HTML Entities

This is a list of HTML entities from the HTML 4 Specification. you can find the original list here http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/sgml/entities.html. What is different about this page is you can actually see the way your current browser will display the characters. And you can use it to look for the character you want if you are not sure what it's name is.

The first three columns are in your browsers current "sans-serif" font. The forth is the "serif" font. then there are some specific fonts listed so you can see which ones work best for you. When I am looking for something particularly crazy to do I may write a little script to keep track of who can see what and maybe even generate images so everyone can see what the glyphs look like even if you dont have a font that supports them. Especially if you give me feedback and tell me you want to see that.

BTW, if you just happen to be using a real browser, like Firefox on Windows or Safari on the Mac or just about anything on Linux do not be fooled into thinking that people crippled with Windows Internet Explorer will be able to see all of these. Even with the same font, Firefox (Mac and Windows) seems to have the most complete coverage of these glyphs.

Latin 1 Set

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Portions © International Organization for Standardization 1986 Permission to copy in any form is granted for use with conforming SGML systems and applications as defined in ISO 8879, provided this notice is included in all copies. --
no-break space = non-breaking space, U+00A0 ISOnum   =     =     =     =          
inverted exclamation mark, U+00A1 ISOnum ¡ = ¡ ¡ = ¡ ¡ = ¡ ¡ = ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡
cent sign, U+00A2 ISOnum ¢ = ¢ ¢ = ¢ ¢ = ¢ ¢ = ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢
pound sign, U+00A3 ISOnum £ = £ £ = £ £ = £ £ = £ £ £ £ £
currency sign, U+00A4 ISOnum ¤ = ¤ ¤ = ¤ ¤ = ¤ ¤ = ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤
yen sign = yuan sign, U+00A5 ISOnum ¥ = ¥ ¥ = ¥ ¥ = ¥ ¥ = ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥
broken bar = broken vertical bar, U+00A6 ISOnum ¦ = ¦ ¦ = ¦ ¦ = ¦ ¦ = ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
section sign, U+00A7 ISOnum § = § § = § § = § § = § § § § §
diaeresis = spacing diaeresis, U+00A8 ISOdia ¨ = ¨ ¨ = ¨ ¨ = ¨ ¨ = ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨
copyright sign, U+00A9 ISOnum © = © © = © © = © © = © © © © ©
feminine ordinal indicator, U+00AA ISOnum ª = ª ª = ª ª = ª ª = ª ª ª ª ª
left-pointing double angle quotation mark = left pointing guillemet, U+00AB ISOnum « = « « = « « = « « = « « « « «
