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Entity references in html and xhtml


Html 4, Xhtml 1.0

Entities for characters with special meaning in HTML and XHTML:

Entity Entity
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Number Number
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Description
& & & & ampersand
> > > > greater-than sign
&lt; < &#60; < less-than sign
&quot; " &#34; " quotation mark = APL quote

 

 

Entities for accented characters, accents, and other diacritics from Western European Languages:

Entity Entity
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Number Number
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Description
&acute; ´ &#180; ´ acute accent = spacing acute
&cedil; ¸ &#184; ¸ cedilla = spacing cedilla
&circ; ˆ &#710; ˆ modifier letter circumflex accent
&macr; ¯ &#175; ¯ macron = spacing macron = overline = APL overbar
&middot; · &#183; · middle dot = Georgian comma = Greek middle dot
&tilde; ˜ &#732; ˜ small tilde
&uml; ¨ &#168; ¨ diaeresis = spacing diaeresis
&Aacute; Á &#193; Á latin capital letter A with acute
&aacute; á &#225; á latin small letter a with acute
&Acirc; Â &#194; Â latin capital letter A with circumflex
&acirc; â &#226; â latin small letter a with circumflex
&AElig; Æ &#198; Æ latin capital letter AE = latin capital ligature AE
&aelig; æ &#230; æ latin small letter ae = latin small ligature ae
&Agrave; À &#192; À latin capital letter A with grave = latin capital letter A grave
&agrave; à &#224; à latin small letter a with grave = latin small letter a grave
&Aring; Å &#197; Å latin capital letter A with ring above = latin capital letter A ring
&aring; å &#229; å latin small letter a with ring above = latin small letter a ring
&Atilde; Ã &#195; Ã latin capital letter A with tilde
&atilde; ã &#227; ã latin small letter a with tilde
&Auml; Ä &#196; Ä latin capital letter A with diaeresis
&auml; ä &#228; ä latin small letter a with diaeresis
&Ccedil; Ç &#199; Ç latin capital letter C with cedilla
&ccedil; ç &#231; ç latin small letter c with cedilla
&Eacute; É &#201; É latin capital letter E with acute
&eacute; é &#233; é latin small letter e with acute
&Ecirc; Ê &#202; Ê latin capital letter E with circumflex
&ecirc; ê &#234; ê latin small letter e with circumflex
&Egrave; È &#200; È latin capital letter E with grave
&egrave; è &#232; è latin small letter e with grave
&ETH; Ð &#208; Ð latin capital letter ETH
&eth; ð &#240; ð latin small letter eth
&Euml; Ë &#203; Ë latin capital letter E with diaeresis
&euml; ë &#235; ë latin small letter e with diaeresis
&Iacute; Í &#205; Í latin capital letter I with acute
&iacute; í &#237; í latin small letter i with acute
&Icirc; Î &#206; Î latin capital letter I with circumflex
&icirc; î &#238; î latin small letter i with circumflex
&Igrave; Ì &#204; Ì latin capital letter I with grave
&igrave; ì &#236; ì latin small letter i with grave
&Iuml; Ï &#207; Ï latin capital letter I with diaeresis
&iuml; ï &#239; ï latin small letter i with diaeresis
&Ntilde; Ñ &#209; Ñ latin capital letter N with tilde
&ntilde; ñ &#241; ñ latin small letter n with tilde
&Oacute; Ó &#211; Ó latin capital letter O with acute
&oacute; ó &#243; ó latin small letter o with acute
&Ocirc; Ô &#212; Ô latin capital letter O with circumflex
&ocirc; ô &#244; ô latin small letter o with circumflex
&OElig; Π&#338; Πlatin capital ligature OE
&oelig; œ &#339; œ latin small ligature oe (note)
&Ograve; Ò &#210; Ò latin capital letter O with grave
&ograve; ò &#242; ò latin small letter o with grave
&Oslash; Ø &#216; Ø latin capital letter O with stroke = latin capital letter O slash
&oslash; ø &#248; ø latin small letter o with stroke, = latin small letter o slash
&Otilde; Õ &#213; Õ latin capital letter O with tilde
&otilde; õ &#245; õ latin small letter o with tilde
&Ouml; Ö &#214; Ö latin capital letter O with diaeresis
&ouml; ö &#246; ö latin small letter o with diaeresis
&Scaron; Š &#352; Š latin capital letter S with caron
&scaron; š &#353; š latin small letter s with caron
&szlig; ß &#223; ß latin small letter sharp s = ess-zed
&THORN; Þ &#222; Þ latin capital letter THORN
&thorn; þ &#254; þ latin small letter thorn
&Uacute; Ú &#218; Ú latin capital letter U with acute
&uacute; ú &#250; ú latin small letter u with acute
&Ucirc; Û &#219; Û latin capital letter U with circumflex
&ucirc; û &#251; û latin small letter u with circumflex
&Ugrave; Ù &#217; Ù latin capital letter U with grave
&ugrave; ù &#249; ù latin small letter u with grave
&Uuml; Ü &#220; Ü latin capital letter U with diaeresis
&uuml; ü &#252; ü latin small letter u with diaeresis
&Yacute; Ý &#221; Ý latin capital letter Y with acute
&yacute; ý &#253; ý latin small letter y with acute
&yuml; ÿ &#255; ÿ latin small letter y with diaeresis
&Yuml; Ÿ &#376; Ÿ latin capital letter Y with diaeresis

