Common HTML Character Codes (Coders Reference)

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HTML 4.01 specifies a total of 252 named character entities. Below is a selection of special characters and symbols commonly used.

HTML character codes are used to implement reserved symbols or to express characters that cannot easily be entered with a keyboard. Extra characters have been included which are not part of the 252 named character entities. These extra characters are marked as n/a in the HTML/Named column.

Frequently Used Character Entities

These ten character entities are frequently used to escape special characters, e.g. for displaying text in a HTML document as HTML code.

`Character`	`HTML/Named`	`HTML/Unicode`	`ASCII/Hex`	`Description`
<	`<`	`<`	`3C`	less-than sign
>	`>`	`>`	`3E`	greater-than sign
&	`&`	`&`	`26`	ampersand
"	`"`	`"`	`22`	double quotation mark
'	`n/a`	`'`	`27`	apostrophe
–	`–`	`–`	`96`	en dash (width of capital N)
—	`—`	`—`	`97`	em dash (width of capital M)
	` `	` `	`A0`	non-breaking space
#	`&num;`	`#`	`23`	number sign / hash(tag)
№	`n/a`	`№`	`2116`	numero sign

Currency Character Entities

Please note that the dollar sign doesn't have a named character code. It is included for reference only.

`Character`	`HTML/Named`	`HTML/Unicode`	`ASCII/Hex`	`Description`
€	`€`	`€`	`20AC`	euro sign
£	`£`	`£`	`A3`	pound sign
$	n/a	`$`	`24`	dollar sign
¢	`¢`	`¢`	`A2`	cent sign
¥	`¥`	`¥`	`A5`	yen sign
ƒ	`&fnof;`	`ƒ`	`192`	dutch florin sign
¤	`¤`	`¤`	`A4`	generic currency sign

Legal Character Entities

`Character`	`HTML/Named`	`HTML/Unicode`	`ASCII/Hex`	`Description`
®	`®`	`®`	`AE`	registered sign
©	`©`	`©`	`A9`	copyright sign
™	`™`	`™`	`2122`	trade mark sign
§	`§`	`§`	`A7`	section sign

Mathematical Character Entities

`Character`	`HTML/Named`	`HTML/Unicode`	`ASCII/Hex`	`Description`
¼	`¼`	`¼`	`BC`	fraction one quarter
½	`½`	`½`	`BD`	fraction one half
¾	`¾`	`¾`	`BE`	fraction three quarters
−	`−`	`−`	`2212`	minus sign
±	`±`	`±`	`B1`	plus-minus sign
×	`×`	`×`	`D7`	multiplication sign
÷	`÷`	`÷`	`F7`	division sign
<	`<`	`<`	`3C`	less-than sign
>	`>`	`>`	`3E`	greater-than sign
≤	`≤`	`≤`	`2264`	less-than or equal to sign
≥	`≥`	`≥`	`2265`	greater-than or equal to sign
∼	`&sim;`	`∼`	`223C`	tilde operator/similar to sign
≅	`&cong;`	`≅`	`2245`	congruent to sign
≈	`≈`	`≈`	`2248`	almost equal to sign
≠	`≠`	`≠`	`224C`	not equal to sign
°	`°`	`°`	`B0`	degree sign
√	`√`	`√`	`221A`	square root sign
∠	`&ang;`	`∠`	`2220`	angle sign
∞	`∞`	`∞`	`221E`	infinity sign
‰	`&permil;`	`‰`	`2030`	per mille sign
∈	`∈`	`∈`	`2208`	element of sign
∉	`∉`	`∉`	`2209`	not element of sign
∑	`∑`	`∑`	`2211`	sumation sign

Miscellaneous Character Entities

`Character`	`HTML/Named`	`HTML/Unicode`	`ASCII/Hex`	`Description`
№	n/a	`№`	`2116`	number sign
℃	n/a	`℃`	`2103`	degree celsius sign
℉	n/a	`℉`	`2109`	degree fahrenheit sign
Ω	n/a	`Ω`	`2126`	ohm sign
♠	`&spades;`	`♠`	`2660`	black spade
♣	`&clubs;`	`♣`	`2663`	black club
♥	`&hearts;`	`♥`	`2665`	black heart
♦	`&diams;`	`♦`	`2666`	black diamond