Andrew Greensted (Modified: 17 June 2008)
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Symbol Reference

The following tables include character references for use in web pages. The content is taken from the official HTML entity reference.

Note: Depending on your browser, and the fonts you have installed, some characters may not appear.

• Using Symbols

Symbols may be included into a webpage using either the name or numeric reference. For example, the copy symbol, ©, can be included in a page as follows:

<html>
This is a &copy; symbol<br>
So is this &#169;
</html>

This is a © symbol
So is this ©

• ISO 8859-1 Characters

nbsp			no-break space, non-breaking space
iexcl	¡	¡	inverted exclamation mark
cent	¢	¢	cent sign
pound	£	£	pound sign
curren	¤	¤	currency sign
yen	¥	¥	yen sign = yuan sign
brvbar	¦	¦	broken bar = broken vertical bar
sect	§	§	section sign
uml	¨	¨	diaeresis = spacing diaeresis
copy	©	©	copyright sign
ordf	ª	ª	feminine ordinal indicator
laquo	«	«	left-pointing double angle quotation mark
not	¬	¬	not sign
shy			soft hyphen = discretionary hyphen
reg	®	®	registered sign = registered trade mark sign
macr	¯	¯	macron = spacing macron = overline
deg	°	°	degree sign
plusmn	±	±	plus-minus sign = plus-or-minus sign
sup2	²	²	superscript two = superscript digit two
sup3	³	³	superscript three = superscript digit three
acute	´	´	acute accent = spacing acute
micro	µ	µ	micro sign
para	¶	¶	pilcrow sign = paragraph sign
middot	·	·	middle dot = Georgian comma
cedil	¸	¸	cedilla = spacing cedilla
sup1	¹	¹	superscript one = superscript digit one
ordm	º	º	masculine ordinal indicator
raquo	»	»	right-pointing double angle quotation mark
frac14	¼	¼	vulgar fraction one quarter
frac12	½	½	vulgar fraction one half
frac34	¾	¾	vulgar fraction three quarters
iquest	¿	¿	inverted question mark
Agrave	À	À	latin capital letter A with grave
Aacute	Á	Á	latin capital letter A with acute
Acirc	Â	Â	latin capital letter A with circumflex
Atilde	Ã	Ã	latin capital letter A with tilde
Auml	Ä	Ä	latin capital letter A with diaeresis
Aring	Å	Å	latin capital letter A with ring above
AElig	Æ	Æ	latin capital letter AE
Ccedil	Ç	Ç	latin capital letter C with cedilla
Egrave	È	È	latin capital letter E with grave
Eacute	É	É	latin capital letter E with acute
Ecirc	Ê	Ê	latin capital letter E with circumflex
Euml	Ë	Ë	latin capital letter E with diaeresis
Igrave	Ì	Ì	latin capital letter I with grave
Iacute	Í	Í	latin capital letter I with acute
Icirc	Î	Î	latin capital letter I with circumflex
Iuml	Ï	Ï	latin capital letter I with diaeresis
ETH	Ð	Ð	latin capital letter ETH
Ntilde	Ñ	Ñ	latin capital letter N with tilde
Ograve	Ò	Ò	latin capital letter O with grave
Oacute	Ó	Ó	latin capital letter O with acute
Ocirc	Ô	Ô	latin capital letter O with circumflex
Otilde	Õ	Õ	latin capital letter O with tilde
Ouml	Ö	Ö	latin capital letter O with diaeresis
times	×	×	multiplication sign
Oslash	Ø	Ø	latin capital letter O with stroke
Ugrave	Ù	Ù	latin capital letter U with grave
Uacute	Ú	Ú	latin capital letter U with acute
Ucirc	Û	Û	latin capital letter U with circumflex
Uuml	Ü	Ü	latin capital letter U with diaeresis
Yacute	Ý	Ý	latin capital letter Y with acute
THORN	Þ	Þ	latin capital letter THORN
szlig	ß	ß	latin small letter sharp s = ess-zed
agrave	à	à	latin small letter a with grave
aacute	á	á	latin small letter a with acute
acirc	â	â	latin small letter a with circumflex
atilde	ã	ã	latin small letter a with tilde
auml	ä	ä	latin small letter a with diaeresis
aring	å	å	latin small letter a with ring above
aelig	æ	æ	latin small letter ae
ccedil	ç	ç	latin small letter c with cedilla
egrave	è	è	latin small letter e with grave
eacute	é	é	latin small letter e with acute
ecirc	ê	ê	latin small letter e with circumflex
euml	ë	ë	latin small letter e with diaeresis
igrave	ì	ì	latin small letter i with grave
iacute	í	í	latin small letter i with acute
icirc	î	î	latin small letter i with circumflex
iuml	ï	ï	latin small letter i with diaeresis
eth	ð	ð	latin small letter eth
ntilde	ñ	ñ	latin small letter n with tilde
ograve	ò	ò	latin small letter o with grave
oacute	ó	ó	latin small letter o with acute
ocirc	ô	ô	latin small letter o with circumflex
otilde	õ	õ	latin small letter o with tilde
ouml	ö	ö	latin small letter o with diaeresis
divide	÷	÷	division sign
oslash	ø	ø	latin small letter o with stroke
ugrave	ù	ù	latin small letter u with grave
uacute	ú	ú	latin small letter u with acute
ucirc	û	û	latin small letter u with circumflex
uuml	ü	ü	latin small letter u with diaeresis
yacute	ý	ý	latin small letter y with acute
thorn	þ	þ	latin small letter thorn
yuml	ÿ	ÿ	latin small letter y with diaeresis

