸ ¸ ¸ Cedilla = spacing cedilla ¹ ¹ ¹ Superscript one = superscript digit one º º º Masculine ordinal indicator » » » Right-pointing double angle quotation mark ¼ ¼ ¼ Vulgar fraction one quarter ½ ½ ½ Vulgar fraction one half ¾ ¾ ¾ Vulgar fraction three quarters ¿ ¿ ¿ Inverted question mark × × × Multiplication sign ÷ ÷ ÷ Division sign ˆ ˆ ˆ Modifier letter circumflex accent ˜ ˜ ˜ Small tilde • • • 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 ℑ ℑ ℑ Blackletter capital I = imaginary part ℜ ℜ ℜ Blackletter capital R = real part symbol ™ ™ ™ Trade mark sign ℵ ℵ ℵ Alef symbol = first transfinite cardinal ← ← ← Leftwards arrow ↑ ↑ ↑ Upwards arrow → → → Rightwards arrow ↓ ↓ ↓ Downwards arrow ↔ ↔ ↔ Left right arrow ↵ ↵ ↵ Downwards arrow with corner leftwards ⇐ ⇐ ⇐ Leftwards double arrow ⇑ ⇑ ⇑ Upwards double arrow ⇒ ⇒ ⇒ Rightwards double arrow ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ Downwards double arrow ⇔ ⇔ ⇔ Left right double arrow ∀ ∀ ∀ For all ∂ ∂ ∂ Partial differential ∃ ∃ ∃ There exists ∅ ∅ ∅ Empty set = null set = diameter ∇ ∇ ∇ Nabla = backward difference ∈ ∈ ∈ Element of ∉ ∉ ∉ Not an element of ∋ ∋ ∋ Contains as member ∏ ∏ ∏ N-ary product = product sign ∑ ∑ ∑ N-ary sumation − − − Minus sign ∗ ∗ ∗ Asterisk operator √ √ √ Square root = radical sign ∝ ∝ ∝ Proportional to ∞ ∞ ∞ Infinity ∠ ∠ ∠ Angle ∧ ∧ ∧ Logical and = wedge ∨ ∨ ∨ Logical or = vee ∩ ∩ ∩ Intersection = cap ∪ ∪ ∪ Union = cup ∫ ∫ ∫ Integral ∴ ∴ ∴ Therefore ∼ ∼ ∼ Tilde operator = varies with = similar to ≅ ≅ ≅ Approximately equal to ≈ ≈ ≈ Almost equal to = asymptotic to ≠ ≠ ≠ Not equal to ≡ ≡ ≡ Identical to ≤ ≤ ≤ Less-than or equal to ≥ ≥ ≥ Greater-than or equal to ⊂ ⊂ ⊂ Subset of ⊃ ⊃ ⊃ Superset of ⊄ ⊄ ⊄ Not a subset of ⊆ ⊆ ⊆ Subset of or equal to ⊇ ⊇ ⊇ Superset of or equal to ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ Circled plus = direct sum ⊗ ⊗ ⊗ Circled times = vector product ⊥ ⊥ ⊥ Up tack = orthogonal to = perpendicular ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ Dot operator ⌈ ⌈ ⌈ Left ceiling = APL upstile ⌉ ⌉ ⌉ Right ceiling ⌊ ⌊ ⌊ Left floor = APL downstile ⌋ ⌋ ⌋ Right floor ⟨ 〈 ⟨ (Large) left-pointing angle bracket = Bra ⟩ 〉 ⟩ (Large) right-pointing angle bracket = Ket ◊ ◊ ◊ Lozenge ♠ ♠ ♠ Black spade suit ♣ ♣ ♣ Black club suit = shamrock ♥ ♥ ♥ Black heart suit = valentine ♦ ♦ ♦ Black diamond suit     En ("n") space     Em ("m") space     Thin space – – – En ("n") dash — — — Em ("m") dash ‘ ‘ ‘ Left single quotation mark ’ ’ ’ Right single quotation mark ‚ ‚ ‚ Single low-9 quotation mark “ “ “ Left double quotation mark ” ” ” Right double quotation mark „ „ „ Double low-9 quotation mark † † † Dagger ‡ ‡ ‡ Double dagger ‰ ‰ ‰ Per mille sign ‹ ‹ ‹ Single left-pointing angle quotation mark › › › Single right-pointing angle quotation mark
Frank da Cruz / 1 Dec 2003