(X)HTML Symbols and Charicters

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Entities that have special meaning in (X)HTML
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&&&&ampersand
>>>>greater-than sign
&lt;<&#60;<less-than sign
&quot;"&#34;"quotation mark = APL quote
Entities for accented characters, accents, and other diacritics from Western European Languages
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&acute;´&#180;´acute accent = spacing acute
&cedil;¸&#184;¸cedilla = spacing cedilla
&circ;ˆ&#710;ˆmodifier letter circumflex accent
&macr;¯&#175;¯macron = spacing macron = overline = APL overbar
&middot;·&#183;·middle dot = Georgian comma = Greek middle dot
&tilde;˜&#732;˜small tilde
&uml;¨&#168;¨diaeresis = spacing diaeresis
&Aacute;Á&#193;Álatin capital letter A with acute
&aacute;á&#225;álatin small letter a with acute
&Acirc;Â&#194;Âlatin capital letter A with circumflex
&acirc;â&#226;âlatin small letter a with circumflex
&AElig;Æ&#198;Ælatin capital letter AE = latin capital ligature AE
&aelig;æ&#230;ælatin small letter ae = latin small ligature ae
&Agrave;À&#192;Àlatin capital letter A with grave = latin capital letter A grave
&agrave;à&#224;àlatin small letter a with grave = latin small letter a grave
&Aring;Å&#197;Ålatin capital letter A with ring above = latin capital letter A ring
&aring;å&#229;ålatin small letter a with ring above = latin small letter a ring
&Atilde;Ã&#195;Ãlatin capital letter A with tilde
&atilde;ã&#227;ãlatin small letter a with tilde
&Auml;Ä&#196;Älatin capital letter A with diaeresis
&auml;ä&#228;älatin small letter a with diaeresis
&Ccedil;Ç&#199;Çlatin capital letter C with cedilla
&ccedil;ç&#231;çlatin small letter c with cedilla
&Eacute;É&#201;Élatin capital letter E with acute
&eacute;é&#233;élatin small letter e with acute
&Ecirc;Ê&#202;Êlatin capital letter E with circumflex
&ecirc;ê&#234;êlatin small letter e with circumflex
&Egrave;È&#200;Èlatin capital letter E with grave
&egrave;è&#232;èlatin small letter e with grave
&ETH;Ð&#208;Ðlatin capital letter ETH
&eth;ð&#240;ðlatin small letter eth
&Euml;Ë&#203;Ëlatin capital letter E with diaeresis
&euml;ë&#235;ëlatin small letter e with diaeresis
&Iacute;Í&#205;Ílatin capital letter I with acute
&iacute;í&#237;ílatin small letter i with acute
&Icirc;Î&#206;Îlatin capital letter I with circumflex
&icirc;î&#238;îlatin small letter i with circumflex
&Igrave;Ì&#204;Ìlatin capital letter I with grave
&igrave;ì&#236;ìlatin small letter i with grave
&Iuml;Ï&#207;Ïlatin capital letter I with diaeresis
&iuml;ï&#239;ïlatin small letter i with diaeresis
&Ntilde;Ñ&#209;Ñlatin capital letter N with tilde
&ntilde;ñ&#241;ñlatin small letter n with tilde
&Oacute;Ó&#211;Ólatin capital letter O with acute
&oacute;ó&#243;ólatin small letter o with acute
&Ocirc;Ô&#212;Ôlatin capital letter O with circumflex
&ocirc;ô&#244;ôlatin small letter o with circumflex
&OElig;Œ&#338;Œlatin capital ligature OE
&oelig;œ&#339;œlatin small ligature oe (note)
&Ograve;Ò&#210;Òlatin capital letter O with grave
&ograve;ò&#242;òlatin small letter o with grave
&Oslash;Ø&#216;Ølatin capital letter O with stroke = latin capital letter O slash
&oslash;ø&#248;ølatin small letter o with stroke, = latin small letter o slash
&Otilde;Õ&#213;Õlatin capital letter O with tilde
&otilde;õ&#245;õlatin small letter o with tilde
&Ouml;Ö&#214;Ölatin capital letter O with diaeresis
&ouml;ö&#246;ölatin small letter o with diaeresis
&Scaron;Š&#352;Šlatin capital letter S with caron
&scaron;š&#353;šlatin small letter s with caron
&szlig;ß&#223;ßlatin small letter sharp s = ess-zed
&THORN;Þ&#222;Þlatin capital letter THORN
&thorn;þ&#254;þlatin small letter thorn
&Uacute;Ú&#218;Úlatin capital letter U with acute
&uacute;ú&#250;úlatin small letter u with acute
&Ucirc;Û&#219;Ûlatin capital letter U with circumflex
