HTML Entities
The 'Special Characters' section of each group is probably the most useful; the others are largely provided for completeness.
In most cases the numerical character reference will work with more browsers than the entity name (assuming there one exists),
so it's worth using them out of preference.
US-ASCII Characters
Control Codes
Description
Code
Escape Char
Hex
Character Reference
null NUL ^@ 00 �
start of heading SOH ^A 01 
start of text STX ^B 02 
end of text ETX ^C 03 
end of transmission EOT ^D 04 
enquiry ENQ ^E 05 
acknowledge ACK ^F 06 
bell BEL ^G 07 
backspace BS ^H 08 
horizontal tab HT ^I 09 	
line feed, new line LF, NL ^J 0A 

vertical tab VT ^K 0B 
form feed, new page FF, NP ^L 0C 
carriage return CR ^M 0D 
shift out SO ^N 0E 
shift in SI ^O 0F 
data link escape DLE ^P 10 
device control 1 DC1 ^Q 11 
device control 2 DC2 ^R 12 
device control 3 DC3 ^S 13 
device control 4 DC4 ^T 14 
negative acknowledge NAK ^U 15 
synchronous idle SYN ^V 16 
end of trans. block ETB ^W 17 
cancel CAN ^X 18 
end of medium EM ^Y 19 
substitute SUB ^Z 1A 
escape ESC ^[ 1B 
file separator FS ^\ 1C 
group separator GS ^] 1D 
record separator RS ^^ 1E 
unit separator US ^_ 1F 
Special Characters and Numbers
Description
Char
Hex
Character Reference
Entity Name
space 20   --> &sp; --> &sp;
exclamation mark ! 21 ! --> ! ! --> !
(double) quotation mark " 22 " --> " " --> "
number sign # 23 # --> # # --> #
dollar sign $ 24 $ --> $ $ --> $
percent sign % 25 % --> % % --> %
ampersand & 26 & --> & & --> &
apostrophe, single quote mark ' 27 ' --> ' ' --> '
left parenthesis ( 28 ( --> ( ( --> (
right parenthesis ) 29 ) --> ) ) --> )
asterisk * 2A * --> * * --> *
plus sign + 2B + --> + + --> +
comma , 2C , --> , , --> ,
minus sign, hyphen - 2D - --> - ‐ --> ‐
period, decimal point, full stop . 2E . --> . . --> .
slash, virgule, solidus / 2F / --> / / --> /
digit 0 0 30 0 --> 0
digit 1 1 31 1 --> 1
digit 2 2 32 2 --> 2
digit 3 3 33 3 --> 3
digit 4 4 34 4 --> 4
digit 5 5 35 5 --> 5
digit 6 6 36 6 --> 6
digit 7 7 37 7 --> 7
digit 8 8 38 8 --> 8
digit 9 9 39 9 --> 9
colon : 3A : --> : : --> :
semicolon ; 3B ; --> ; ; --> ;
less-than sign < 3C < --> < < --> <
equal sign = 3D = --> = = --> =
greater-than sign > 3E > --> > > --> >
question mark ? 3F ? --> ? ? --> ?
