Standard HTML Character Entities
Standard character entities include letters, numbers, and some of the more commonly used letters and symbols on the Web.
| Numeric Entity |
Named Entity |
Symbol |
Description |
| ! |
|
! |
Exclamation point |
| " |
" |
" |
Quotation mark |
| # |
|
# |
Number sign/hash mark |
| $ |
|
$ |
Dollar sign |
| % |
|
% |
Percent sign |
| & |
& |
& |
Ampersand ("and" symbol) |
| ' |
|
' |
Apostrophe |
| ( |
|
( |
Left parenthesis |
| ) |
|
) |
Right parenthesis |
| * |
|
* |
Asterisk |
| + |
|
+ |
Plus sign |
| , |
|
, |
Comma |
| - |
|
- |
Hyphen |
| . |
|
. |
Period |
| / |
|
/ |
Forward slash |
| 0 to 9 |
|
0-9 |
Numbers 0-9 |
| : |
|
: |
Colon |
| ; |
|
; |
Semicolon |
| < |
< |
< |
Less-than symbol |
| = |
|
= |
Equal sign |
| > |
> |
> |
Greater-than symbol |
| ? |
|
? |
Question mark |
| @ |
|
@ |
"At" symbol |
| A to Z |
|
A to Z |
Uppercase letters "A" to "Z" |
| [ |
|
[ |
Left bracket |
| \ |
|
\ |
Backwards slash |
| ] |
|
] |
Right bracket |
| ^ |
|
^ |
Caret |
| _ |
|
_ |
Underscore |
| ` |
|
` |
Accent grave |
| a to z |
|
a to z |
Lowercase letters "a" to "z" |
| { |
|
{ |
Left curly bracket |
| | |
|
| |
Vertical bar/pipe symbol |
| } |
|
} |
Right curly bracket |
| ~ |
|
~ |
Tilde |
|   |
|
|
Non-breaking space |
| ¡ |
¡ |
?/TD>
| Inverted exclamation point |
| ¢ |
¢ |
?/TD>
| Cent symbol |
| £ |
£ |
?/TD>
| Pound sign |
| ¤ |
¤ |
?/TD>
| General currency symbol |
| ¥ |
¥ |
?/TD>
| Yen symbol |
| § |
§ |
?/TD>
| Section sign |
| ¨ |
¨ |
?/TD>
| Umlaut |
| © |
© |
?/TD>
| Copyright symbol |
| ª |
ª |
?/TD>
| Feminine ordinal |
| º |
º |
?/TD>
| Masculine ordinal |
| ¬ |
¬ |
?/TD>
| Not sign |
| ­ |
­ |
|
Soft hyphen |
| ® |
® |
?/TD>
| Registered trademark |
| ¯ |
¯ |
? |
Macron accent |
| ° |
° |
?/TD>
| Degree symbol |
| ± |
± |
?/TD>
| Plus or minus |
| ´ |
´ |
?/TD>
| Acute accent |
| µ |
µ |
?/TD>
| Micro sign (Greek mu) |
| ¶ |
¶ |
?/TD>
| Paragraph symbol |
| · |
· |
?/TD>
| Middle dot |
| ¸ |
¸ |
?/TD>
| Cedilla |
| ¿ |
¿ |
?/TD>
| Inverted question mark |