not sign, U+00AC ISOnum ¬ = ¬ ¬ = ¬ ¬ = ¬ ¬ = ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬
soft hyphen = discretionary hyphen, U+00AD ISOnum ­ = ­ ­ = ­ ­ = ­ ­ = ­ ­ ­ ­ ­
registered sign = registered trade mark sign, U+00AE ISOnum ® = ® ® = ® ® = ® ® = ® ® ® ® ®
macron = spacing macron = overline = APL overbar, U+00AF ISOdia ¯ = ¯ ¯ = ¯ ¯ = ¯ ¯ = ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯
degree sign, U+00B0 ISOnum ° = ° ° = ° ° = ° ° = ° ° ° ° °
plus-minus sign = plus-or-minus sign, U+00B1 ISOnum ± = ± ± = ± ± = ± ± = ± ± ± ± ±
superscript two = superscript digit two = squared, U+00B2 ISOnum ² = ² ² = ² ² = ² ² = ² ² ² ² ²
superscript three = superscript digit three = cubed, U+00B3 ISOnum ³ = ³ ³ = ³ ³ = ³ ³ = ³ ³ ³ ³ ³
acute accent = spacing acute, U+00B4 ISOdia ´ = ´ ´ = ´ ´ = ´ ´ = ´ ´ ´ ´ ´
micro sign, U+00B5 ISOnum µ = µ µ = µ µ = µ µ = µ µ µ µ µ
pilcrow sign = paragraph sign, U+00B6 ISOnum ¶ = ¶ = ¶ = ¶ =
middle dot = Georgian comma = Greek middle dot, U+00B7 ISOnum · = · · = · · = · · = · · · · ·
cedilla = spacing cedilla, U+00B8 ISOdia ¸ = ¸ ¸ = ¸ ¸ = ¸ ¸ = ¸ ¸ ¸ ¸ ¸
superscript one = superscript digit one, U+00B9 ISOnum ¹ = ¹ ¹ = ¹ ¹ = ¹ ¹ = ¹ ¹ ¹ ¹ ¹
masculine ordinal indicator, U+00BA ISOnum º = º º = º º = º º = º º º º º
right-pointing double angle quotation mark = right pointing guillemet, U+00BB ISOnum » = » » = » » = » » = » » » » »
vulgar fraction one quarter = fraction one quarter, U+00BC ISOnum ¼ = ¼ ¼ = ¼ ¼ = ¼ ¼ = ¼ ¼ ¼ ¼ ¼
vulgar fraction one half = fraction one half, U+00BD ISOnum ½ = ½ ½ = ½ ½ = ½ ½ = ½ ½ ½ ½ ½
vulgar fraction three quarters = fraction three quarters, U+00BE ISOnum ¾ = ¾ ¾ = ¾ ¾ = ¾ ¾ = ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾
inverted question mark = turned question mark, U+00BF ISOnum ¿ = ¿ ¿ = ¿ ¿ = ¿ ¿ = ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿
latin capital letter A with grave = latin capital letter A grave, U+00C0 ISOlat1 À = À À = À À = À À = À À À À À
latin capital letter A with acute, U+00C1 ISOlat1 Á = Á Á = Á Á = Á Á = Á Á Á Á Á
latin capital letter A with circumflex, U+00C2 ISOlat1  =   =   =   =     Â
latin capital letter A with tilde, U+00C3 ISOlat1 à= à à= à à= à à= à à à à Ã
latin capital letter A with diaeresis, U+00C4 ISOlat1 Ä = Ä Ä = Ä Ä = Ä Ä = Ä Ä Ä Ä Ä
latin capital letter A with ring above = latin capital letter A ring, U+00C5 ISOlat1 Å = Å Å = Å Å = Å Å = Å Å Å Å Å
latin capital letter AE = latin capital ligature AE, U+00C6 ISOlat1 Æ = Æ Æ = Æ Æ = Æ Æ = Æ Æ Æ Æ Æ
latin capital letter C with cedilla, U+00C7 ISOlat1 Ç = Ç Ç = Ç Ç = Ç Ç = Ç Ç Ç Ç Ç
