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HTML Characters

On the odd occasion I find myself looking for a character code I seem to always stumble a little, they always take that little bit too long to find. So I've pulled this list together from various different places around the web. All the characters I'm ever likely to need in one place, and where else to put them other than my toolbox for all to use. Let me know if I'm missing any.

Common

Character Description Name Code Number Code
© Copyright © ©
® Registered Trademark ® ®
@ At Symbol - @
& Ampersand & &
# Hash / Number Sign - #
! Exclamation Mark - !
? Question Mark - ?
£ Pound Sterling £ £
Euro Symbol € €
$ Dollar Sign - $
¥ Yen Sign ¥ ¥

General

Character Description Name Code Number Code
Euro Symbol € €
© Copyright © ©
® Registered Trademark ® ®
Trademark Sign (TM) ™ -
@ At Symbol - @
& Ampersand & &
Paragraph ¶ ¶
- Hyphen - -
En Dash – &#150
Em Dash — —
¬ Not Sign ¬ ¬
Single Left Pointing Angle ‹ -
Single Right Pointing Angle › -
« Double Left Pointing Angle « «
» Double Right Pointing Angle » »
Left Arrow ← -
Upward Arrow ↑ -
Right Arrow → -
Downward Arrow ↓ -
Black Spade Suit ♠ -
Black Clubs Suit ♣ -
Black Hearts Suit ♥ -
Black Diamond Suit ♦ -

Quotes and Punctuation

Character Description Name Code Number Code
! Exclamation Mark - !
¡ Inverted Exclamation ¡ ¡
? Question Mark - ?
¿ Inverted Question Mark ¿ ¿
: Colon - :
; Semicolon - &#59;
, Comma - ,
. Period - .
' Apostrophe - '
* Asterisk - *
Dagger † -
Double Dagger ‡
Per Mill Sign ‰ -
¹ Superscript 1 ¹ ¹
² Superscript 3 ² ²
³ Superscript 3 ³ ³
¼ One-Fourth Fraction ¼ ¼
½ One-Half Fraction ½ ½
¾ Three-Fourths Fraction ¾ ¾
^ Caret - ^
~ Tilde - ~
Overline (Overscore) ‾ -
_ Horizontal Bar (Underscore) - _
Left Single Quote ‘ -
Right Single Quote ’ -
Left Double Quote; “ -
Right Double Quote ” -
Single Low-9 Quote ‚ -
Double Low-9 Quote „ -
" Double Quotation Mark " "

Slashes and Brackets

Character Description Name Code Number Code
/ Slash ⁄ /
\ Backslash - \
( Left Parenthesis - (
) Right Parenthesis - )
[ Left Square Bracket - [
] Right Square Bracket - ]
{ Left Curly Brace - {
} Right Curly Brace - }
| Vertical Bar - |
¦ Broken Vertical Bar ¦ ¦

Currency & Mathematical Symbols

Character Description Name Code Number Code
% Percent Sign - %
# Number Sign - #
Euro Sign € €
$ Dollar Sign - $
¢ Cent Sign ¢ ¢
¥ Yen Sig ¥ ¥
£ Pound Sterling £ £
¤ General Currency Sign ¤ ¤
+ Plus Sign - +
× Multiplication Sign × ×
÷ Division Sign ÷ ÷
= Equals Sign - =
± Plus or Minus ± ±
< Less Than Sign &lt; &#60;
> Greater Than Sign &gt; &#62;
µ Micro Sign &micro; &#181;
° Degree Sign &deg; &#176;
§ Section Sign &sect; &#167;
Ø Uppercase O - Slash &Oslash; &#216;
ø Lowercase O - Slash &oslash; &#248;

Accents

Character Description Name Code Number Code
` Grave Accent - &#96;
´ Acute Accent &acute; &#180;
¯ Macron Accent &macr; &#175;
¨ Umlaut &uml; &#168;
¸ Cedilla &cedil; &#184;
· Middle Dot &middot; &#183;
º Masculine Ordinal &ordm; &#186;
ª Feminine Ordinal &ordf; &#170;

A Accents

Character Description Name Code Number Code
À Uppercase A - Grave Accent &Agrave; &#192;
à Lowercase A - Grave Accent &agrave; &#224;
Á Uppercase A - Acute Accent &Aacute; &#193;
á Lowercase A - Acute Accent &aacute; &#225;
 Uppercase A - Circumflex Accent &Acirc; &#194;
â Lowercase A - Circumflex Accent &acirc; &#226;
à Uppercase A - Tilde &Atilde; &#195;
ã Lowercase A - Tilde &atilde; &#227;
Ä Uppercase A - Umlaut &Auml; &#196;
ä Lowercase A - Umlaut &auml; &#228;
Å Uppercase A - Ring &Aring; &#197;
å Lowercase A - Ring &aring; &#229;

E Accents

Character Description Name Code Number Code
È Uppercase E - Grave Accent &Egrave; &#200;
è Lowercase E - Grave Accent &egrave; &#232;
É Uppercase E - Acute Accent &Eacute; &#201;
é Lowercase E - Acute Accent &eacute; &#233;
Ê Uppercase E - Circumflex Accent &Ecirc; &#202;
ê Lowercase E - Circumflex Accent &ecirc; &#234;
Ë Uppercase E - Umlaut &Euml; &#203;
ë Lowercase E - Umlaut &euml; &#235;

