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HTML – Special Characters List
HTML Entities and/or ISO Latin-1 codes can be placed in source code like any other alphanumeric characters to produce special characters and symbols. You may not be able to enter certain symbols or characters into your web page using a single key or character.
While many similar lists are available on the Web, none for the standard character sets of different operating systems (e.g. Windows vs. Linux vs. Macintosh, etc.). This list should produce the same results on all platforms.
You should also use the Unicode character set, and define that in the head of your document:
Note that not all characters are supported by every browser. Some browsers may support the numeric reference without supporting the character entity reference, so be sure to test your HTML codes before you use them. The following list includes the HTML codes for many of the special character symbols used on Web pages.
| Special Character | HTML Entity | ISO Latin-1 code | Meaning of Character |
| – | – | – | en dash |
| — | — | — | em dash |
| ¡ | ¡ | ¡ | inverted exclamation |
| ¿ | ¿ | ¿ | inverted question mark |
| “ | " | " | quotation mark |
| “ | “ | “ | left double curly quote |
| ” | ” | ” | right double curly quote |
| ‘ | ' | apostrophe (single quote) | |
| ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | left single curly quote |
| ’ | ’ | ’ | right single curly quote |
| « | « | « | guillemets |
| » | » | » | guillemets |
| |   | non-breaking space | |
| & | & | & | ampersand |
| ¢ | ¢ | ¢ | cent |
| © | © | © | copyright |
| ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | divide |
| > | > | > | greater than |
| < | < | < | less than |
| µ | µ | µ | micron |
| · | · | · | middle dot |
| ¶ | ¶ | ¶ | pilcrow (paragraph sign) |
| ± | ± | ± | plus/minus |
| € | € | € | Euro |
| £ | £ | £ | British Pound Sterling |
| ® | ® | ® | registered |
| § | § | § | section |
| ™ | ™ | ™ | trademark |
| ¥ | ¥ | ¥ | Japanese Yen |
| á | á | á | lower-case “a” with acute accent |
| Á | Á | Á | upper-case “A” with acute accent |
| à | à | à | lower-case “a” with grave accent |
| À | À | À | upper-case “A” with grave accent |
| â | â | â | lower-case “a” with circumflex |
| Â | Â | Â | upper-case “A” with circumflex |
| å | å | å | lower-case “a” with ring |
| Å | Å | Å | upper-case “A” with ring |
| ã | ã | ã | lower-case “a” with tilde |
| Ã | Ã | Ã | upper-case “A” with tilde |
| ä | ä | ä | lower-case “a” with diaeresis/umlaut |
| Ä | Ä | Ä | upper-case “A” with diaeresis/umlaut |
| æ | æ | æ | lower-case “ae” ligature |
| Æ | Æ | Æ | upper-case “AE” ligature |
| ç | ç | ç | lower-case “c” with cedilla |
| Ç | Ç | Ç | upper-case “C” with cedilla |
| é | é | é | lower-case “e” with acute accent |
| É | É | É | upper-case “E” with acute accent |
| è | è | è | lower-case “e” with grave accent |
| È | È | È | upper-case “E” with grave accent |
| ê | ê | ê | lower-case “e” with circumflex |
| Ê | Ê | Ê | upper-case “E” with circumflex |
| ë | ë | ë | lower-case “e” with diaeresis/umlaut |
| Ë | Ë | Ë | upper-case “E” with diaeresis/umlaut |
| í | í | í | lower-case “i” with acute accent |
| Í | Í | Í | upper-case “I” with acute accent |
| ì | ì | ì | lower-case “i” with grave accent |
| Ì | Ì | Ì | upper-case “I” with grave accent |
| î | î | î | lower-case “i” with circumflex |
| Î | Î | Î | upper-case “I” with circumflex |
| ï | ï | ï | lower-case “i” with diaeresis/umlaut |
| Ï | Ï | Ï | upper-case “I” with diaeresis/umlaut |
| ñ | ñ | ñ | lower-case “n” with tilde |
| Ñ | Ñ | Ñ | upper-case “N” with tilde |
| ó | ó | ó | lower-case “o” with acute accent |
| Ó | Ó | Ó | upper-case “O” with acute accent |
| ò | ò | ò | lower-case “o” with grave accent |
| Ò | Ò | Ò | upper-case “O” with grave accent |
| ô | ô | ô | lower-case “o” with circumflex |
| Ô | Ô | Ô | upper-case “O” with circumflex |
| ø | ø | ø | lower-case “o” with slash |
| Ø | Ø | Ø | upper-case “O” with slash |
| õ | õ | õ | lower-case “o” with tilde |
| Õ | Õ | Õ | upper-case “O” with tilde |
| ö | ö | ö | lower-case “o” with diaeresis/umlaut |
| Ö | Ö | Ö | upper-case “O” with diaeresis/umlaut |
| ß | ß | ß | ess-tsett |
| ú | ú | ú | lower-case “u” with acute accent |
| Ú | Ú | Ú | upper-case “U” with acute accent |
| ù | ù | ù | lower-case “u” with grave accent |
| Ù | Ù | Ù | upper-case “U” with grave accent |
| û | û | û | lower-case “u” with circumflex |
| Û | Û | Û | upper-case “U” with circumflex |
| ü | ü | ü | lower-case “u” with diaeresis/umlaut |
| Ü | Ü | Ü | upper-case “U” with diaeresis/umlaut |
| ÿ | ÿ | ÿ | lower-case “y” with diaeresis/umlaut |
| ´ | ´ | acute accent with no letter | |
| ` | ` | grave accent/reversed apostrophe with no letter |
September 7, 2010
I used " and © a lot… Nice to know other entities as well. Thanks!
September 7, 2010
Your Welcome, We though it will be helpful putting out a collection of this HTML characters.
September 30, 2010
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November 26, 2010
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December 29, 2010
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