latin capital letter E with grave, U+00C8 ISOlat1 È = È È = È È = È È = È È È È È
latin capital letter E with acute, U+00C9 ISOlat1 É = É É = É É = É É = É É É É É
latin capital letter E with circumflex, U+00CA ISOlat1 Ê = Ê Ê = Ê Ê = Ê Ê = Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê
latin capital letter E with diaeresis, U+00CB ISOlat1 Ë = Ë Ë = Ë Ë = Ë Ë = Ë Ë Ë Ë Ë
latin capital letter I with grave, U+00CC ISOlat1 Ì = Ì Ì = Ì Ì = Ì Ì = Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì
latin capital letter I with acute, U+00CD ISOlat1 Í = Í Í = Í Í = Í Í = Í Í Í Í Í
latin capital letter I with circumflex, U+00CE ISOlat1 Π= ΠΠ= ΠΠ= ΠΠ= Î Î Î Î Î
latin capital letter I with diaeresis, U+00CF ISOlat1 Ï = Ï Ï = Ï Ï = Ï Ï = Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï
latin capital letter ETH, U+00D0 ISOlat1 Р= РР= РР= РР= Ð Ð Ð Ð Ð
latin capital letter N with tilde, U+00D1 ISOlat1 Ñ = Ñ Ñ = Ñ Ñ = Ñ Ñ = Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ
latin capital letter O with grave, U+00D2 ISOlat1 Ò = Ò Ò = Ò Ò = Ò Ò = Ò Ò Ò Ò Ò
latin capital letter O with acute, U+00D3 ISOlat1 Ó = Ó Ó = Ó Ó = Ó Ó = Ó Ó Ó Ó Ó
latin capital letter O with circumflex, U+00D4 ISOlat1 Ô = Ô Ô = Ô Ô = Ô Ô = Ô Ô Ô Ô Ô
latin capital letter O with tilde, U+00D5 ISOlat1 Õ = Õ Õ = Õ Õ = Õ Õ = Õ Õ Õ Õ Õ
latin capital letter O with diaeresis, U+00D6 ISOlat1 Ö = Ö Ö = Ö Ö = Ö Ö = Ö Ö Ö Ö Ö
multiplication sign, U+00D7 ISOnum × = × × = × × = × × = × × × × ×
latin capital letter O with stroke = latin capital letter O slash, U+00D8 ISOlat1 Ø = Ø Ø = Ø Ø = Ø Ø = Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø
latin capital letter U with grave, U+00D9 ISOlat1 Ù = Ù Ù = Ù Ù = Ù Ù = Ù Ù Ù Ù Ù
latin capital letter U with acute, U+00DA ISOlat1 Ú = Ú Ú = Ú Ú = Ú Ú = Ú Ú Ú Ú Ú
latin capital letter U with circumflex, U+00DB ISOlat1 Û = Û Û = Û Û = Û Û = Û Û Û Û Û
latin capital letter U with diaeresis, U+00DC ISOlat1 Ü = Ü Ü = Ü Ü = Ü Ü = Ü Ü Ü Ü Ü
latin capital letter Y with acute, U+00DD ISOlat1 Ý = Ý Ý = Ý Ý = Ý Ý = Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý
latin capital letter THORN, U+00DE ISOlat1 Þ = Þ Þ = Þ Þ = Þ Þ = Þ Þ Þ Þ Þ
latin small letter sharp s = ess-zed, U+00DF ISOlat1 ß = ß ß = ß ß = ß ß = ß ß ß ß ß
latin small letter a with grave = latin small letter a grave, U+00E0 ISOlat1 à = à à = à à = à à = à à à à à
latin small letter a with acute, U+00E1 ISOlat1 á = á á = á á = á á = á á á á á
latin small letter a with circumflex, U+00E2 ISOlat1 â = â â = â â = â â = â â â â â
latin small letter a with tilde, U+00E3 ISOlat1 ã = ã ã = ã ã = ã ã = ã ã ã ã ã
latin small letter a with diaeresis, U+00E4 ISOlat1 ä = ä ä = ä ä = ä ä = ä ä ä ä ä