 

 

Entities for punctuation characters:

Entity Entity
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Number Number
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Description
&cent; ¢ &#162; ¢ cent sign
&curren; ¤ &#164; ¤ currency sign
&euro; &#8364; euro sign
&pound; £ &#163; £ pound sign
&yen; ¥ &#165; ¥ yen sign = yuan sign
&brvbar; ¦ &#166; ¦ broken bar = broken vertical bar
&bull; &#8226; bullet = black small circle (note)
&copy; © &#169; © copyright sign
&dagger; &#8224; dagger
&Dagger; &#8225; double dagger
&frasl; &#8260; fraction slash
&hellip; &#8230; horizontal ellipsis = three dot leader
&iexcl; ¡ &#161; ¡ inverted exclamation mark
&image; &#8465; blackletter capital I = imaginary part
&iquest; ¿ &#191; ¿ inverted question mark = turned question mark
&lrm; &#8206; left-to-right mark (for formatting only)
&mdash; &#8212; em dash
&ndash; &#8211; en dash
&not; ¬ &#172; ¬ not sign
&oline; &#8254; overline = spacing overscore
&ordf; ª &#170; ª feminine ordinal indicator
&ordm; º &#186; º masculine ordinal indicator
&para; &#182; pilcrow sign = paragraph sign
&permil; &#8240; per mille sign
&prime; &#8242; prime = minutes = feet
&Prime; &#8243; double prime = seconds = inches
&real; &#8476; blackletter capital R = real part symbol
&reg; ® &#174; ® registered sign = registered trade mark sign
&rlm; &#8207; right-to-left mark (for formatting only)
&sect; § &#167; § section sign
&shy; ­ &#173; ­ soft hyphen = discretionary hyphen (displays incorrectly on Mac)
&sup1; ¹ &#185; ¹ superscript one = superscript digit one
&trade; &#8482; trade mark sign
&weierp; &#8472; script capital P = power set = Weierstrass p
&bdquo; &#8222; double low-9 quotation mark
&laquo; « &#171; « left-pointing double angle quotation mark = left pointing guillemet
&ldquo; &#8220; left double quotation mark
&lsaquo; &#8249; single left-pointing angle quotation mark (note)
&lsquo; &#8216; left single quotation mark
&raquo; » &#187; » right-pointing double angle quotation mark = right pointing guillemet
&rdquo; &#8221; right double quotation mark
&rsaquo; &#8250; single right-pointing angle quotation mark (note)
&rsquo; &#8217; right single quotation mark
&sbquo; &#8218; single low-9 quotation mark
&emsp; &#8195; em space
&ensp; &#8194; en space
&nbsp; &#160; no-break space = non-breaking space
&thinsp; &#8201; thin space
&zwj; &#8205; zero width joiner
&zwnj; &#8204; zero width non-joiner

 

 

Entities for mathematical and technical characters (including Greek):