• Mathematical Symbols, and Greek Letters

fnof	ƒ	ƒ	latin small f with hook = function
Alpha	Α	Α	greek capital letter alpha
Beta	Β	Β	greek capital letter beta
Gamma	Γ	Γ	greek capital letter gamma
Delta	Δ	Δ	greek capital letter delta
Epsilon	Ε	Ε	greek capital letter epsilon
Zeta	Ζ	Ζ	greek capital letter zeta
Eta	Η	Η	greek capital letter eta
Theta	Θ	Θ	greek capital letter theta
Iota	Ι	Ι	greek capital letter iota
Kappa	Κ	Κ	greek capital letter kappa
Lambda	Λ	Λ	greek capital letter lambda
Mu	Μ	Μ	greek capital letter mu
Nu	Ν	Ν	greek capital letter nu
Xi	Ξ	Ξ	greek capital letter xi
Omicron	Ο	Ο	greek capital letter omicron
Pi	Π	Π	greek capital letter pi
Rho	Ρ	Ρ	greek capital letter rho
Sigma	Σ	Σ	greek capital letter sigma
Tau	Τ	Τ	greek capital letter tau
Upsilon	Υ	Υ	greek capital letter upsilon
Phi	Φ	Φ	greek capital letter phi
Chi	Χ	Χ	greek capital letter chi
Psi	Ψ	Ψ	greek capital letter psi
Omega	Ω	Ω	greek capital letter omega
alpha	α	α	greek small letter alpha
beta	β	β	greek small letter beta
gamma	γ	γ	greek small letter gamma
delta	δ	δ	greek small letter delta
epsilon	ε	ε	greek small letter epsilon
zeta	ζ	ζ	greek small letter zeta
eta	η	η	greek small letter eta
theta	θ	θ	greek small letter theta
iota	ι	ι	greek small letter iota
kappa	κ	κ	greek small letter kappa
lambda	λ	λ	greek small letter lambda
mu	μ	μ	greek small letter mu
nu	ν	ν	greek small letter nu
xi	ξ	ξ	greek small letter xi
omicron	ο	ο	greek small letter omicron
pi	π	π	greek small letter pi
rho	ρ	ρ	greek small letter rho
sigmaf	ς	ς	greek small letter final sigma
sigma	σ	σ	greek small letter sigma
tau	τ	τ	greek small letter tau
upsilon	υ	υ	greek small letter upsilon
phi	φ	φ	greek small letter phi
chi	χ	χ	greek small letter chi
psi	ψ	ψ	greek small letter psi
omega	ω	ω	greek small letter omega
thetasym	ϑ	ϑ	greek small letter theta symbol
upsih	ϒ	ϒ	greek upsilon with hook symbol
piv	ϖ	ϖ	greek pi symbol
bull	•	•	bullet = black small circle
hellip	…	…	horizontal ellipsis = three dot leader
prime	′	′	prime = minutes = feet
Prime	″	″	double prime = seconds = inches
oline	‾	‾	overline = spacing overscore
frasl	⁄	⁄	fraction slash
weierp	℘	℘	script capital P = power set
image	ℑ	ℑ	blackletter capital I = imaginary part
real	ℜ	ℜ	blackletter capital R = real part symbol
trade	™	™	trade mark sign
alefsym	ℵ	ℵ	alef symbol = first transfinite cardinal
larr	←	←	leftwards arrow
uarr	↑	↑	upwards arrow
rarr	→	→	rightwards arrow
darr	↓	↓	downwards arrow
harr	↔	↔	left right arrow
crarr	↵	↵	downwards arrow with corner leftwards
lArr	⇐	⇐	leftwards double arrow
uArr	⇑	⇑	upwards double arrow
rArr	⇒	⇒	rightwards double arrow
dArr	⇓	⇓	downwards double arrow
hArr	⇔	⇔	left right double arrow
forall	∀	∀	for all
part	∂	∂	partial differential
exist	∃	∃	there exists
empty	∅	∅	empty set = null set = diameter
nabla	∇	∇	nabla = backward difference
isin	∈	∈	element of
notin	∉	∉	not an element of
ni	∋	∋	contains as member
prod	∏	∏	n-ary product = product sign
sum	∑	∑	n-ary sumation
minus	−	−	minus sign
lowast	∗	∗	asterisk operator
radic	√	√	square root = radical sign
prop	∝	∝	proportional to
infin	∞	∞	infinity
ang	∠	∠	angle
and	∧	∧	logical and = wedge
or	∨	∨	logical or = vee
cap	∩	∩	intersection = cap
cup	∪	∪	union = cup
int	∫	∫	integral
there4	∴	∴	therefore
sim	∼	∼	tilde operator = varies with = similar to
cong	≅	≅	approximately equal to
asymp	≈	≈	almost equal to = asymptotic to
ne	≠	≠	not equal to
equiv	≡	≡	identical to
le	≤	≤	less-than or equal to
ge	≥	≥	greater-than or equal to
sub	⊂	⊂	subset of
sup	⊃	⊃	superset of
nsub	⊄	⊄	not a subset of
sube	⊆	⊆	subset of or equal to
supe	⊇	⊇	superset of or equal to
oplus	⊕	⊕	circled plus = direct sum
otimes	⊗	⊗	circled times = vector product
perp	⊥	⊥	up tack = orthogonal to = perpendicular
sdot	⋅	⋅	dot operator
lceil	⌈	⌈	left ceiling = apl upstile
rceil	⌉	⌉	right ceiling
lfloor	⌊	⌊	left floor = apl downstile
rfloor	⌋	⌋	right floor
lang	〈	〈	left-pointing angle bracket = bra
rang	〉	〉	right-pointing angle bracket = ket
loz	◊	◊	lozenge
spades	♠	♠	black spade suit
clubs	♣	♣	black club suit = shamrock
hearts	♥	♥	black heart suit = valentine
diams	♦	♦	black diamond suit