latin small letter a with ring above = latin small letter a ring, U+00E5 ISOlat1 å = å å = å å = å å = å å å å å
latin small letter ae = latin small ligature ae, U+00E6 ISOlat1 æ = æ æ = æ æ = æ æ = æ æ æ æ æ
latin small letter c with cedilla, U+00E7 ISOlat1 ç = ç ç = ç ç = ç ç = ç ç ç ç ç
latin small letter e with grave, U+00E8 ISOlat1 è = è è = è è = è è = è è è è è
latin small letter e with acute, U+00E9 ISOlat1 é = é é = é é = é é = é é é é é
latin small letter e with circumflex, U+00EA ISOlat1 ê = ê ê = ê ê = ê ê = ê ê ê ê ê
latin small letter e with diaeresis, U+00EB ISOlat1 ë = ë ë = ë ë = ë ë = ë ë ë ë ë
latin small letter i with grave, U+00EC ISOlat1 ì = ì ì = ì ì = ì ì = ì ì ì ì ì
latin small letter i with acute, U+00ED ISOlat1 í = í í = í í = í í = í í í í í
latin small letter i with circumflex, U+00EE ISOlat1 î = î î = î î = î î = î î î î î
latin small letter i with diaeresis, U+00EF ISOlat1 ï = ï ï = ï ï = ï ï = ï ï ï ï ï
latin small letter eth, U+00F0 ISOlat1 ð = ð ð = ð ð = ð ð = ð ð ð ð ð
latin small letter n with tilde, U+00F1 ISOlat1 ñ = ñ ñ = ñ ñ = ñ ñ = ñ ñ ñ ñ ñ
latin small letter o with grave, U+00F2 ISOlat1 ò = ò ò = ò ò = ò ò = ò ò ò ò ò
latin small letter o with acute, U+00F3 ISOlat1 ó = ó ó = ó ó = ó ó = ó ó ó ó ó
latin small letter o with circumflex, U+00F4 ISOlat1 ô = ô ô = ô ô = ô ô = ô ô ô ô ô
latin small letter o with tilde, U+00F5 ISOlat1 õ = õ õ = õ õ = õ õ = õ õ õ õ õ
latin small letter o with diaeresis, U+00F6 ISOlat1 ö = ö ö = ö ö = ö ö = ö ö ö ö ö
division sign, U+00F7 ISOnum ÷ = ÷ ÷ = ÷ ÷ = ÷ ÷ = ÷ ÷ ÷ ÷ ÷
latin small letter o with stroke, = latin small letter o slash, U+00F8 ISOlat1 ø = ø ø = ø ø = ø ø = ø ø ø ø ø
latin small letter u with grave, U+00F9 ISOlat1 ù = ù ù = ù ù = ù ù = ù ù ù ù ù
latin small letter u with acute, U+00FA ISOlat1 ú = ú ú = ú ú = ú ú = ú ú ú ú ú
latin small letter u with circumflex, U+00FB ISOlat1 û = û û = û û = û û = û û û û û
latin small letter u with diaeresis, U+00FC ISOlat1 ü = ü ü = ü ü = ü ü = ü ü ü ü ü
latin small letter y with acute, U+00FD ISOlat1 ý = ý ý = ý ý = ý ý = ý ý ý ý ý
latin small letter thorn, U+00FE ISOlat1 þ = þ þ = þ þ = þ þ = þ þ þ þ þ
latin small letter y with diaeresis, U+00FF ISOlat1 ÿ = ÿ ÿ = ÿ ÿ = ÿ ÿ = ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ

Mathematical, Greek and Symbolic characters

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Mathematical, Greek and Symbolic characters for HTML --
Portions © International Organization for Standardization 1986: Permission to copy in any form is granted for use with conforming SGML systems and applications as defined in ISO 8879, provided this notice is included in all copies. --