Entity Entity
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Number Number
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&deg; ° &#176; ° degree sign
&divide; ÷ &#247; ÷ division sign
&frac12; ½ &#189; ½ vulgar fraction one half = fraction one half
&frac14; ¼ &#188; ¼ vulgar fraction one quarter = fraction one quarter
&frac34; ¾ &#190; ¾ vulgar fraction three quarters = fraction three quarters
&ge; &#8805; greater-than or equal to
&le; &#8804; less-than or equal to
&minus; &#8722; minus sign
&sup2; ² &#178; ² superscript two = superscript digit two = squared
&sup3; ³ &#179; ³ superscript three = superscript digit three = cubed
&times; × &#215; × multiplication sign
&alefsym; &#8501; alef symbol = first transfinite cardinal (note)
&and; &#8743; logical and = wedge
&ang; &#8736; angle
&asymp; &#8776; almost equal to = asymptotic to
&cap; &#8745; intersection = cap
&cong; &#8773; approximately equal to
&cup; &#8746; union = cup
&empty; &#8709; empty set = null set = diameter
&equiv; &#8801; identical to
&exist; &#8707; there exists
&fnof; ƒ &#402; ƒ latin small f with hook = function = florin
&forall; &#8704; for all
&infin; &#8734; infinity
&int; &#8747; integral
&isin; &#8712; element of
&lang; &#9001; left-pointing angle bracket = bra (note)
&lceil; &#8968; left ceiling = apl upstile
&lfloor; &#8970; left floor = apl downstile
&lowast; &#8727; asterisk operator
&micro; µ &#181; µ micro sign
&nabla; &#8711; nabla = backward difference
&ne; &#8800; not equal to
&ni; &#8715; contains as member (note)
&notin; &#8713; not an element of
&nsub; &#8836; not a subset of
&oplus; &#8853; circled plus = direct sum
&or; &#8744; logical or = vee
&otimes; &#8855; circled times = vector product
&part; &#8706; partial differential
&perp; &#8869; up tack = orthogonal to = perpendicular
&plusmn; ± &#177; ± plus-minus sign = plus-or-minus sign
&prod; &#8719; n-ary product = product sign (note)
&prop; &#8733; proportional to
&radic; &#8730; square root = radical sign
&rang; &#9002; right-pointing angle bracket = ket (note)
&rceil; &#8969; right ceiling
&rfloor; &#8971; right floor
&sdot; &#8901; dot operator (note)
&sim; &#8764; tilde operator = varies with = similar to (note)
&sub; &#8834; subset of
&sube; &#8838; subset of or equal to
&sum; &#8721; n-ary sumation (note)
&sup; &#8835; superset of (note)
&supe; &#8839; superset of or equal to
&there4; &#8756; therefore
&Alpha; Α &#913; Α greek capital letter alpha
&alpha; α &#945; α greek small letter alpha
&Beta; Β &#914; Β greek capital letter beta
&beta; β &#946; β greek small letter beta
&Chi; Χ &#935; Χ greek capital letter chi
&chi; χ &#967; χ greek small letter chi
&Delta; Δ &#916; Δ greek capital letter delta
&delta; δ &#948; δ greek small letter delta
&Epsilon; Ε &#917; Ε greek capital letter epsilon
&epsilon; ε &#949; ε greek small letter epsilon
&Eta; Η &#919; Η greek capital letter eta
&eta; η &#951; η greek small letter eta
&Gamma; Γ &#915; Γ greek capital letter gamma
&gamma; γ &#947; γ greek small letter gamma
&Iota; Ι &#921; Ι greek capital letter iota
&iota; ι &#953; ι greek small letter iota
&Kappa; Κ &#922; Κ greek capital letter kappa
&kappa; κ &#954; κ greek small letter kappa
&Lambda; Λ &#923; Λ greek capital letter lambda
&lambda; λ &#955; λ greek small letter lambda
&Mu; Μ &#924; Μ greek capital letter mu
&mu; μ &#956; μ greek small letter mu
&Nu; Ν &#925; Ν greek capital letter nu
&nu; ν &#957; ν greek small letter nu
&Omega; Ω &#937; Ω greek capital letter omega
&omega; ω &#969; ω greek small letter omega
&Omicron; Ο &#927; Ο greek capital letter omicron
&omicron; ο &#959; ο greek small letter omicron
&Phi; Φ &#934; Φ greek capital letter phi
&phi; φ &#966; φ greek small letter phi
&Pi; Π &#928; Π greek capital letter pi
&pi; π &#960; π greek small letter pi
&piv; ϖ &#982; ϖ greek pi symbol
&Psi; Ψ &#936; Ψ greek capital letter psi
&psi; ψ &#968; ψ greek small letter psi
&Rho; Ρ &#929; Ρ greek capital letter rho
&rho; ρ &#961; ρ greek small letter rho
&Sigma; Σ &#931; Σ greek capital letter sigma
&sigma; σ &#963; σ greek small letter sigma
&sigmaf; ς &#962; ς greek small letter final sigma (note)
&Tau; Τ &#932; Τ greek capital letter tau
&tau; τ &#964; τ greek small letter tau
&Theta; Θ &#920; Θ greek capital letter theta
&theta; θ &#952; θ greek small letter theta
&thetasym; ϑ &#977; ϑ greek small letter theta symbol
&upsih; ϒ &#978; ϒ greek upsilon with hook symbol
&Upsilon; Υ &#933; Υ greek capital letter upsilon
&upsilon; υ &#965; υ greek small letter upsilon
&Xi; Ξ &#926; Ξ greek capital letter xi
&xi; ξ &#958; ξ greek small letter xi
&Zeta; Ζ &#918; Ζ greek capital letter zeta
&zeta; ζ &#950; ζ greek small letter zeta

 

 

Entities for shapes and arrows:

Entity Entity
Displayed
Number Number
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Description
&crarr; &#8629; downwards arrow with corner leftwards = carriage return
&darr; &#8595; downwards arrow
&dArr; &#8659; downwards double arrow
&harr; &#8596; left right arrow
&hArr; &#8660; left right double arrow
&larr; &#8592; leftwards arrow
&lArr; &#8656; leftwards double arrow (note)
&rarr; &#8594; rightwards arrow
&rArr; &#8658; rightwards double arrow (note)
&uarr; &#8593; upwards arrow
&uArr; &#8657; upwards double arrow
&clubs; &#9827; black club suit = shamrock
&diams; &#9830; black diamond suit
&hearts; &#9829; black heart suit = valentine
&spades; &#9824; black spade suit (note)
&loz; &#9674; lozenge

 

 

 

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Created on: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 by Andrew Sin