HTML5 Reference – Character Entities

Essential Entities

The following table lists the the essential entities in HTML.

Sno	Character	Entity Name	Entity Number	Description
1	&	&	&	Ampersand
2	“	"	"	Double quote mark
3	<	&lt;	&#60;	Less than symbol
4	>	&gt;	&#62;	Greater than symbol
5	‘	&apos;	&#39;	Apostrophe (XHTML only)

Currency Symbols

The following table lists the entities for currency symbols.

Sno	Character	Entity Name	Entity Number	Description
1	¢	¢	¢	Cent
2	£	£	£	Pound
3	¤	¤	¤	General currency
4	¥	¥	¥	Yen
5	€	€	€	Euro

Copyright, Trademark, and Registered Symbol

The following table lists the entities for copyright, trademark, and registered symbol.

Sno	Character	Entity Name	Entity Number	Description
1	©	©	©	Copyright
2	®	®	®	Registered
3	™	™	™	Trademark

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General Punctuation

The following table lists the entities for general punctuation.

Sno	Character	Entity Name	Entity Number	Description
1		 	 	En space
2		 	 	Em space
3		 	 	Thin space
4		 	 	Nonbreaking space
5	–	–	–	En dash
6	—	—	—	Em dash
7	‘	‘	‘	Left/Opening single-quote
8	’	’	’	Right/Closing single-quote and apostrophe
9	‚	‚	‚	Single low-9 quotation mark
10	“	“	“	Left/Opening double-quote
11	”	”	”	Right/Closing double-quote
12	„	„	„	Double low-9 quotation mark
13	‹	‹	‹	Left-pointing single angle quotation mark
14	›	›	›	Left-pointing single angle quotation mark
15	«	«	«	Left-pointing double angle quotation mark
16	»	»	»	Right-pointing double angle quotation mark
17	†	†	†	Dagger
18	‡	‡	†	Double dagger
19	•	•	•	Bullet
20	…	&hellep;	…	Ellipses
21	‰	‰	‰	Per mille symbol (per thousand)
22	′	′	′	Prime, minutes, feet
23	″	″	″	Double prime, seconds, inches
24	‾	‾	‾	Overline
25	⁄	⁄	⁄	Fraction slash

Arrows

The following table lists the entities for arrows.

Sno	Character	Entity Name	Entity Number	Description
1	←	←	←	Left arrow
2	↑	↑	↑	Up arrow
3	→	→	→	Right arrow
4	↓	↓	↓	Down arrow
5	↔	↔	↔	Left-right arrow
6	↵	↵	↵	Down arrow with corner leftward
7	⇐	⇐	⇐	Leftward double arrow
8	⇑	⇑	⇑	Upward double arrow
9	⇒	⇒	⇒	Rightward double arrow
10	⇓	⇓	⇓	Downward double arrow
11	⇔	⇔	⇔	Left-right double arrow

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Mathematical Symbols

The following table lists the entities for mathematical symbols.

Sno	Character	Entity Name	Entity Number	Description
1	∀	∀	∀	for all
2	∂	∂	∂	Partial differential
3	∃	∃	∃	There exists
4	∅	∅	∅	Empty set, null set, diameter
5	∇	∇	∇	Nabla, backward difference
6	∈	∈	∈	Element of
7	∉	∉	∉	Not an element of
8	∋	∋	∋	Contains as a member
9	∏	∏	∏	N-ary product, product sign
10	∑	∑	∑	N-ary summation
11	−	−	−	Minus sign
12	∗	∗	∗	Asterisk operator
13	√	√	√	Square root, radical sign
14	∝	∝	∝	Proportional to
15	∞	∞	∞	Infinity
16	∠	∠	∠	Angle
17	∧	∧	∧	Logical and, wedge
18	∨	∨	∨	Logical or, vee
19	∩	∩	∩	Intersection, cap
20	∪	∪	∪	Union, cup
21	∫	∫	∫	Integral
22	∴	∴	∴	Therefore
23	∼	∼	∼	Tilde operator, varies with, similar to
24	≅	≅	≅	Approximately equal to
25	≈	≈	≈	Almost equal to, asymptotic to
26	≠	≠	≠	Not equal to
27	≡	≡	≡	Equivalent to
28	≤	≤	≤	Less than or equal to
29	≥	≥	≥	Greater than or equal to
30	⊂	⊂	⊂	Subset of
31	⊃	⊃	⊃	Superset of
32	⊄	⊄	⊄	Not a subset of
33	⊆	⊆	⊆	Subset of or equal to
34	⊇	⊇	⊇	Superset of or equal to
35	⊕	⊕	⊕	Circled plus, direct sum
36	⊗	⊗	⊗	Circled times, vector product
37	⊥	⊥	⊥	Up tack, orthogonal to, perpendicular
38	⋅	⋅	⋅	Dot operator

Greek Letters

The following table lists the entities for greek letters.