commercial at sign @ 40 @ --> @ @ --> @
left square bracket [ 5B [ --> [ [ --> [
backslash, reverse solidus \ 5C \ --> \ \ --> \
right square bracket ] 5D ] --> ] ] --> ]
spacing circumflex accent ^ 5E ^ --> ^ ˆ --> ˆ
spacing underscore, low line, _ 5F _ --> _ _ --> _
spacing grave accent, back apostrophe ` 60 ` --> ` ` --> `
left brace (curly bracket) { 7B { --> { { --> {
vertical bar | 7C | --> | | --> |
right brace (curly bracket) } 7D } --> } } --> }
tilde accent ~ 7E ~ --> ~ ˜ --> ˜
delete ^? 7F 
Upper Case Letters
Description
Char
Hex
Character Reference
capital A A 41 A --> A
capital B B 42 B --> B
capital C C 43 C --> C
capital D D 44 D --> D
capital E E 45 E --> E
capital F F 46 F --> F
capital G G 47 G --> G
capital H H 48 H --> H
capital I I 49 I --> I
capital J J 4A J --> J
capital K K 4B K --> K
capital L L 4C L --> L
capital M M 4D M --> M
capital N N 4E N --> N
capital O O 4F O --> O
capital P P 50 P --> P
capital Q Q 51 Q --> Q
capital R R 52 R --> R
capital S S 53 S --> S
capital T T 54 T --> T
capital U U 55 U --> U
capital V V 56 V --> V
capital W W 57 W --> W
capital X X 58 X --> X
capital Y Y 59 Y --> Y
capital Z Z 5A Z --> Z
Lower Case Letters
Description
Char
Hex
Character Reference
small a a 61 a --> a
small b b 62 b --> b
small c c 63 c --> c
small d d 64 d --> d
small e e 65 e --> e
small f f 66 f --> f
small g g 67 g --> g
small h h 68 h --> h
small i i 69 i --> i
small j j 6A j --> j
small k k 6B k --> k
small l l 6C l --> l
small m m 6D m --> m
small n n 6E n --> n
small o o 6F o --> o
small p p 70 p --> p
small q q 71 q --> q
small r r 72 r --> r
small s s 73 s --> s
small t t 74 t --> t
small u u 75 u --> u
small v v 76 v --> v
small w w 77 w --> w
small x x 78 x --> x
small y y 79 y --> y
small z z 7A z --> z
Extended Control Characters
Microsoft Windows Added Characters
Description
Char
Hex
Character Reference
Entity Name
euro sign 80 € --> € € --> €
81  -->
low left rising single quote 82 ‚ --> ‚ ‚ --> ‚
small italic f, function of, florin f 83 ƒ --> ƒ ƒ --> ƒ
low left rising double quote 84 „ --> „ „ --> „
low horizontal ellipsis 85 … --> … … --> …
dagger mark 86 † --> † † --> †
double dagger mark 87 ‡ --> ‡ ‡ --> ‡
letter modifying circumflex 88 ˆ --> ˆ
per thousand (mille) sign 89 ‰ --> ‰ ‰ --> ‰
capital S caron or hacek 8A Š --> Š Š --> Š
left single angle quote mark (guillemet) 8B ‹ --> ‹ ‹ --> ‹
capital OE ligature 8C Œ --> Œ Œ --> Œ
8D  -->
8E Ž --> Ž
8F  -->
90  -->
left single quotation mark, 91 ‘ --> ‘ ‘ --> ‘
right single quote mark 92 ’ --> ’ ’ --> ’
left double quotation mark, 93 “ --> “ “ --> “
right double quote mark 94 ” --> ” ” --> ”
round filled bullet 95 • --> • • --> •
en dash 96 – --> – – --> –
em dash 97 — --> — — --> —
small spacing tilde accent 98 ˜ --> ˜ ˜ --> ˜
trademark sign 99 ™ --> ™ ™ --> ™
small s caron or hacek 9A š --> š š --> š
right single angle quote mark (guillemet) 9B › --> › › --> ›
small oe ligature 9C œ --> œ œ --> œ
