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Searchable reference for HTML entities, numeric codes, and hex codes for every special character.
HTML character entities are text codes used to display reserved or special characters in HTML. They begin with & and end with ;, allowing characters like <, >, and © to render correctly in browsers.
| Char | Name | Entity | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|
| & | Ampersand | & | |
| < | Less Than | < | |
| > | Greater Than | > | |
| " | Double Quote | " | |
| ' | Apostrophe | ' | |
| Non-Breaking Space | | ||
| © | Copyright | © | |
| ® | Registered | ® | |
| ™ | Trademark | ™ | |
| ° | Degree | ° | |
| • | Bullet | • | |
| … | Ellipsis | … | |
| — | Em Dash | — | |
| – | En Dash | – | |
| ‘ | Left Single Quote | ‘ | |
| ’ | Right Single Quote | ’ | |
| “ | Left Double Quote | “ | |
| ” | Right Double Quote | ” | |
| € | Euro | € | |
| £ | Pound | £ | |
| ¥ | Yen | ¥ | |
| ¢ | Cent | ¢ | |
| ¤ | Currency Sign | ¤ | |
| ± | Plus Minus | ± | |
| × | Multiplication | × | |
| ÷ | Division | ÷ | |
| ≠ | Not Equal | ≠ | |
| ≤ | Less Than or Equal | ≤ | |
| ≥ | Greater Than or Equal | ≥ | |
| ∑ | Summation | ∑ | |
| √ | Square Root | √ | |
| ∞ | Infinity | ∞ | |
| π | Pi | π | |
| µ | Micro | µ | |
| → | Right Arrow | → | |
| ← | Left Arrow | ← | |
| ↑ | Up Arrow | ↑ | |
| ↓ | Down Arrow | ↓ | |
| ↔ | Left Right Arrow | ↔ | |
| ⇒ | Double Right Arrow | ⇒ | |
| ⇐ | Double Left Arrow | ⇐ | |
| ⇔ | Double L/R Arrow | ⇔ | |
| ♥ | Heart | ♥ | |
| ♠ | Spade | ♠ | |
| ♣ | Club | ♣ | |
| ♦ | Diamond | ♦ | |
| ¼ | One Quarter | ¼ | |
| ½ | One Half | ½ | |
| ¾ | Three Quarters | ¾ | |
| ⅓ | One Third | ⅓ | |
| ⅔ | Two Thirds | ⅔ |
| Char | Entity | Use Case |
|---|---|---|
| & | & | Required before & in HTML |
| < | < | Required before < in HTML |
| > | > | Optional but recommended |
| " | " | Inside HTML attribute values |
| · | | Non-collapsing space |
| © | © | Copyright notice |
| ® | ® | Registered trademark |
| ™ | ™ | Trademark symbol |
©©©©Formula
Named: &name; | Decimal: &#DDD; | Hex: &#xHHH; | Unicode: U+HHHH&name; = Named entity — defined in HTML spec (e.g., &copy; for ©)
&#DDD; = Decimal numeric entity — Unicode code point in base 10 (e.g., © = ©)
&#xHHH; = Hex numeric entity — same code point in base 16 (e.g., © = ©)
Worked Example
Copyright symbol © — three equivalent representations
Did you know? HTML 4 defined 252 named character entities. HTML5 expanded this to 2,231 named entities covering mathematical symbols, Greek letters, arrows, and more — all mapped to Unicode code points.
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