HTML Tutorial - HTML Encoding

Reserved Characters List

Character	Entity Number	Entity Name	Description
"	"	"	quotation mark
'	'	'	apostrophe
&	&	&	ampersand
<	<	<	less-than
>	>	>	greater-than

Table of ISO 8859-1 Symbols

Character	Entity Number	Entity Name	Description
			non-breaking space
¡	¡	¡	inverted exclamation mark
¢	¢	¢	cent
£	£	£	pound
¤	¤	¤	currency
¥	¥	¥	yen
¦	¦	¦	broken vertical bar
§	§	§	section
¨	¨	¨	spacing diaeresis
©	©	©	copyright
ª	ª	ª	feminine ordinal indicator
«	«	«	angle quotation mark (left)
¬	¬	¬	negation
			soft hyphen
®	®	®	registered trademark
¯	¯	¯	spacing macron
°	°	°	degree
±	±	±	plus-or-minus
²	²	²	superscript 2
³	³	³	superscript 3
´	´	´	spacing acute
µ	µ	µ	micro
¶	¶	¶	paragraph
·	·	·	middle dot
¸	¸	¸	spacing cedilla
¹	¹	¹	superscript 1
º	º	º	masculine ordinal indicator
»	»	»	angle quotation mark (right)
¼	¼	¼	fraction 1/4
½	½	½	fraction 1/2
¾	¾	¾	fraction 3/4
¿	¿	¿	inverted question mark
×	×	×	multiplication
÷	÷	÷	division

ISO 8859-1 Characters

Character	Entity Number	Entity Name	Description
À	À	À	capital a, grave accent
Á	Á	Á	capital a, acute accent
Â	Â	Â	capital a, circumflex accent
Ã	Ã	Ã	capital a, tilde
Ä	Ä	Ä	capital a, umlaut mark
Å	Å	Å	capital a, ring
Æ	Æ	Æ	capital ae
Ç	Ç	Ç	capital c, cedilla
È	È	È	capital e, grave accent
É	É	É	capital e, acute accent
Ê	Ê	Ê	capital e, circumflex accent
Ë	Ë	Ë	capital e, umlaut mark
Ì	Ì	Ì	capital i, grave accent
Í	Í	Í	capital i, acute accent
Î	Î	Î	capital i, circumflex accent
Ï	Ï	Ï	capital i, umlaut mark
Ð	Ð	Ð	capital eth, Icelandic
Ñ	Ñ	Ñ	capital n, tilde
Ò	Ò	Ò	capital o, grave accent
Ó	Ó	Ó	capital o, acute accent
Ô	Ô	Ô	capital o, circumflex accent
Õ	Õ	Õ	capital o, tilde
Ö	Ö	Ö	capital o, umlaut mark
Ø	Ø	Ø	capital o, slash
Ù	Ù	Ù	capital u, grave accent
Ú	Ú	Ú	capital u, acute accent
Û	Û	Û	capital u, circumflex accent
Ü	Ü	Ü	capital u, umlaut mark
Ý	Ý	Ý	capital y, acute accent
Þ	Þ	Þ	capital THORN, Icelandic
ß	ß	ß	small sharp s, German
à	à	à	small a, grave accent
á	á	á	small a, acute accent
â	â	â	small a, circumflex accent
ã	ã	ã	small a, tilde
ä	ä	ä	small a, umlaut mark
å	å	å	small a, ring
æ	æ	æ	small ae
ç	ç	ç	small c, cedilla
è	è	è	small e, grave accent
é	é	é	small e, acute accent
ê	ê	ê	small e, circumflex accent
ë	ë	ë	small e, umlaut mark
ì	ì	ì	small i, grave accent
í	í	í	small i, acute accent
î	î	î	small i, circumflex accent
ï	ï	ï	small i, umlaut mark
ð	ð	ð	small eth, Icelandic
ñ	ñ	ñ	small n, tilde
ò	ò	ò	small o, grave accent
ó	ó	ó	small o, acute accent
ô	ô	ô	small o, circumflex accent
õ	õ	õ	small o, tilde
ö	ö	ö	small o, umlaut mark
ø	ø	ø	small o, slash
ù	ù	ù	small u, grave accent
ú	ú	ú	small u, acute accent
û	û	û	small u, circumflex accent
ü	ü	ü	small u, umlaut mark
ý	ý	ý	small y, acute accent
þ	þ	þ	small thorn, Icelandic
ÿ	ÿ	ÿ	small y, umlaut mark