9D  -->
9E ž --> ž
capital Y dieresis or umlaut 9F Ÿ --> Ÿ Ÿ --> Ÿ
ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1) Entities
Special Characters
Description
Char
Hex
Character Reference
Entity Name
non-breaking space A0   --> -->
inverted exclamation mark A1 ¡ --> ¡ ¡ --> ¡
cent sign A2 ¢ --> ¢ ¢ --> ¢
pound sterling sign A3 £ --> £ £ --> £
general currency sign A4 ¤ --> ¤ ¤ --> ¤
yen sign A5 ¥ --> ¥ ¥ --> ¥
broken vertical bar A6 ¦ --> ¦ ¦ --> ¦
section sign A7 § --> § § --> §
spacing dieresis or umlaut A8 ¨ --> ¨ ¨ --> ¨
copyright sign A9 © --> © © --> ©
feminine ordinal indicator AA ª --> ª ª --> ª
left (double) angle quote (guillemet) AB « --> « « --> «
logical not sign AC ¬ --> ¬ ¬ --> ¬
soft hyphen AD ­ --> ­ -->
registered trademark sign AE ® --> ® ® --> ®
spacing macron (long) accent, AF ¯ --> ¯ ¯ --> ¯
degree sign B0 ° --> ° ° --> °
plus-or-minus sign B1 ± --> ± ± --> ±
superscript 2 B2 ² --> ² ² --> ²
superscript 3 B3 ³ --> ³ ³ --> ³
spacing acute accent B4 ´ --> ´ ´ --> ´
micro sign B5 µ --> µ µ --> µ
paragraph sign, pilcrow sign B6 ¶ --> ¶ ¶ --> ¶
middle dot, centered dot B7 · --> · · --> ·
spacing cedilla B8 ¸ --> ¸ ¸ --> ¸
superscript 1 B9 ¹ --> ¹ ¹ --> ¹
masculine ordinal indicator BA º --> º º --> º
right (double) angle quote (guillemet) BB » --> » » --> »
fraction 1/4 BC ¼ --> ¼ ¼ --> ¼
fraction 1/2 BD ½ --> ½ ½ --> ½
fraction 3/4 BE ¾ --> ¾ ¾ --> ¾
inverted question mark BF ¿ --> ¿ ¿ --> ¿
Upper Case Latin-1 Letters
Description
Char
Hex
Character Reference
Entity Name
capital A grave C0 À --> À À --> À
capital A acute C1 Á --> Á Á --> Á
capital A circumflex C2 Â --> Â Â --> Â
capital A tilde C3 Ã --> Ã Ã --> Ã
capital A dieresis or umlaut C4 Ä --> Ä Ä --> Ä
capital A ring C5 Å --> Å Å --> Å
capital AE ligature C6 Æ --> Æ Æ --> Æ
capital C cedilla C7 Ç --> Ç Ç --> Ç
capital E grave C8 È --> È È --> È
capital E acute C9 É --> É É --> É
capital E circumflex CA Ê --> Ê Ê --> Ê
capital E dieresis or umlaut CB Ë --> Ë Ë --> Ë
capital I grave CC Ì --> Ì Ì --> Ì
capital I acute CD Í --> Í Í --> Í
capital I circumflex CE Î --> Î Î --> Î
capital I dieresis or umlaut CF Ï --> Ï Ï --> Ï
capital ETH D0 Ð --> Ð Ð --> Ð
capital N tilde D1 Ñ --> Ñ Ñ --> Ñ
capital O grave D2 Ò --> Ò Ò --> Ò
capital O acute D3 Ó --> Ó Ó --> Ó
capital O circumflex D4 Ô --> Ô Ô --> Ô
capital O tilde D5 Õ --> Õ Õ --> Õ
capital O dieresis or umlaut D6 Ö --> Ö Ö --> Ö
multiplication sign D7 × --> × × --> ×
capital O slash D8 Ø --> Ø Ø --> Ø
capital U grave D9 Ù --> Ù Ù --> Ù
capital U acute DA Ú --> Ú Ú --> Ú
capital U circumflex DB Û --> Û Û --> Û
capital U dieresis or umlaut DC Ü --> Ü Ü --> Ü
capital Y acute DD Ý --> Ý Ý --> Ý
capital THORN DE Þ --> Þ Þ --> Þ
small sharp s, sz ligature DF ß --> ß ß --> ß
Lower Case Latin-1 Letters
Description
Char
Hex
Character Reference
Entity Name
small a grave E0 à --> à à --> à
small a acute E1 á --> á á --> á
small a circumflex E2 â --> â â --> â
