HTML Symbols & Special Characters

HTML entities allow you to display special characters in web pages that would otherwise be interpreted as HTML code or are not available on standard keyboards. Each character can be represented using either a numeric entity (©) or a named entity (©).

Currency Symbols

Symbol Description HTML Number HTML Name ASCII
$ Dollar sign $ $ 36
€ Euro sign € 128
¢ Cent sign ¢ ¢ 162
£ Pound sign £ £ 163
¤ Currency sign ¤ ¤ 164
¥ Yen sign ¥ ¥ 165

Mathematical Symbols

Symbol Description HTML Number HTML Name ASCII
+ Plus sign + + 43
- Hyphen-minus - 45
< Less-than sign &#60; &lt; 60
= Equals sign &#61; &equals; 61
> Greater-than sign &#62; &gt; 62
± Plus-minus sign &#177; &plusmn; 177
¼ Vulgar fraction one quarter &#188; &frac14; 188
½ Vulgar fraction one half &#189; &frac12; 189
¾ Vulgar fraction three quarters &#190; &frac34; 190
× Multiplication sign &#215; &times; 215
÷ Division sign &#247; &divide; 247

Punctuation & Typography

Symbol Description HTML Number HTML Name ASCII
! Exclamation mark &#33; &excl; 33
" Double quotes &#34; &quot; 34
& Ampersand &#38; &amp; 38
' Single quote &#39; &apos; 39
, Comma &#44; &comma; 44
. Period, dot &#46; &period; 46
: Colon &#58; &colon; 58
; Semicolon &#59; &semi; 59
? Question mark &#63; &quest; 63
… Horizontal ellipsis &#133; 133
‘ Left single quotation mark &#145; 145
’ Right single quotation mark &#146; 146
“ Left double quotation mark &#147; 147
” Right double quotation mark &#148; 148
• Bullet &#149; 149
– En dash &#150; 150
— Em dash &#151; 151
¡ Inverted exclamation mark &#161; &iexcl; 161
« Left-pointing double angle quotation &#171; &laquo; 171
· Middle dot &#183; &middot; 183
» Right-pointing double angle quotation &#187; &raquo; 187
¿ Inverted question mark &#191; &iquest; 191

Legal & Intellectual Property

Symbol Description HTML Number HTML Name ASCII
™ Trade mark sign &#153; 153
© Copyright sign &#169; &copy; 169
® Registered sign &#174; &reg; 174

Latin Letters & Accents

Symbol Description HTML Number HTML Name ASCII
À A with grave &#192; &Agrave; 192
Á A with acute &#193; &Aacute; 193
 A with circumflex &#194; &Acirc; 194
à A with tilde &#195; &Atilde; 195
Ä A with diaeresis &#196; &Auml; 196
Å A with ring above &#197; &Aring; 197
Æ Latin capital letter AE &#198; &AElig; 198
Ç C with cedilla &#199; &Ccedil; 199
È E with grave &#200; &Egrave; 200
É E with acute &#201; &Eacute; 201
Ê E with circumflex &#202; &Ecirc; 202
Ë E with diaeresis &#203; &Euml; 203
Ì I with grave &#204; &Igrave; 204
Í I with acute &#205; &Iacute; 205
Î I with circumflex &#206; &Icirc; 206
Ï I with diaeresis &#207; &Iuml; 207
Ð Latin capital letter Eth &#208; &ETH; 208
Ñ N with tilde &#209; &Ntilde; 209
Ò O with grave &#210; &Ograve; 210
Ó O with acute &#211; &Oacute; 211
Ô O with circumflex &#212; &Ocirc; 212
Õ O with tilde &#213; &Otilde; 213
Ö O with diaeresis &#214; &Ouml; 214
Ø O with stroke &#216; &Oslash; 216
Ù U with grave &#217; &Ugrave; 217
Ú U with acute &#218; &Uacute; 218
Û U with circumflex &#219; &Ucirc; 219
Ü U with diaeresis &#220; &Uuml; 220
Ý Y with acute &#221; &Yacute; 221
Þ Latin capital letter Thorn &#222; &THORN; 222
ß Latin small letter sharp s &#223; &szlig; 223
à a with grave &#224; &agrave; 224
á a with acute &#225; &aacute; 225
â a with circumflex &#226; &acirc; 226
ã a with tilde &#227; &atilde; 227
ä a with diaeresis &#228; &auml; 228
å a with ring above &#229; &aring; 229
æ Latin small letter ae &#230; &aelig; 230
ç c with cedilla &#231; &ccedil; 231
è e with grave &#232; &egrave; 232
é e with acute &#233; &eacute; 233
ê e with circumflex &#234; &ecirc; 234
ë e with diaeresis &#235; &euml; 235
ì i with grave &#236; &igrave; 236
í i with acute &#237; &iacute; 237
î i with circumflex &#238; &icirc; 238
ï i with diaeresis &#239; &iuml; 239
ð Latin small letter eth &#240; &eth; 240
ñ n with tilde &#241; &ntilde; 241
ò o with grave &#242; &ograve; 242
ó o with acute &#243; &oacute; 243
ô o with circumflex &#244; &ocirc; 244
õ o with tilde &#245; &otilde; 245
ö o with diaeresis &#246; &ouml; 246
ø o with stroke &#248; &oslash; 248
ù u with grave &#249; &ugrave; 249
ú u with acute &#250; &uacute; 250
û u with circumflex &#251; &ucirc; 251
ü u with diaeresis &#252; &uuml; 252
ý y with acute &#253; &yacute; 253
þ Latin small letter thorn &#254; &thorn; 254
ÿ y with diaeresis &#255; &yuml; 255

Other Symbols

Symbol Description HTML Number HTML Name ASCII
Space &#32; &nbsp; 32
# Number sign &#35; &num; 35
% Percent sign &#37; &percnt; 37
( Opening parenthesis &#40; &lparen; 40
) Closing parenthesis &#41; &rparen; 41
* Asterisk &#42; &ast; 42
/ Slash &#47; &sol; 47
@ At sign &#64; &commat; 64
[ Opening bracket &#91; &lsqb; 91
\ Backslash &#92; &bsol; 92
] Closing bracket &#93; &rsqb; 93
^ Caret &#94; &Hat; 94
_ Underscore &#95; &lowbar; 95
` Grave accent &#96; &grave; 96
{ Opening brace &#123; &lbrace; 123
| Vertical bar &#124; &vert; 124
} Closing brace &#125; &rbrace; 125
~ Tilde &#126; &tilde; 126
  Non-breaking space &#160; &nbsp; 160
¦ Broken bar &#166; &brvbar; 166
§ Section sign &#167; &sect; 167
¨ Diaeresis &#168; &uml; 168
ª Feminine ordinal indicator &#170; &ordf; 170
¬ Not sign &#172; &not; 172
­ Soft hyphen &#173; &shy; 173
¯ Macron &#175; &macr; 175
° Degree sign &#176; &deg; 176
² Superscript two &#178; &sup2; 178
³ Superscript three &#179; &sup3; 179
´ Acute accent &#180; &acute; 180
µ Micro sign &#181; &micro; 181
Pilcrow sign &#182; &para; 182
¸ Cedilla &#184; &cedil; 184
¹ Superscript one &#185; &sup1; 185
º Masculine ordinal indicator &#186; &ordm; 186