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This is the set of character codes defined in association with the HTML version 4.0 standard. Either the name (for example  ) or the number ( ) format can be used, but notice that if you use the name than case is important.

Note that not every character may be supported in all browsers, some may not be as described, and some are spaces so you will see nothing. Here is the full set, with your browser's interpretation in blue:

nbsp   -- no-break space
iexcl ¡ -- inverted exclamation mark
cent ¢ -- cent sign
pound £ -- pound sterling sign
curren ¤ -- general currency sign
yen ¥ -- yen sign
brvbar ¦ -- broken (vertical) bar
sect § -- section sign
uml ¨ -- umlaut (dieresis)
copy © -- copyright sign
ordf ª -- ordinal indicator, feminine
laquo « -- angle quotation mark, left
not ¬ -- not sign
shy ­ -- soft hyphen
reg ® -- registered sign
macr ¯ -- macron
deg ° -- degree sign
plusmn ± -- plus-or-minus sign
sup2 ² -- superscript two
sup3 ³ -- superscript three
acute ´ -- acute accent
micro µ -- micro sign
para -- pilcrow (paragraph sign)
middot · -- middle dot
cedil ¸ -- cedilla
sup1 ¹ -- superscript one
ordm º -- ordinal indicator, masculine
raquo » -- angle quotation mark, right
frac14 ¼ -- fraction one-quarter
frac12 ½ -- fraction one-half
frac34 ¾ -- fraction three-quarters
iquest ¿ -- inverted question mark
Agrave À -- capital A, grave accent
Aacute Á -- capital A, acute accent
Acirc  -- capital A, circumflex accent
Atilde à -- capital A, tilde
Auml Ä -- capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark
Aring Å -- capital A, ring
AElig Æ -- capital AE diphthong (ligature)
Ccedil Ç -- capital C, cedilla
Egrave È -- capital E, grave accent
Eacute É -- capital E, acute accent
Ecirc Ê -- capital E, circumflex accent
Euml Ë -- capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark
Igrave Ì -- capital I, grave accent
Iacute Í -- capital I, acute accent
Icirc Î -- capital I, circumflex accent
Iuml Ï -- capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark
fnof ƒ -- latin small f with hook
Alpha Α -- greek capital letter alpha
Beta Β -- greek capital letter beta
Gamma Γ -- greek capital letter gamma
Delta Δ -- greek capital letter delta
Epsilon Ε -- greek capital letter epsilon
Zeta Ζ -- greek capital letter zeta
Eta Η -- greek capital letter eta
Theta Θ -- greek capital letter theta
Iota Ι -- greek capital letter iota
Kappa Κ -- greek capital letter kappa
Lambda Λ -- greek capital letter lambda
Mu Μ -- greek capital letter mu
Nu Ν -- greek capital letter nu
Xi Ξ -- greek capital letter xi
Omicron Ο -- greek capital letter omicron
Pi Π -- greek capital letter pi
Rho Ρ -- greek capital letter rho
Sigma Σ -- greek capital letter sigma
Tau Τ -- greek capital letter tau
Upsilon Υ -- greek capital letter upsilon
Phi Φ -- greek capital letter phi
Chi Χ -- greek capital letter chi
Psi Ψ -- greek capital letter psi
Omega Ω -- greek capital letter omega
alpha α -- greek small letter alpha
beta β -- greek small letter beta
gamma γ -- greek small letter gamma
delta δ -- greek small letter delta
epsilon ε -- greek small letter epsilon
zeta ζ -- greek small letter zeta
eta η -- greek small letter eta
theta θ -- greek small letter theta
iota ι -- greek small letter iota
kappa κ -- greek small letter kappa
lambda λ -- greek small letter lambda
mu μ -- greek small letter mu
nu ν -- greek small letter nu
xi ξ -- greek small letter xi
omicron ο -- greek small letter omicron
pi π -- greek small letter pi
rho ρ -- greek small letter rho
sigmaf ς -- greek small letter final sigma
sigma σ -- greek small letter sigma
tau τ -- greek small letter tau
upsilon υ -- greek small letter upsilon
phi φ -- greek small letter phi
chi χ -- greek small letter chi
psi ψ -- greek small letter psi
omega ω -- greek small letter omega
thetasym ϑ -- greek small letter theta symbol
upsih ϒ -- greek upsilon with hook symbol
piv ϖ -- greek pi symbol
lceil -- left ceiling = apl upstile
rceil -- right ceiling
lfloor -- left floor = apl downstile
rfloor -- right floor
lang -- left-pointing angle bracket = bra
rang -- right-pointing angle bracket = ket
loz -- lozenge
spades -- black spade suit
clubs -- black club suit = shamrock
hearts -- black heart suit = valentine
diams -- black diamond suit
quot " -- quotation mark = APL quote
amp & -- ampersand
lt < -- less-than sign
gt > -- greater-than sign
OElig Œ -- latin capital ligature OE