Greek Letters in HTML

Character	Entity Number	Entity Name	Description
Α	Α	Α	Alpha
Β	Β	Β	Beta
Γ	Γ	Γ	Gamma
Δ	Δ	Δ	Delta
Ε	Ε	Ε	Epsilon
Ζ	Ζ	Ζ	Zeta
Η	Η	Η	Eta
Θ	Θ	Θ	Theta
Ι	Ι	Ι	Iota
Κ	Κ	Κ	Kappa
Λ	Λ	Λ	Lambda
Μ	Μ	Μ	Mu
Ν	Ν	Ν	Nu
Ξ	Ξ	Ξ	Xi
Ο	Ο	Ο	Omicron
Π	Π	Π	Pi
Ρ	Ρ	Ρ	Rho
	undefined		Sigmaf
Σ	Σ	Σ	Sigma
Τ	Τ	Τ	Tau
Υ	Υ	Υ	Upsilon
Φ	Φ	Φ	Phi
Χ	Χ	Χ	Chi
Ψ	Ψ	Ψ	Psi
Ω	Ω	Ω	Omega
α	α	α	alpha
β	β	β	beta
γ	γ	γ	gamma
δ	δ	δ	delta
ε	ε	ε	epsilon
ζ	ζ	ζ	zeta
η	η	η	eta
θ	θ	θ	theta
ι	ι	ι	iota
κ	κ	κ	kappa
λ	λ	λ	lambda
μ	μ	μ	mu
ν	ν	ν	nu
ξ	ξ	ξ	xi
ο	ο	ο	omicron
π	π	π	pi
ρ	ρ	ρ	rho
ς	ς	&sigmaf;	sigmaf
σ	σ	σ	sigma
τ	τ	τ	tau
υ	υ	υ	upsilon
φ	φ	φ	phi
χ	χ	χ	chi
ψ	ψ	ψ	psi
ω	ω	ω	omega
ϑ	ϑ	&thetasym;	theta symbol
ϒ	ϒ	&upsih;	upsilon symbol
ϖ	ϖ	ϖ	pi symbol

Other Entities

Character	Entity Number	Entity Name	Description
Œ	Œ	&OElig;	capital ligature OE
œ	œ	&oelig;	small ligature oe
Š	Š	&Scaron;	capital S with caron
š	š	&scaron;	small S with caron
Ÿ	Ÿ	&Yuml;	capital Y with diaeres
ƒ	ƒ	&fnof;	f with hook
ˆ	ˆ	&circ;	modifier letter circumflex accent
˜	˜	&tilde;	small tilde
		&ensp;	en space
		&emsp;	em space
			thin space
‌	‌	&zwnj;	zero width non-joiner
‍	‍	&zwj;	zero width joiner
‎	‎	&lrm;	left-to-right mark
‏	‏	&rlm;	right-to-left mark
–	–	–	en dash
—	—	—	em dash
‘	‘	‘	left single quotation mark
’	’	’	right single quotation mark
‚	‚	&sbquo;	single low-9 quotation mark
“	“	“	left double quotation mark
”	”	”	right double quotation mark
„	„	&bdquo;	double low-9 quotation mark
†	†	&dagger;	dagger
‡	‡	&Dagger;	double dagger
•	•	•	bullet
…	…	…	horizontal ellipsis
‰	‰	&permil;	per mille
′	′	′	minutes
″	″	″	seconds
‹	‹	&lsaquo;	single left angle quotation
›	›	&rsaquo;	single right angle quotation
‾	‾	&oline;	overline
€	€	€	euro
™	™ or	™	trademark
←	←	←	left arrow
↑	↑	↑	up arrow
→	→	→	right arrow
↓	↓	↓	down arrow
↔	↔	↔	left right arrow
↵	↵	&crarr;	carriage return arrow
⌈	⌈	&lceil;	left ceiling
⌉	⌉	&rceil;	right ceiling
⌊	⌊	&lfloor;	left floor
⌋	⌋	&rfloor;	right floor
◊	◊	&loz;	lozenge
♠	♠	&spades;	spade
♣	♣	&clubs;	club
♥	♥	&hearts;	heart
♦	♦	&diams;	diamond

Example

The following table displays the differences between the character sets.