• Markup-significant and Internationalization Characters

quot	"	"	quotation mark = APL quote
amp	&	&	ampersand
lt	<	<	less-than sign
gt	>	>	greater-than sign
OElig	Œ	Œ	latin capital ligature OE
oelig	œ	œ	latin small ligature oe
Scaron	Š	Š	latin capital letter S with caron
scaron	š	š	latin small letter s with caron
Yuml	Ÿ	Ÿ	latin capital letter Y with diaeresis
circ	ˆ	ˆ	modifier letter circumflex accent
tilde	˜	˜	small tilde
ensp			en space
emsp			em space
thinsp			thin space
zwnj	‌	‌	zero width non-joiner
zwj	‍	‍	zero width joiner
lrm	‎	‎	left-to-right mark
rlm	‏	‏	right-to-left mark
ndash	–	–	en dash
mdash	—	—	em dash
lsquo	‘	‘	left single quotation mark
rsquo	’	’	right single quotation mark
sbquo	‚	‚	single low-9 quotation mark
ldquo	“	“	left double quotation mark
rdquo	”	”	right double quotation mark
bdquo	„	„	double low-9 quotation mark
dagger	†	†	dagger
Dagger	‡	‡	double dagger
permil	‰	‰	per mille sign
lsaquo	‹	‹	single left-pointing angle quotation mark
rsaquo	›	›	single right-pointing angle quotation mark
euro	€	€	euro sign