&ucirc;û&#251;ûlatin small letter u with circumflex
&Ugrave;Ù&#217;Ùlatin capital letter U with grave
&ugrave;ù&#249;ùlatin small letter u with grave
&Uuml;Ü&#220;Ülatin capital letter U with diaeresis
&uuml;ü&#252;ülatin small letter u with diaeresis
&Yacute;Ý&#221;Ýlatin capital letter Y with acute
&yacute;ý&#253;ýlatin small letter y with acute
&yuml;ÿ&#255;ÿlatin small letter y with diaeresis
&Yuml;Ÿ&#376;Ÿlatin capital letter Y with diaeresis
Entities for punctuation characters
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&cent;¢&#162;¢cent sign
&curren;¤&#164;¤currency sign
&euro;&#8364;euro sign
&pound;£&#163;£pound sign
&yen;¥&#165;¥yen sign = yuan sign
&brvbar;¦&#166;¦broken bar = broken vertical bar
&bull;&#8226;bullet = black small circle (note)
&copy;©&#169;©copyright sign
&dagger;&#8224;dagger
&Dagger;&#8225;double dagger
&frasl;&#8260;fraction slash
&hellip;&#8230;horizontal ellipsis = three dot leader
&iexcl;¡&#161;¡inverted exclamation mark
&image;&#8465;blackletter capital I = imaginary part
&iquest;¿&#191;¿inverted question mark = turned question mark
&lrm;&#8206;left-to-right mark (for formatting only)
&mdash;&#8212;em dash
&ndash;&#8211;en dash
&not;¬&#172;¬not sign
&oline;&#8254;overline = spacing overscore
&ordf;ª&#170;ªfeminine ordinal indicator
&ordm;º&#186;ºmasculine ordinal indicator
&para;&#182;pilcrow sign = paragraph sign
&permil;&#8240;per mille sign
&prime;&#8242;prime = minutes = feet
&Prime;&#8243;double prime = seconds = inches
&real;&#8476;blackletter capital R = real part symbol
&reg;®&#174;®registered sign = registered trade mark sign
&rlm;&#8207;right-to-left mark (for formatting only)
&sect;§&#167;§section sign
&shy;­&#173;­soft hyphen = discretionary hyphen (displays incorrectly on Mac)
&sup1;¹&#185;¹superscript one = superscript digit one
&trade;&#8482;trade mark sign
&weierp;&#8472;script capital P = power set = Weierstrass p
&bdquo;&#8222;double low-9 quotation mark
&laquo;«&#171;«left-pointing double angle quotation mark = left pointing guillemet
&ldquo;&#8220;left double quotation mark
&lsaquo;&#8249;single left-pointing angle quotation mark (note)
&lsquo;&#8216;left single quotation mark
&raquo;»&#187;»right-pointing double angle quotation mark = right pointing guillemet
&rdquo;&#8221;right double quotation mark
&rsaquo;&#8250;single right-pointing angle quotation mark (note)
&rsquo;&#8217;right single quotation mark
&sbquo;&#8218;single low-9 quotation mark
&emsp;&#8195;em space
&ensp;&#8194;en space
&nbsp; &#160; no-break space = non-breaking space
&thinsp;&#8201;thin space
&zwj;&#8205;zero width joiner
&zwnj;&#8204;zero width non-joiner
Entities for mathematical and technical characters (including Greek)
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&deg;°&#176;°degree sign
&divide;÷&#247;÷division sign
&frac12;½&#189;½vulgar fraction one half = fraction one half
&frac14;¼&#188;¼vulgar fraction one quarter = fraction one quarter
&frac34;¾&#190;¾vulgar fraction three quarters = fraction three quarters
&ge;&#8805;greater-than or equal to
&le;&#8804;less-than or equal to
&minus;&#8722;minus sign
&sup2;²&#178;²superscript two = superscript digit two = squared
&sup3;³&#179;³superscript three = superscript digit three = cubed
&times;×&#215;×multiplication sign
&alefsym;&#8501;alef symbol = first transfinite cardinal (note)
&and;&#8743;logical and = wedge
&ang;&#8736;angle
&asymp;&#8776;almost equal to = asymptotic to
&cap;&#8745;intersection = cap
&cong;&#8773;approximately equal to
&cup;&#8746;union = cup
&empty;&#8709;empty set = null set = diameter
&equiv;&#8801;identical to
&exist;&#8707;there exists
&fnof;ƒ&#402;ƒlatin small f with hook = function = florin
&forall;&#8704;for all
&infin;&#8734;infinity
&int;&#8747;integral
&isin;&#8712;element of
&lang;&#9001;left-pointing angle bracket = bra (note)
