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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