Sno	Character	Entity Name	Entity Number	Description
1	Α	Α	Α	Greek capital alpha
2	Β	Β	Β	Greek capital beta
3	Γ	Γ	Γ	Greek capital gamma
4	Δ	Δ	Δ	Greek capital delta
5	Ε	Ε	Ε	Greek capital epsilon
6	Ζ	Ζ	Ζ	Greek capital zeta
7	Η	Η	Η	Greek capital eta
8	Θ	Θ	Θ	Greek capital theta
9	Ι	Ι	Ι	Greek capital iota
10	Κ	Κ	Κ	Greek capital kappa
11	Λ	Λ	Λ	Greek capital lambda
12	Μ	Μ	Μ	Greek capital mu
13	Ν	Ν	Ν	Greek capital nu
14	Ξ	Ξ	Ξ	Greek capital xi
15	Ο	Ο	Ο	Greek capital omicron
16	Π	Π	Π	Greek capital pi
17	Ρ	Ρ	Ρ	Greek capital rho
18	Σ	Σ	Σ	Greek capital sigma
19	Τ	Τ	Τ	Greek capital tau
20	Υ	Υ	Υ	Greek capital upsilon
21	Φ	Φ	Φ	Greek capital phi
22	Χ	Χ	Χ	Greek capital chi
23	Ψ	Ψ	Ψ	Greek capital psi
24	Ω	Ω	Ω	Greek capital omega
25	α	α	α	Greek small alpha
26	β	β	β	Greek small beta
27	γ	γ	γ	Greek small gamma
28	δ	δ	δ	Greek small delta
29	ε	ε	ε	Greek small epsilon
30	ζ	ζ	ζ	Greek small zeta
31	η	η	η	Greek small eta
32	θ	θ	θ	Greek small theta
33	ι	ι	ι	Greek small iota
34	κ	κ	κ	Greek small kappa
35	λ	λ	λ	Greek small lambda
36	μ	μ	μ	Greek small mu
37	ν	ν	ν	Greek small nu
38	ξ	ξ	ξ	Greek small xi
39	ο	ο	ο	Greek small omicron
40	π	π	π	Greek small pi
41	ρ	ρ	ρ	Greek small rho
42	ς	ς	ς	Greek small letter final sigma
43	σ	σ	σ	Greek small sigma
44	τ	τ	τ	Greek small tau
45	υ	υ	υ	Greek small upsilon
46	φ	φ	φ	Greek small phi
47	χ	χ	χ	Greek small chi
48	ψ	ψ	ψ	Greek small psi
49	ω	ω	ω	Greek small omega
50	ϑ	ϑ	ϑ	Greek small theta symbol
51	ϒ	ϒ	ϒ	Greek upsilon with hook
52	ϖ	ϖ	ϖ	Greek pi symbol

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Miscellaneous

The following table lists the other useful entities supported by HTML.

Sno	Character	Entity Name	Entity Number	Description
1	⌈	⌈	⌈	Left ceiling
2	⌉	⌉	⌉	Right ceiling
3	⌊	⌊	⌊	Left floor
4	⌋	⌋	⌋	Right floor
5	⟨	⟨	⟨	Left-pointing angle bracket
6	⟩	⟩	⟩	Right-pointing angle bracket
7	◊	◊	◊	Lozenge
8	ℑ	ℑ	ℑ	Blackletter capital I, imaginary part
9	℘	℘	℘	Script capital P, power set
10	ℜ	ℜ	ℜ	Blackletter capital R, real part
11	ℵ	ℵ	ℵ	Alef symbol, or first transfinite cardinal
12	♠	♠	♠	Black spade suit
13	♣	♣	♣	Black club suit
14	♥	♥	♥	Black heart suit
15	♦	♦	♦	Black diamond suit