Character Entity References in HTML 4 and XHTML 1.0
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Special HTML character entities for symbols
Separators | ||||
html code: | | Standard space character, separator | ||
  | Thin space character | |||
html code: |   | A bit wider space character | ||
  | Wide space character | |||
— | html code: | — | Long minus, long dash, hyphen, — | |
⁄ | ⁄ | Fraction slash, solidus character |
Just some | ||||
… | html code: | … | Ellipsis, ellipses, three dots, etc, etcetera, et cetera, many dots, dot-dot-dot, dot dot dot. Alt code: 0133 | |
æ | html code: | æ | Ash tree, aesc, ae, ea | |
& | & | And sign | ||
° | html code: | ° | Degree sign | |
№ | № | Number sign, № | ||
™ | html code: | ™ | Trade mark sign | |
© | © | Copyright sign | ||
® | html code: | ® | Registered sign | |
@ | @ | Dog, At sign, @ | ||
† | html code: | † | Dagger, cross, † | |
‡ | ‡ | Double-sided dagger, double dagger, ‡ | ||
§ | html code: | § | Paragraph, section sign | |
# | # | Number sign, sharp character, # | ||
μ | html code: | μ | Mu sign | |
Θ | Θ | Greek capital theta sign | ||
¤ | html code: | ¤ | Current sign, coin sign |
Braces | ||||
< | html code: | < | Tag opening, less than sign, angle quotes | |
> | > | Tag closing, more than sign, angle quotes | ||
[ | html code: | [ | Square opening brace, [ | |
] | ] | Square closing brace, ] | ||
( | html code: | ( | Left parenthesis, round opening brackets, comment starting, ( | |
) | ) | Right parenthesis, round closing brackets, comment ening, ) | ||
{ | html code: | { | Left curly brace, { | |
} | } | Right curly brace, } |
Brackets | ||||
′ | html code: | ′ | Standard quotation marks, prime sign | |
“ | " | Quotation (Citate) marks sign | ||
‘ | html code: | ‘ | Opening quotation mark sign, ‘ | |
’ | ’ | Closing quotation mark, apostrophe sign, ’ | ||
‹ | html code: | ‹ | Citate opening sign, angle quotes | |
› | › | Citate closing, angle quotes | ||
« | html code: | « | Guillemets, rewind, angle quotes open sign | |
» | » | Guillemets, fast forward, angle quotes cloe sign |
Currency symbols | ||||
$ | html code: | $ | USD, Dollar sign, Bucks sign, $ | |
€ | € | EUR, Euro sign, € | ||
£ | html code: | £ | GBP, English, Pound sign | |
¥ | ¥ | JPY, Yen sign | ||
¢ | html code: | ¢ | Cent sign |
Cards game signs | ||||
◊ | html code: | ◊ | Rhombus, Rombus, Lozenge card character | |
♦ | ♦ | Diams card character. In notepad: Alt + Num Pad 4 with Num Pad ‘unlocked’. ALT + #4 | ||
♠ | html code: | ♠ | Spades card character. In notepad: Alt + Num Pad 6 with Num Pad ‘unlocked’. ALT + #6 | |
♣ | ♣ | Shamrock, Clubs card character. In notepad: Alt + Num Pad 5 with Num Pad ‘unlocked’. ALT + #5 | ||
♥ | html code: | ♥ | Valentine, love, Hearts card character. In notepad: Alt + Num Pad 3 with Num Pad ‘unlocked’. ALT + #3 |
Arrow characters | ||||
↵ | html code: | ↵ | Carriege return, cursor point to begin, new line, line break | |
← | ← | Left arrow | ||
→ | html code: | → | Right arrow | |
↔ | ↔ | Two-sided arrow, double-sided arrow, double sided arrow | ||
↑ | html code: | ↑ | Up arrow | |
↓ | ↓ | Down arrow | ||
⇐ | html code: | ⇐ | Left double arrow | |
⇒ | ⇒ | Right double arrow | ||
⇔ | html code: | ⇔ | Two sided double arrow, double sided double arrow | |
⇓ | ⇓ | Down double arrow | ||
⇑ | html code: | ⇑ | Up double arrow |
Frequently used maths signs | ||||
Δ | html code: | Δ | Change, triangle up, delta character | |
∇ | ∇ | Nabla character, triangle down, harp, upside-down delta, upside-down triangle | ||
ƒ | html code: | ƒ | Function sign | |
π | π | Pi sign | ||
± | html code: | ± | Plus-minus, plus minus | |
÷ | ÷ | Divide, devide, calc divide sign | ||
× | html code: | × | Times, multiply sign, calc multiply | |
¹ | ¹ | First degree of the polynomial, 1-st degree sign | ||
² | html code: | ² | Second degree of the polynomial, 2-nd degree, square sign | |
³ | ³ | Third degree of the polynomial, 3-rd degree, cobe sign | ||
½ | html code: | ½ | Half, division by 2, devision by 2, 1/2 sign | |
¼ | ¼ | One Forth, division by 4, devision by 4, 1/4 sign | ||
¾ | html code: | ¾ | 3/4 sign |
Maths symbols | ||||
≤ | html code: | ≤ | Less or equal, less-equal, not more sign | |
≥ | ≥ | More or equal, more-equal, not less sign | ||
· | html code: | · | Middle dot, bullet, interpunct. In notepad: Alt + Num Pad 7 with Num Pad ‘unlocked’. ALT + #7 (reversed colors – #8) | |
∏ | ∏ | Product, multiply function | ||
∑ | html code: | ∑ | Sum, summary, altogether, sigma sign | |
− | − | Minus, small hyphen | ||
√ | html code: | √ | Square root, Yes, Accepted | |
∞ | ∞ | Infinity | ||
∠ | html code: | ∠ | Angle | |
∼ | ∼ | Similar, approximate sign | ||
∈ | html code: | ∈ | Is in, in set, inside |
Symbols from advanced maths | ||||
∝ | html code: | ∝ | Proportional | |
≈ | ≈ | Asymptotic, similar, approximate sign | ||
∫ | html code: | ∫ | Integral | |
∀ | ∀ | For all, Forall, every | ||
∃ | html code: | ∃ | Exists sign, at least one | |
∂ | ∂ | Part of | ||
∅ | html code: | ∅ | Empty, latin o slash. Ø – Ø | |
∉ | ∉ | Not in set sign | ||
∩ | html code: | ∩ | In both sets | |
∪ | ∪ | Summarize sets, summary set | ||
‰ | html code: | ‰ | Permil, per mile, permile, promille | |
∴ | ∴ | Therefore sign | ||
⊥ | html code: | ⊥ | Perpendecular, 90 degrees |
All characters are supported by Firefox browser. * Some (mostly of advanced maths) characters aren’t supported by a few versions of Internet Explorer.
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