small a tilde E3 ã --> ã ã --> ã
small a dieresis or umlaut E4 ä --> ä ä --> ä
small a ring E5 å --> å å --> å
small ae ligature E6 æ --> æ æ --> æ
small c cedilla E7 ç --> ç ç --> ç
small e grave E8 è --> è è --> è
small e acute E9 é --> é é --> é
small e circumflex EA ê --> ê ê --> ê
small e dieresis or umlaut EB ë --> ë ë --> ë
small i grave EC ì --> ì ì --> ì
small i acute ED í --> í í --> í
small i circumflex EE î --> î î --> î
small i dieresis or umlaut EF ï --> ï ï --> ï
small eth F0 ð --> ð ð --> ð
small n tilde F1 ñ --> ñ ñ --> ñ
small o grave F2 ò --> ò ò --> ò
small o acute F3 ó --> ó ó --> ó
small o circumflex F4 ô --> ô ô --> ô
small o tilde F5 õ --> õ õ --> õ
small o dieresis or umlaut F6 ö --> ö ö --> ö
division sign F7 ÷ --> ÷ ÷ --> ÷
small o slash F8 ø --> ø ø --> ø
small u grave F9 ù --> ù ù --> ù
small u acute FA ú --> ú ú --> ú
small u circumflex FB û --> û û --> û
small u dieresis or umlaut FC ü --> ü ü --> ü
small y acute FD ý --> ý ý --> ý
small thorn FE þ --> þ þ --> þ
small y dieresis or umlaut FF ÿ --> ÿ ÿ --> ÿ
ISO 8879 (Adobe Symbol Font) Entities
Special Characters and Mathematical Symbols
Description
Char
Hex
Entity Name
for all 22 ∀ --> ∀
there exists 24 ∃ --> ∃
backward epsilon, such that 27 ϶ --> ϶
low asterisk math operator 2A ∗ --> ∗
congruent 40 ≅ --> ≅
therefore, hence 5C ∴ --> ∴
perpendicular 5E ⊥ --> ⊥
similar sign, tilde operator 7E ∼ --> ∼
prime, minute mark A2 ′ --> ′
less-than-or-equal sign A3 ≤ --> ≤
infinity A5 ∞ --> ∞
small italic f, function of, florin f A6 ƒ --> ƒ
club suit symbol A7 ♣ --> ♣
diamond suit symbol A8 ♦ --> ♦
heart suit symbol A9 ♥ --> ♥
spade suit symbol AA ♠ --> ♠
horizontal (left-right) arrow AB ↔ --> ↔
left arrow AC ← --> ←
up arrow AD ↑ --> ↑
right arrow AE → --> →
down arrow AF ↓ --> ↓
double prime, second mark B2 ″ --> ″
greater-than-or-equal sign B3 ≥ --> ≥
proportional to B5 ∝ --> ∝
partial differential, curly d B6 ∂ --> ∂
round filled bullet B7 • --> •
not-equal sign B9 ≠ --> ≠
identical to, equivalent BA ≡ --> ≡
approximately equal BB ≊ --> ≊
low horizontal ellipsis BC … --> …
aleph, first transfinite cardinal C0 ℵ --> ℵ
black-letter I, imaginary part of C1 ℑ --> ℑ
black-letter R, real part of C2 ℜ --> ℜ
Weierstrassian function p C3 ℘ --> ℘
circled multiplication sign C4 ⊗ --> ⊗
circled plus sign C5 ⊕ --> ⊕
empty set C6 ∅ --> ∅
set intersection C7 ∩ --> ∩
set union C8 ∪ --> ∪
proper superset of C9 ⊃ --> ⊃
superset-of-or-equal-to CA ⊇ --> ⊇
not a subset of CB ⊄ --> ⊄
proper subset of CC ⊂ --> ⊂
subset-of-or-equal-to CD ⊆ --> ⊆
element of, set membership CE ∈ --> ∈
not an element of CF ∉ --> ∉
angle D0 ∠ --> ∠
del operator, gradient, nabla D1 ∇ --> ∇
trademark sign D4 ™ --> ™
n-ary product operator D5 ∏ --> ∏
radical, square root D6 √ --> √
small middle dot, math dot operator D7 ⋅ --> ⋅
logical and D9 ∧ --> ∧
logical or DA ∨ --> ∨
horizontal double arrow DB ⇔ --> ⇔
left double arrow DC ⇐ --> ⇐
up double arrow DD ⇑ --> ⇑