&lceil;&#8968;left ceiling = apl upstile
&lfloor;&#8970;left floor = apl downstile
&lowast;&#8727;asterisk operator
&micro;µ&#181;µmicro sign
&nabla;&#8711;nabla = backward difference
&ne;&#8800;not equal to
&ni;&#8715;contains as member (note)
&notin;&#8713;not an element of
&nsub;&#8836;not a subset of
&oplus;&#8853;circled plus = direct sum
&or;&#8744;logical or = vee
&otimes;&#8855;circled times = vector product
&part;&#8706;partial differential
&perp;&#8869;up tack = orthogonal to = perpendicular
&plusmn;±&#177;±plus-minus sign = plus-or-minus sign
&prod;&#8719;n-ary product = product sign (note)
&prop;&#8733;proportional to
&radic;&#8730;square root = radical sign
&rang;&#9002;right-pointing angle bracket = ket (note)
&rceil;&#8969;right ceiling
&rfloor;&#8971;right floor
&sdot;&#8901;dot operator (note)
&sim;&#8764;tilde operator = varies with = similar to (note)
&sub;&#8834;subset of
&sube;&#8838;subset of or equal to
&sum;&#8721;n-ary sumation (note)
&sup;&#8835;superset of (note)
&supe;&#8839;superset of or equal to
&there4;&#8756;therefore
&Alpha;Α&#913;Αgreek capital letter alpha
&alpha;α&#945;αgreek small letter alpha
&Beta;Β&#914;Βgreek capital letter beta
&beta;β&#946;βgreek small letter beta
&Chi;Χ&#935;Χgreek capital letter chi
&chi;χ&#967;χgreek small letter chi
&Delta;Δ&#916;Δgreek capital letter delta
&delta;δ&#948;δgreek small letter delta
&Epsilon;Ε&#917;Εgreek capital letter epsilon
&epsilon;ε&#949;εgreek small letter epsilon
&Eta;Η&#919;Ηgreek capital letter eta
&eta;η&#951;ηgreek small letter eta
&Gamma;Γ&#915;Γgreek capital letter gamma
&gamma;γ&#947;γgreek small letter gamma
&Iota;Ι&#921;Ιgreek capital letter iota
&iota;ι&#953;ιgreek small letter iota
&Kappa;Κ&#922;Κgreek capital letter kappa
&kappa;κ&#954;κgreek small letter kappa
&Lambda;Λ&#923;Λgreek capital letter lambda
&lambda;λ&#955;λgreek small letter lambda
&Mu;Μ&#924;Μgreek capital letter mu
&mu;μ&#956;μgreek small letter mu
&Nu;Ν&#925;Νgreek capital letter nu
&nu;ν&#957;νgreek small letter nu
&Omega;Ω&#937;Ωgreek capital letter omega
&omega;ω&#969;ωgreek small letter omega
&Omicron;Ο&#927;Οgreek capital letter omicron
&omicron;ο&#959;οgreek small letter omicron
&Phi;Φ&#934;Φgreek capital letter phi
&phi;φ&#966;φgreek small letter phi
&Pi;Π&#928;Πgreek capital letter pi
&pi;π&#960;πgreek small letter pi
&piv;ϖ&#982;ϖgreek pi symbol
&Psi;Ψ&#936;Ψgreek capital letter psi
&psi;ψ&#968;ψgreek small letter psi
&Rho;Ρ&#929;Ρgreek capital letter rho
&rho;ρ&#961;ρgreek small letter rho
&Sigma;Σ&#931;Σgreek capital letter sigma
&sigma;σ&#963;σgreek small letter sigma
&sigmaf;ς&#962;ςgreek small letter final sigma (note)
&Tau;Τ&#932;Τgreek capital letter tau
&tau;τ&#964;τgreek small letter tau
&Theta;Θ&#920;Θgreek capital letter theta
&theta;θ&#952;θgreek small letter theta
&thetasym;ϑ&#977;ϑgreek small letter theta symbol
&upsih;ϒ&#978;ϒgreek upsilon with hook symbol
&Upsilon;Υ&#933;Υgreek capital letter upsilon
&upsilon;υ&#965;υgreek small letter upsilon
&Xi;Ξ&#926;Ξgreek capital letter xi
&xi;ξ&#958;ξgreek small letter xi
&Zeta;Ζ&#918;Ζgreek capital letter zeta
&zeta;ζ&#950;ζgreek small letter zeta
Entities for shapes and arrows
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&crarr;&#8629;downwards arrow with corner leftwards = carriage return
&darr;&#8595;downwards arrow
&dArr;&#8659;downwards double arrow
&harr;&#8596;left right arrow
&hArr;&#8660;left right double arrow
&larr;&#8592;leftwards arrow
&lArr;&#8656;leftwards double arrow (note)
&rarr;&#8594;rightwards arrow
&rArr;&#8658;rightwards double arrow (note)
&uarr;&#8593;upwards arrow
&uArr;&#8657;upwards double arrow
&clubs;&#9827;black club suit = shamrock
&diams;&#9830;black diamond suit
&hearts;&#9829;black heart suit = valentine
&spades;&#9824;black spade suit (note)
&loz;&#9674;lozenge

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