I Accents

Character Description Name Code Number Code
Ì Uppercase I - Grave Accent &Igrave; &#204;
ì Lowercase I - Grave Accent &igrave; &#236;
Í Uppercase I - Acute Accent &Iacute; &#205;
í Lowercase I - Acute Accent &iacute; &#237;
Î Uppercase I - Circumflex Accent &Icirc; &#206;
î Lowercase I - Circumflex Accent &icirc; &#238;
Ï Uppercase I - Umlaut &Iuml; &#207;
ï Lowercase I - Umlaut &iuml; &#239;

O Accents

Character Description Name Code Number Code
Ò Uppercase O - Grave Accent &Ograve; &#210;
ò Lowercase O - Grave Accent &ograve; &#242;
Ó Uppercase O - Acute Accent &Oacute; &#211;
ó Lowercase O - Acute Accent &oacute; &#243;
Ô Uppercase O - Circumflex Accent &Ocirc; &#212;
ô Lowercase O - Circumflex Accent &ocirc; &#244;
Õ Uppercase O - Tilde &Otilde; &#213;
õ Lowercase O - Tilde &otilde; &#245;
Ö Uppercase O - Umlaut &Ouml; &#214;
ö Lowercase O - Umlaut &ouml; &#246;

U Accents

Character Description Name Code Number Code
Ugrave; Uppercase U - Grave Accent &Ugrave; &#217;
ù Lowercase U - Grave Accent &ugrave; &#249;
Ú Uppercase U - Acute Accent &Uacute; &#218;
ú Lowercase U - Acute Accent &uacute; &#250;
Û Uppercase U - Circumflex Accent &Ucirc; &#219;
û Lowercase U - Circumflex Accent &ucirc; &#251;
Ü Uppercase U - Umlaut &Uuml; &#220;
ü Lowercase U - Umlaut &uuml; &#252;

More Accents

Character Description Name Code Number Code
Æ Uppercase AE &AElig; &#198;
æ Lowercase AE &aelig; &#230;
Ç Uppercase C - Cedilla &Ccedil; &#199;
ç Lowercase C - Cedilla &ccedil; &#231;
Ñ Uppercase N - Tilde &Ntilde; &#209;
ñ Lowercase N - Tilde &ntilde; &#241;
Ý Uppercase Y - Acute Accent &Yacute; &#221;
ý Lowercase Y - Acute Accent &yacute; &#253;
ÿ Lowercase Y - Umlaut &yuml; &#255;
Ð Uppercase Eth - Icelandic &ETH; &#208;
ð Lowercase Eth - Icelandic &eth; &#240;
Þ Uppercase Thorn - Icelandic &THORN; &#222;
þ Lowercase Thorn - Icelandic &thorn; &#254;
ß Lowercase Sharps - German &szlig; &#223;

Uppercase Letters

Character Description Name Code Number Code
A Uppercase A - &#65;
B Uppercase B - &#66;
C Uppercase C - &#67;
D Uppercase D - &#68;
E Uppercase E - &#69;
F Uppercase F - &#70;
G Uppercase G - &#71;
H Uppercase H - &#72;
I Uppercase I - &#73;
J Uppercase J - &#74;
K Uppercase K - &#75;
L Uppercase L - &#76;
M Uppercase M - &#77;
N Uppercase N - &#78;
O Uppercase O - &#79;
P Uppercase P - &#80;
Q Uppercase Q - &#81;
R Uppercase R - &#82;
S Uppercase S - &#83;
T Uppercase T - &#84;
U Uppercase U - &#85;
V Uppercase V - &#86;
W Uppercase W - &#87;
X Uppercase X - &#88;
Y Uppercase Y - &#89;
Z Uppercase Z - &#90;

Lowercase Letters

Character Description Name Code Number Code
a Lowercase A - &#97;
b Lowercase B - &#98;
c Lowercase C - &#99;
d Lowercase D - &#100;
e Lowercase E - &#101;
f Lowercase F - &#102;
g Lowercase G - &#103;
h Lowercase H - &#104;
i Lowercase I - &#105;
j Lowercase J - &#106;
k Lowercase K - &#107;
l Lowercase L - &#108;
m Lowercase M - &#109;
n Lowercase N - &#110;
o Lowercase O - &#111;
p Lowercase P - &#112;
q Lowercase Q - &#113;
r Lowercase R - &#114;
s Lowercase S - &#115;
t Lowercase T - &#116;
u Lowercase U - &#117;
v Lowercase V - &#118;
w Lowercase W - &#119;
x Lowercase X - &#120;
y Lowercase Y - &#121;
z Lowercase Z - &#122;

Numbers

Character Description Name Code Number Code
0 Zero - &#48;
1 Number 1 - &#49;
2 Number 2 - &#50;
3 Number 3 - &#51;
4 Number 4 - &#52;
5 Number 5 - &#53;
6 Number 6 - &#54;
7 Number 7 - &#55;
8 Number 8 - &#56;
9 Number 9 - &#57;

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