Relevant ISO entity set is given unless names are newly introduced. New names (i.e., not in ISO 8879 list) do not clash with any existing ISO 8879 entity names. ISO 10646 character numbers are given for each character, in hex. CDATA values are decimal conversions of the ISO 10646 values and refer to the document character set. Names are ISO 10646 names. --
Latin Extended-B --
latin small f with hook = function = florin, U+0192 ISOtech ƒ = ƒ ƒ = ƒ ƒ = ƒ ƒ = ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ
Greek --
greek capital letter alpha, U+0391 Α = Α Α = Α Α = Α Α = Α Α Α Α Α
greek capital letter beta, U+0392 Β = Β Β = Β Β = Β Β = Β Β Β Β Β
greek capital letter gamma, U+0393 ISOgrk3 Γ = Γ Γ = Γ Γ = Γ Γ = Γ Γ Γ Γ Γ
greek capital letter delta, U+0394 ISOgrk3 Δ = Δ Δ = Δ Δ = Δ Δ = Δ Δ Δ Δ Δ
greek capital letter epsilon, U+0395 Ε = Ε Ε = Ε Ε = Ε Ε = Ε Ε Ε Ε Ε
greek capital letter zeta, U+0396 Ζ = Ζ Ζ = Ζ Ζ = Ζ Ζ = Ζ Ζ Ζ Ζ Ζ
greek capital letter eta, U+0397 Η = Η Η = Η Η = Η Η = Η Η Η Η Η
greek capital letter theta, U+0398 ISOgrk3 Θ = Θ Θ = Θ Θ = Θ Θ = Θ Θ Θ Θ Θ
greek capital letter iota, U+0399 Ι = Ι Ι = Ι Ι = Ι Ι = Ι Ι Ι Ι Ι
greek capital letter kappa, U+039A Κ = Κ Κ = Κ Κ = Κ Κ = Κ Κ Κ Κ Κ
greek capital letter lambda, U+039B ISOgrk3 Λ = Λ Λ = Λ Λ = Λ Λ = Λ Λ Λ Λ Λ
greek capital letter mu, U+039C Μ = Μ Μ = Μ Μ = Μ Μ = Μ Μ Μ Μ Μ
greek capital letter nu, U+039D Ν = Ν Ν = Ν Ν = Ν Ν = Ν Ν Ν Ν Ν
greek capital letter xi, U+039E ISOgrk3 Ξ = Ξ Ξ = Ξ Ξ = Ξ Ξ = Ξ Ξ Ξ Ξ Ξ
greek capital letter omicron, U+039F Ο = Ο Ο = Ο Ο = Ο Ο = Ο Ο Ο Ο Ο
greek capital letter pi, U+03A0 ISOgrk3 Π = Π Π = Π Π = Π Π = Π Π Π Π Π
greek capital letter rho, U+03A1 Ρ = Ρ Ρ = Ρ Ρ = Ρ Ρ = Ρ Ρ Ρ Ρ Ρ
there is no Sigmaf, and no U+03A2 character either --
greek capital letter sigma, U+03A3 ISOgrk3 Σ = Σ Σ = Σ Σ = Σ Σ = Σ Σ Σ Σ Σ
greek capital letter tau, U+03A4 Τ = Τ Τ = Τ Τ = Τ Τ = Τ Τ Τ Τ Τ
greek capital letter upsilon, U+03A5 ISOgrk3 Υ = Υ Υ = Υ Υ = Υ Υ = Υ Υ Υ Υ Υ
greek capital letter phi, U+03A6 ISOgrk3 Φ = Φ Φ = Φ Φ = Φ Φ = Φ Φ Φ Φ Φ
greek capital letter chi, U+03A7 Χ = Χ Χ = Χ Χ = Χ Χ = Χ Χ Χ Χ Χ
greek capital letter psi, U+03A8 ISOgrk3 Ψ = Ψ Ψ = Ψ Ψ = Ψ Ψ = Ψ Ψ Ψ Ψ Ψ
greek capital letter omega, U+03A9 ISOgrk3 Ω = Ω Ω = Ω Ω = Ω Ω = Ω Ω Ω Ω Ω
greek small letter alpha, U+03B1 ISOgrk3 α = α α = α α = α α = α α α α α
greek small letter beta, U+03B2 ISOgrk3 β = β β = β β = β β = β β β β β
greek small letter gamma, U+03B3 ISOgrk3 γ = γ γ = γ γ = γ γ = γ γ γ γ γ
greek small letter delta, U+03B4 ISOgrk3 δ = δ δ = δ δ = δ δ = δ δ δ δ δ
greek small letter epsilon, U+03B5 ISOgrk3 ε = ε ε = ε ε = ε ε = ε ε ε ε ε