oelig œ -- latin small ligature oe
Scaron Š -- latin capital letter S with caron
scaron š -- latin small letter s with caron
Yuml Ÿ -- latin capital letter Y with diaeresis
ETH Ð -- capital Eth, Icelandic
Ntilde Ñ -- capital N, tilde
Ograve Ò -- capital O, grave accent
Oacute Ó -- capital O, acute accent
Ocirc Ô -- capital O, circumflex accent
Otilde Õ -- capital O, tilde
Ouml Ö -- capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark
times × -- multiply sign
Oslash Ø -- capital O, slash
Ugrave Ù -- capital U, grave accent
Uacute Ú -- capital U, acute accent
Ucirc Û -- capital U, circumflex accent
Uuml Ü -- capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark
Yacute Ý -- capital Y, acute accent
THORN Þ -- capital THORN, Icelandic
szlig ß -- small sharp s, German (sz ligature)
agrave à -- small a, grave accent
aacute á -- small a, acute accent
acirc â -- small a, circumflex accent
atilde ã -- small a, tilde
auml ä -- small a, dieresis or umlaut mark
aring å -- small a, ring
aelig æ -- small ae diphthong (ligature)
ccedil ç -- small c, cedilla
egrave è -- small e, grave accent
eacute é -- small e, acute accent
ecirc ê -- small e, circumflex accent
euml ë -- small e, dieresis or umlaut mark
igrave ì -- small i, grave accent
iacute í -- small i, acute accent
icirc î -- small i, circumflex accent
iuml ï -- small i, dieresis or umlaut mark
eth ð -- small eth, Icelandic
ntilde ñ -- small n, tilde
ograve ò -- small o, grave accent
oacute ó -- small o, acute accent
ocirc ô -- small o, circumflex accent
otilde õ -- small o, tilde
ouml ö -- small o, dieresis or umlaut mark
divide ÷ -- divide sign
oslash ø -- small o, slash
ugrave ù -- small u, grave accent
uacute ú -- small u, acute accent
ucirc û -- small u, circumflex accent
uuml ü -- small u, dieresis or umlaut mark
yacute ý -- small y, acute accent
thorn þ -- small thorn, Icelandic
yuml ÿ -- small y, dieresis or umlaut mark
bull -- bullet = black small circle
hellip -- horizontal ellipsis = three dot leader
prime -- prime = minutes = feet
Prime -- double prime = seconds = inches
oline -- overline = spacing overscore
frasl -- fraction slash
weierp -- script capital P = power set
image -- blackletter capital I = imaginary part
real -- blackletter capital R = real part symbol
trade -- trade mark sign
alefsym -- alef symbol = first transfinite cardinal
larr -- leftwards arrow
uarr -- upwards arrow
rarr -- rightwards arrow
darr -- downwards arrow
harr -- left right arrow
crarr -- downwards arrow with corner = carriage return
lArr -- leftwards double arrow
uArr -- upwards double arrow
rArr -- rightwards double arrow
dArr -- downwards double arrow
hArr -- left right double arrow
forall -- for all
part -- partial differential
exist -- there exists
empty -- empty set = null set = diameter
nabla -- nabla = backward difference
isin -- element of
notin -- not an element of
ni -- contains as member
prod -- n-ary product = product sign
sum -- n-ary sumation
minus -- minus sign
lowast -- asterisk operator
radic -- square root = radical sign
prop -- proportional to
nfin -- infinity
ang -- angle
and -- logical and = wedge
or -- logical or = vee
cap -- intersection = cap
cup -- union = cup
int -- integral
there4 -- therefore
sim -- tilde operator = varies with = similar to
cong -- approximately equal to
asymp -- almost equal to = asymptotic to
ne -- not equal to
equiv -- identical to
le -- less-than or equal to
ge -- greater-than or equal to
sub -- subset of
sup -- superset of
nsub -- not a subset of
sube -- subset of or equal to
supe -- superset of or equal to,
oplus -- circled plus = direct sum
otimes -- circled times = vector product
perp -- up tack = orthogonal to = perpendicular
sdot -- dot operator
circ ˆ -- modifier letter circumflex accent
tilde ˜ -- small tilde
ensp -- en space
emsp -- em space
thinsp -- thin space
zwnj -- zero width non-joiner
zwj -- zero width joiner
lrm -- left-to-right mark
rlm -- right-to-left mark
ndash -- en dash
mdash -- em dash
lsquo -- left single quotation mark
rsquo -- right single quotation mark
sbquo -- single low-9 quotation mark
ldquo -- left double quotation mark
rdquo -- right double quotation mark
bdquo -- double low-9 quotation mark
dagger -- dagger
Dagger -- double dagger
permil -- per mille sign
lsaquo -- single left-pointing angle quotation mark
rsaquo -- single right-pointing angle quotation mark
euro -- euro sign
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