right double arrow DE ⇒ --> ⇒
down double arrow DF ⇓ --> ⇓
lozenge, total mark E0 ◊ --> ◊
left angle bracket E1 ⟨ --> ⟨
n-ary summation operator E5 ∑ --> ∑
left bracket top (ceiling) E9 ⌈ --> ⌈
left bracket bottom (floor) EB ⌊ --> ⌊
right angle bracket F1 ⟩ --> ⟩
integral sign F2 ∫ --> ∫
right bracket top (ceiling) F9 ⌉ --> ⌉
right bracket bottom (floor) FB ⌋ --> ⌋
Upper Case Greek Letters
Description
Char
Hex
Entity Name
capital Alpha A 41 Α --> Α
capital Beta B 42 Β --> Β
capital Chi X 43 Χ --> Χ
capital Delta 44 Δ --> Δ
capital Epsilon E 45 Ε --> Ε
capital Phi 46 Φ --> Φ
capital Gamma 47 Γ --> Γ
capital Eta H 48 Η --> Η
capital Iota I 49 Ι --> Ι
small script theta, curly theta 4A ϑ --> ϑ
capital Kappa K 4B Κ --> Κ
capital Lambda 4C Λ --> Λ
capital Mu M 4D Μ --> Μ
capital Nu N 4E Ν --> Ν
capital Omicron O 4F Ο --> Ο
capital Pi 50 Π --> Π
capital Theta 51 Θ --> Θ
capital Rho P 52 Ρ --> Ρ
capital Sigma 53 Σ --> Σ
capital Tau T 54 Τ --> Τ
capital Upsilon Y 55 Υ --> Υ
small final sigma 56 &sfgr; --> &sfgr;
capital Omega, ohm sign 57 Ω --> Ω
capital Xi 58 Ξ --> Ξ
capital Psi 59 Ψ --> Ψ
capital Zeta Z 5A Ζ --> Ζ
Lower Case Greek Letters
Description
Char
Hex
Entity Name
small alpha 61 α --> α
small beta 62 β --> β
small chi 63 χ --> χ
small delta 64 δ --> δ
small script epsilon, curly epsilon 65 &vepsilon; --> &vepsilon;
small (straight) phi 66 φ --> φ
small gamma 67 γ --> γ
small eta 68 η --> η
small iota 69 ι --> ι
small script phi, curly phi 6A ϕ --> ϕ
small kappa 6B κ --> κ
small lambda 6C λ --> λ
small mu 6D μ --> μ
small nu 6E ν --> ν
small omicron o 6F ο --> ο
small pi 70 π --> π
small (straight) theta 71 θ --> θ
small rho 72 ρ --> ρ
small sigma 73 σ --> σ
small tau 74 τ --> τ
small upsilon 75 υ --> υ
small omega pi, curly pi 76 ϖ --> ϖ
small omega 77 ω --> ω
small xi 78 ξ --> ξ
small psi 79 ψ --> ψ
small zeta 7A ζ --> ζ
Miscellaneous HTML Entities
Special Characters
Description
Entity Name
spacing breve (short) accent ˘ --> ˘
spacing caron accent ˇ --> ˇ
centered horizontal ellipsis &cdots; --> &cdots;
double acute accent ˝ --> ˝
diagonal ellipsis &dellip; --> &dellip;
spacing dot above accent ˙ --> ˙
array column fill ellipsis &dotfill; --> &dotfill;
small script l ℓ --> ℓ
em space (the width of an "m")   -->
en space (1/2 em space)   -->
small (straight) epsilon ε --> ε
fraction 1/8 ⅛ --> ⅛
fraction 3/8 ⅜ --> ⅜
fraction 5/8 ⅝ --> ⅝
fraction 7/8 ⅞ --> ⅞
hair width space   -->
if and only if (iff) ⇔ --> ⇔
left determinant vertical bar &ldet; --> &ldet;
contains as a member ∋ --> ∋
spacing ogonek accent ˛ --> ˛
Planck's constant h over 2 pi, small italic h slash (bar) ℏ --> ℏ
quad em space &quad; --> &quad;
right determinant vertical bar &rdet; --> &rdet;
spacing ring above accent ˚ --> ˚
soft break space &sbsp; --> &sbsp;
since, because (inverted therefore) ∵ --> ∵
sung text sign, music note ♪ --> ♪
thin space (1/6 em space)   -->
small rho variant ϱ --> ϱ
vertical ellipsis ⋮ --> ⋮