greek small letter zeta, U+03B6 ISOgrk3 ζ = ζ ζ = ζ ζ = ζ ζ = ζ ζ ζ ζ ζ
greek small letter eta, U+03B7 ISOgrk3 η = η η = η η = η η = η η η η η
greek small letter theta, U+03B8 ISOgrk3 θ = θ θ = θ θ = θ θ = θ θ θ θ θ
greek small letter iota, U+03B9 ISOgrk3 ι = ι ι = ι ι = ι ι = ι ι ι ι ι
greek small letter kappa, U+03BA ISOgrk3 κ = κ κ = κ κ = κ κ = κ κ κ κ κ
greek small letter lambda, U+03BB ISOgrk3 λ = λ λ = λ λ = λ λ = λ λ λ λ λ
greek small letter mu, U+03BC ISOgrk3 μ = μ μ = μ μ = μ μ = μ μ μ μ μ
greek small letter nu, U+03BD ISOgrk3 ν = ν ν = ν ν = ν ν = ν ν ν ν ν
greek small letter xi, U+03BE ISOgrk3 ξ = ξ ξ = ξ ξ = ξ ξ = ξ ξ ξ ξ ξ
greek small letter omicron, U+03BF NEW ο = ο ο = ο ο = ο ο = ο ο ο ο ο
greek small letter pi, U+03C0 ISOgrk3 π = π π = π π = π π = π π π π π
greek small letter rho, U+03C1 ISOgrk3 ρ = ρ ρ = ρ ρ = ρ ρ = ρ ρ ρ ρ ρ
greek small letter final sigma, U+03C2 ISOgrk3 ς = ς ς = ς ς = ς ς = ς ς ς ς ς
greek small letter sigma, U+03C3 ISOgrk3 σ = σ σ = σ σ = σ σ = σ σ σ σ σ
greek small letter tau, U+03C4 ISOgrk3 τ = τ τ = τ τ = τ τ = τ τ τ τ τ
greek small letter upsilon, U+03C5 ISOgrk3 υ = υ υ = υ υ = υ υ = υ υ υ υ υ
greek small letter phi, U+03C6 ISOgrk3 φ = φ φ = φ φ = φ φ = φ φ φ φ φ
greek small letter chi, U+03C7 ISOgrk3 χ = χ χ = χ χ = χ χ = χ χ χ χ χ
greek small letter psi, U+03C8 ISOgrk3 ψ = ψ ψ = ψ ψ = ψ ψ = ψ ψ ψ ψ ψ
greek small letter omega, U+03C9 ISOgrk3 ω = ω ω = ω ω = ω ω = ω ω ω ω ω
greek small letter theta symbol, U+03D1 NEW ϑ = ϑ ϑ = ϑ ϑ = ϑ ϑ = ϑ ϑ ϑ ϑ ϑ
greek upsilon with hook symbol, U+03D2 NEW ϒ = ϒ ϒ = ϒ ϒ = ϒ ϒ = ϒ ϒ ϒ ϒ ϒ
greek pi symbol, U+03D6 ISOgrk3 ϖ = ϖ ϖ = ϖ ϖ = ϖ ϖ = ϖ ϖ ϖ ϖ ϖ
General Punctuation --
bullet = black small circle, U+2022 ISOpub • = • = • = • =
bullet is NOT the same as bullet operator, U+2219 --
horizontal ellipsis = three dot leader, U+2026 ISOpub … = … = … = … =
prime = minutes = feet, U+2032 ISOtech ′ = ′ = ′ = ′ =
double prime = seconds = inches, U+2033 ISOtech ″ = ″ = ″ = ″ =
overline = spacing overscore, U+203E NEW ‾ = ‾ = ‾ = ‾ =
fraction slash, U+2044 NEW ⁄ = ⁄ = ⁄ = ⁄ =
Letterlike Symbols --
script capital P = power set = Weierstrass p, U+2118 ISOamso ℘ = ℘ = ℘ = ℘ =
blackletter capital I = imaginary part, U+2111 ISOamso ℑ = ℑ = ℑ = ℑ =
blackletter capital R = real part symbol, U+211C ISOamso ℜ = ℜ = ℜ = ℜ =
trade mark sign, U+2122 ISOnum ™ = ™ = ™ = ™ =
alef symbol = first transfinite cardinal, U+2135 NEW ℵ = ℵ = ℵ = ℵ =
alef symbol is NOT the same as hebrew letter alef, U+05D0 although the same glyph could be used to depict both characters --
Arrows --
leftwards arrow, U+2190 ISOnum ← = ← = ← = ← =
upwards arrow, U+2191 ISOnum ↑ = ↑ = ↑ = ↑ =