Numb	ASCII	ANSI	8859	UTF-8	Description
32					space
33	!	!	!	!	exclamation mark
34	"	"	"	"	quotation mark
35	#	#	#	#	number sign
36	$	$	$	$	dollar sign
37	%	%	%	%	percent sign
38	&	&	&	&	ampersand
39	'	'	'	'	apostrophe
40	(	(	(	(	left parenthesis
41	)	)	)	)	right parenthesis
42	*	*	*	*	asterisk
43	+	+	+	+	plus sign
44	,	,	,	,	comma
45	-	-	-	-	hyphen-minus
46	.	.	.	.	full stop
47	/	/	/	/	solidus
48	0	0	0	0	digit zero
49	1	1	1	1	digit one
50	2	2	2	2	digit two
51	3	3	3	3	digit three
52	4	4	4	4	digit four
53	5	5	5	5	digit five
54	6	6	6	6	digit six
55	7	7	7	7	digit seven
56	8	8	8	8	digit eight
57	9	9	9	9	digit nine
58	:	:	:	:	colon
59	;	;	;	;	semicolon
60	<	<	<	<	less-than sign
61	=	=	=	=	equals sign
62	>	>	>	>	greater-than sign
63	?	?	?	?	question mark
64	@	@	@	@	commercial at
65	A	A	A	A	Capital letter A
66	B	B	B	B	Capital letter B
67	C	C	C	C	Capital letter C
68	D	D	D	D	Capital letter D
69	E	E	E	E	Capital letter E
70	F	F	F	F	Capital letter F
71	G	G	G	G	Capital letter G
72	H	H	H	H	Capital letter H
73	I	I	I	I	Capital letter I
74	J	J	J	J	Capital letter J
75	K	K	K	K	Capital letter K
76	L	L	L	L	Capital letter L
77	M	M	M	M	Capital letter M
78	N	N	N	N	Capital letter N
79	O	O	O	O	Capital letter O
80	P	P	P	P	Capital letter P
81	Q	Q	Q	Q	Capital letter Q
82	R	R	R	R	Capital letter R
83	S	S	S	S	Capital letter S
84	T	T	T	T	Capital letter T
85	U	U	U	U	Capital letter U
86	V	V	V	V	Capital letter V
87	W	W	W	W	Capital letter W
88	X	X	X	X	Capital letter X
89	Y	Y	Y	Y	Capital letter Y
90	Z	Z	Z	Z	Capital letter Z
91	[	[	[	[	left square bracket
92	\	\	\	\	reverse solidus
93	]	]	]	]	right square bracket
94	^	^	^	^	circumflex accent
95	_	_	_	_	low line
96	`	`	`	`	grave accent
97	a	a	a	a	Lowercase a
98	b	b	b	b	Lowercase b
99	c	c	c	c	Lowercase c
100	d	d	d	d	Lowercase d
101	e	e	e	e	Lowercase e
102	f	f	f	f	Lowercase f
103	g	g	g	g	Lowercase g
104	h	h	h	h	Lowercase h
105	i	i	i	i	Lowercase i
106	j	j	j	j	Lowercase j
107	k	k	k	k	Lowercase k
108	l	l	l	l	Lowercase l
109	m	m	m	m	Lowercase m
110	n	n	n	n	Lowercase n
111	o	o	o	o	Lowercase o
112	p	p	p	p	Lowercase p
113	q	q	q	q	Lowercase q
114	r	r	r	r	Lowercase r
115	s	s	s	s	Lowercase s
116	t	t	t	t	Lowercase t
117	u	u	u	u	Lowercase u
118	v	v	v	v	Lowercase v
119	w	w	w	w	Lowercase w
120	x	x	x	x	Lowercase x
121	y	y	y	y	Lowercase y
122	z	z	z	z	Lowercase z
123	{	{	{	{	left curly bracket
124	\|	\|	\|	\|	vertical line
125	}	}	}	}	right curly bracket
126	~	~	~	~	tilde
127	DEL
128		€			euro sign
129					NOT USED
130		‚			single low-9 quotation mark
131		ƒ			Lowercase f with hook
132		„			double low-9 quotation mark
133		…			horizontal ellipsis
134		†			dagger
135		‡			double dagger
136		ˆ			modifier letter circumflex accent
137		‰			per mille sign
138		Š			Capital letter S with caron
139		‹			single left-pointing angle quotation mark
140		Œ			Capital ligature OE
141					NOT USED
142		Ž			Capital letter Z with caron
143					NOT USED
144					NOT USED
145		‘			left single quotation mark
146		’			right single quotation mark
147		“			left double quotation mark
148		”			right double quotation mark
149		•			bullet
150		–			en dash
151		—			em dash
152		˜			small tilde
153		™			trade mark sign
154		š			Lowercase s with caron
155		›			single right-pointing angle quotation mark
156		œ			Latin small ligature oe
157					NOT USED
158		ž			Lowercase z with caron
