This page contains some of the more commonly used character entities that are allowed in HTML 4 and XHTML 1.0, as outlined in section 24 of the official HTML 4 specifications, published by the W3C.
| Character | Code | Character Name |
| Arrows | ||
← |
← | Left Arrow |
↑ |
↑ | Up Arrow |
→ |
→ | Right Arrow |
↓ |
↓ | Down Arrow |
↔ |
↔ | Left Right Arrow |
↵ |
↵ | Downwards Arrow with Corner Leftwards |
⇐ |
⇐ | Left Dbl Arrow |
⇒ |
⇒ | Right Dbl Arrow |
⇔ |
⇔ | Double Left Right Arrow |
⇑ |
⇑ | Upward Dbl Arrow |
| Brackets | ||
{ |
{ | Left Curly Bracket |
} |
} | Right Curly Bracket |
‹ |
‹ | Left Guillemets |
› |
› | Right Guillemets |
« |
« | Left Guillemets |
» |
» | Right Guillemets |
< |
< | Left |
> , |
> | Right |
) |
) | Right Parenthesis |
( |
( | Left Parenthesis |
[ |
[ | Left Sq. Bracket |
] |
] | Right Sq. Bracket |
« |
« | Left Guillemets |
» |
» | Right Guillemets |
| Common Characters | ||
@ |
@ | At Sign |
• |
• | Bullet |
© |
© | Copyright sign |
… |
… | Horizontal Ellipsis |
|
or   | Non-Breaking Space |
¶ |
¶ | Paragraph Sign |
® |
® | Registered sign |
™ |
™ | Trademark sign |
| |
| | Vertical (Pipe) bar |
| Financial Characters | ||
$ |
$ | Dollar Sign |
¢ |
¢ | Cent sign |
£ |
£ | Pound sign |
¥ |
¥ | Yen sign |
€ |
€ | Euro |
| Greek Letters | ||
Α |
Α | Alpha |
Β |
Β | Beta |
Δ |
Δ | Delta |
Ε |
Ε | Epsilon |
Γ |
Γ | Gamma |
Ω |
Ω | Omega |
Π |
Π | Pi |
Σ |
Σ | Sigma |
Ζ |
Ζ | Zeta |
Φ |
Φ | Phi |
Χ |
Χ | Chi |
| Mathematical Characters | ||
+ |
+ | Plus Sign |
- |
- | Minus Sign |
× |
× | Multiplication Sign |
÷ |
÷ | Division Sign |
± |
± | Plus or Minus Sign |
= |
= | Equals Sign |
< |
< | Less Than Sign |
> |
> | Greater Than Sign |
¼ |
¼ | ¼ fraction |
½<,/ |
½ | ½ Fraction |
¾ |
¾ | ¾ Fraction |
° |
° | Degree Sign |
# |
# | Number Sign |
% , |
% | Percent Sign |
‰ |
‰ | Per Thousand Sign |
√ |
√ | Square Root Sign |
≈ |
≈ | |
≠ |
≠ | |
≡ |
≡ | |
≤ |
≤ | |
≥ |
≥ | |
∀ |
∀ | For All |
∅ |
∅ | Empty Set |
∑ |
∑ | |
∏ |
∏ | |
∝ |
∝ | |
∞ , |
∞ | |
∠ |
∠ | |
∧ |
∧ | Logical And Sign |
∨ |
∨ | Logical Or Sign |
∩ |
∩ | Intersection Sign |
∪ |
∪ | Union Sign |
∫ |
∫ | Integral |
◊ |
◊ | Lozenge |
| Playing Card Suit Characters | ||
♠ |
♠ | Spades Suit |
♣ |
♣ | Clubs Suit |
♥ |
♥ | Hearts Suit |
♦ |
♦ | Diamonds Suit |
| Misc. Characters | ||
¦ |
¦ | Broken Vertical Bar |
§ |
§ | Section sign |
† |
† | Dagger |
‡ |
‡ | Double Dagger |
′ |
′ | |
″ |
″ | |
¨ |
¨ | |
ª |
ª | |
¬ |
¬ | Not Sign |
´ |
´ | |
µ |
µ | |
¿ |
¿ | Inverted Question Mark |
Ö |
Ö | |
⊥ |
⊥ | |
¡ |
¡ | Inverted Exclamation Mark |
| Punctuation Marks | ||
& |
& | Ampersand |
* , |
* | Asterisk |
' |
' | Apostrophe |
! , |
! | Exclamation Point |
? , |
? | Question Mark |
/ |
/ | Foward Slash |
\ |
\ | Back Slash |
* |
* | Asterisk |
" |
" | Quote |
: |
: | Colon |
; |
; | Semi-colon |
- |
- | Hyphen |
– |
– | En Dash |
— |
— | Em Dash |
_ |
_ | Underscore |
‘ |
‘ | Left Single Quote |
’ |
’ | Right Single Quote |
“ |
“ | Left Double Quote |
” |
” | Right Double Quote |
. |
. | Period |
, |
, | Comma |
| Greek Letters | ||
Α |
Α | Alpha |
Β |
Β | Beta |
Δ |
Δ | Delta |
Ε |
Ε | Epsilon |
Γ |
Γ | Gamma |
Ω |
Ω | Omega |
Π |
Π | Pi |
Σ |
Σ | Sigma |
Ζ |
Ζ | Zeta |
Φ |
Φ | Phi |
Χ |
Χ | Chi |