HTML Escape Sequences

General Symbols

Result

Description

Entity Name

  non-breaking space  
euro €
¢ cent ¢
£ pound £
¥ yen ¥
© copyright ©
® registered trademark ®
trademark ™
' quotation mark "
" apostrophe  ' (do not use ' It does not work in Microsoft Internet Explorer)
& ampersand &
¡ inverted exclamation mark ¡
¤ currency ¤
¦ broken vertical bar ¦
§ section §
¨ spacing diaeresis ¨
ª feminine ordinal indicator ª
¬ negation ¬
­ soft hyphen ­
¯ spacing macron ¯
² superscript 2 ²
³ superscript 3 ³
´ spacing acute ´
µ micro µ
paragraph ¶
· middle dot ·
¸ spacing cedilla ¸
¹ superscript 1 ¹
º masculine ordinal indicator º
¿ inverted question mark ¿

Mathematical Symbols

Result

Description

Entity Name

minus sign −
× multiplication ×
÷ division ÷
± plus-or-minus  ±
square root = radical sign √
infinity ∞
intersection = cap ∩
integral ∫
almost equal to = asymptotic to ≈
not equal to ≠
identical to ≡
less-than or equal to ≤
greater-than or equal to ≥
< less-than &lt;
> greater-than &gt;
« angle quotation mark (left) &laquo;
» angle quotation mark (right) &raquo;
¼ fraction 1/4 &frac14;
½ fraction 1/2 &frac12;
¾ fraction 3/4 &frac34;
° degree &deg;
ƒ Latin small f with hook
= function
= florin
&fnof;
α Greek small letter alpha &alpha;
β Greek small letter beta &beta;
γ Greek small letter gamma &gamma;
δ Greek small letter delta &delta;
ε Greek small letter epsilon &epsilon;
ζ Greek small letter zeta &zeta;
η Greek small letter eta &eta;
θ Greek small letter theta &theta;
ι Greek small letter iota &iota;
κ Greek small letter kappa &kappa;
λ Greek small letter lambda &lambda;
μ Greek small letter mu &mu;
ν Greek small letter nu &nu;
ξ Greek small letter xi &xi;
ο Greek small letter omicron &omicron;
π Greek small letter pi &pi;
ρ Greek small letter rho &rho;
ς Greek small letter final sigma &sigmaf;
σ Greek small letter sigma &sigma;
τ Greek small letter tau &tau;
υ Greek small letter upsilon &upsilon;
φ Greek small letter phi &phi;
χ Greek small letter chi &chi;
ψ Greek small letter psi &psi;
ω Greek small letter omega &omega;
Γ Greek capital letter gamma &Gamma;
Δ Greek capital letter delta &Delta;
Λ Greek capital letter lambda &Lambda;
Ξ Greek capital letter xi &Xi;
Π Greek capital letter pi &Pi;
Σ Greek capital letter sigma &Sigma;
Φ Greek capital letter phi &Phi;
Ψ Greek capital letter psi &Psi;
Ω Greek capital letter omega &Omega;
fraction slash &frasl;
partial differential &part;
n-ary product = product sign &prod;
n-ary sumation &sum;
prime = minutes = feet &prime;
double prime = seconds = inches &Prime;
leftwards arrow &larr;
upwards arrow &uarr;
rightwards arrow &rarr;
downwards arrow &darr;
left right arrow &harr;

Non-English Characters

Result

Description

Entity Name

À capital a, grave accent &Agrave;
Á capital a, acute accent &Aacute;
 capital a, circumflex accent &Acirc;
à capital a, tilde &Atilde;
Ä capital a, umlaut mark &Auml;
Å capital a, ring &Aring;
Æ capital ae &AElig;
Ç capital c, cedilla &Ccedil;
È capital e, grave accent &Egrave;
É capital e, acute accent &Eacute;
Ê capital e, circumflex accent &Ecirc;
Ë capital e, umlaut mark &Euml;
Ì capital i, grave accent &Igrave;
Í capital i, acute accent &Iacute;
Î capital i, circumflex accent &Icirc;
Ï capital i, umlaut mark &Iuml;
Ð capital eth, Icelandic &ETH;
Ñ capital n, tilde &Ntilde;
Ò capital o, grave accent &Ograve;
Ó capital o, acute accent &Oacute;
Ô capital o, circumflex accent &Ocirc;
Õ capital o, tilde &Otilde;
Ö capital o, umlaut mark &Ouml;
Ø capital o, slash &Oslash;
Ù capital u, grave accent &Ugrave;
Ú capital u, acute accent &Uacute;
Û capital u, circumflex accent &Ucirc;
Ü capital u, umlaut mark &Uuml;
Ý capital y, acute accent &Yacute;
Þ capital THORN, Icelandic &THORN;
ß small sharp s, German &szlig;
à small a, grave accent &agrave;
á small a, acute accent &aacute;
â small a, circumflex accent &acirc;
ã small a, tilde &atilde;
ä small a, umlaut mark &auml;
å small a, ring &aring;
æ small ae &aelig;
ç small c, cedilla &ccedil;
è small e, grave accent &egrave;
é small e, acute accent &eacute;
ê small e, circumflex accent &ecirc;
ë small e, umlaut mark &euml;
ì small i, grave accent &igrave;
í small i, acute accent &iacute;
î small i, circumflex accent &icirc;
ï small i, umlaut mark &iuml;
ð small eth, Icelandic &eth;
ñ small n, tilde &ntilde;
ò small o, grave accent &ograve;
ó small o, acute accent &oacute;
ô small o, circumflex accent &ocirc;
õ small o, tilde &otilde;
ö small o, umlaut mark &ouml;
ø small o, slash &oslash;
ù small u, grave accent &ugrave;
ú small u, acute accent &uacute;
û small u, circumflex accent &ucirc;
ü small u, umlaut mark &uuml;
ý small y, acute accent &yacute;
þ small thorn, Icelandic &thorn;
ÿ small y, umlaut mark &yuml;

Some Other HTML Escape Sequences

Result

Description

Entity Name

black spade suit &spades;
black club suit = shamrock &clubs;
black heart suit = valentine &hearts;
black diamond suit &diams;
lozenge &loz;
Œ capital ligature OE &OElig;
œ small ligature oe &oelig;
Š capital S with caron &Scaron;
š small S with caron &scaron;
Ÿ capital Y with diaeres &Yuml;
ˆ modifier letter circumflex accent &circ;
˜ small tilde &tilde;
zero width non-joiner &zwnj;
zero width joiner &zwj;
left-to-right mark &lrm;
right-to-left mark &rlm;
en space &ensp;
em space &emsp;
thin space &thinsp;
en dash &ndash;
em dash &mdash;
left single quotation mark &lsquo;
right single quotation mark &rsquo;
single low-9 quotation mark &sbquo;
left double quotation mark &ldquo;
right double quotation mark &rdquo;
double low-9 quotation mark &bdquo;
dagger &dagger;
double dagger &Dagger;
horizontal ellipsis &hellip;
per mille  &permil;
single left-pointing angle quotation &lsaquo;
single right-pointing angle quotation &rsaquo;
bullet = black small circle &bull;
horizontal ellipsis = three dot leader &hellip;
overline = spacing overscore &oline;
 
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