159		Ÿ			Capital letter Y with diaeresis
160					no-break space
161		¡	¡	¡	inverted exclamation mark
162		¢	¢	¢	cent sign
163		£	£	£	pound sign
164		¤	¤	¤	currency sign
165		¥	¥	¥	yen sign
166		¦	¦	¦	broken bar
167		§	§	§	section sign
168		¨	¨	¨	diaeresis
169		©	©	©	copyright sign
170		ª	ª	ª	feminine ordinal indicator
171		«	«	«	left-pointing double angle quotation mark
172		¬	¬	¬	not sign
173					soft hyphen
174		®	®	®	registered sign
175		¯	¯	¯	macron
176		°	°	°	degree sign
177		±	±	±	plus-minus sign
178		²	²	²	superscript two
179		³	³	³	superscript three
180		´	´	´	acute accent
181		µ	µ	µ	micro sign
182		¶	¶	¶	pilcrow sign
183		·	·	·	middle dot
184		¸	¸	¸	cedilla
185		¹	¹	¹	superscript one
186		º	º	º	masculine ordinal indicator
187		»	»	»	right-pointing double angle quotation mark
188		¼	¼	¼	vulgar fraction one quarter
189		½	½	½	vulgar fraction one half
190		¾	¾	¾	vulgar fraction three quarters
191		¿	¿	¿	inverted question mark
192		À	À	À	Capital letter A with grave
193		Á	Á	Á	Capital letter A with acute
194		Â	Â	Â	Capital letter A with circumflex
195		Ã	Ã	Ã	Capital letter A with tilde
196		Ä	Ä	Ä	Capital letter A with diaeresis
197		Å	Å	Å	Capital letter A with ring above
198		Æ	Æ	#198;	Capital letter AE
199		Ç	Ç	Ç	Capital letter C with cedilla
200		È	È	È	Capital letter E with grave
201		É	É	É	Capital letter E with acute
202		Ê	Ê	Ê	Capital letter E with circumflex
203		Ë	Ë	Ë	Capital letter E with diaeresis
204		Ì	Ì	Ì	Capital letter I with grave
205		Í	Í	Í	Capital letter I with acute
206		Î	Î	Î	Capital letter I with circumflex
207		Ï	Ï	Ï	Capital letter I with diaeresis
208		Ð	Ð	Ð	Capital letter Eth
209		Ñ	Ñ	Ñ	Capital letter N with tilde
210		Ò	Ò	Ò	Capital letter O with grave
211		Ó	Ó	Ó	Capital letter O with acute
212		Ô	Ô	Ô	Capital letter O with circumflex
213		Õ	Õ	Õ	Capital letter O with tilde
214		Ö	Ö	Ö	Capital letter O with diaeresis
215		×	×	×	multiplication sign
216		Ø	Ø	Ø	Capital letter O with stroke
217		Ù	Ù	Ù	Capital letter U with grave
218		Ú	Ú	Ú	Capital letter U with acute
219		Û	Û	Û	Capital letter U with circumflex
220		Ü	Ü	Ü	Capital letter U with diaeresis
221		Ý	Ý	Ý	Capital letter Y with acute
222		Þ	Þ	Þ	Capital letter Thorn
223		ß	ß	ß	Lowercase sharp s
224		à	à	à	Lowercase a with grave
225		á	á	á	Lowercase a with acute
226		â	â	â	Lowercase a with circumflex
227		ã	ã	ã	Lowercase a with tilde
228		ä	ä	ä	Lowercase a with diaeresis
229		å	å	å	Lowercase a with ring above
230		æ	æ	æ	Lowercase ae
231		ç	ç	ç	Lowercase c with cedilla
232		è	è	è	Lowercase e with grave
233		é	é	é	Lowercase e with acute
234		ê	ê	ê	Lowercase e with circumflex
235		ë	ë	ë	Lowercase e with diaeresis
236		ì	ì	ì	Lowercase i with grave
237		í	í	í	Lowercase i with acute
238		î	î	î	Lowercase i with circumflex
239		ï	ï	ï	Lowercase i with diaeresis
240		ð	ð	ð	Lowercase eth
241		ñ	ñ	ñ	Lowercase n with tilde
242		ò	ò	ò	Lowercase o with grave
243		ó	ó	ó	Lowercase o with acute
244		ô	ô	ô	Lowercase o with circumflex
245		õ	õ	õ	Lowercase o with tilde
246		ö	ö	ö	Lowercase o with diaeresis
247		÷	÷	÷	division sign
248		ø	ø	ø	Lowercase o with stroke
249		ù	ù	ù	Lowercase u with grave
250		ú	ú	ú	Lowercase u with acute
251		û	û	û	Lowercase with circumflex
252		ü	ü	ü	Lowercase u with diaeresis
253		ý	ý	ý	Lowercase y with acute
254		þ	þ	þ	Lowercase thorn
255		ÿ	ÿ	ÿ	Lowercase y with diaeresis