XHTML entity reference

Published by Sara Jacobson
Jan 15, 2008 09:09 PM under

You would think, being a person that codes and works with web pages all the time, I would have most of these memorized, but it seems I am always googling for entities.

Rather than hunt through sites yet again, I've compiled this list. It shows the html entity, hex code, dec code, as well as the rendered version of the same (so I can test in various browsers).

It's not complete, but has most of the entities I'll likely use. If you want me to add any, let me know.

Most-Used Entities

DescriptionCode Browser
NameDecHexNameDecHex
copyright sign©&#169&#xA9©©©
registered trade mark sign®&#174&#xAE®®®
trade mark sign™&#8482&#x2122™™™
ampersand&&&&&&
less-than sign&lt;&#60;&#x3C;<<<
greater-than sign&gt;&#62;&#x3E;>>>

Currency

DescriptionCode Browser
NameDecHexNameDecHex
cent sign&cent;&#162&#xA2¢¢¢
currency sign&curren;&#164&#xA4¤¤¤
euro sign&euro;&#8364&#x20AC€€€
per thousand sign (per mille)&permil;&#8240&#x2030‰‰‰
pound sign&pound;&#163&#xA3£££
yen sign&yen;&#165&#xA5¥¥¥

Punctuation

DescriptionCode Browser
NameDecHexNameDecHex
acute accent - spacing acute&acute;&#180&#xB4´´´
broken vertical bar&brvbar;&#166&#xA6¦¦¦
bullet&bull;&#8226&#x2022•••
dagger&dagger;&#8224&#x2020†††
double dagger&Dagger;&#8225&#x2021‡‡‡
double low-9 quotation mark&bdquo;&#8222&#x201E„„„
em dash&ndash;&#8212&#x2014–——
en dash&mdash;&#8211&#x2013—––
feminine ordinal indicator&ordf;&#170&#xAAªªª
horizontal ellipsis&hellip;&#8230&#x2026………
inverted exclamation mark&iexcl;&#161&#xA1¡¡¡
inverted question mark&iquest;&#191&#xBF¿¿¿
left double angle quotes&laquo;&#171&#xAB«««
left double quotation mark&ldquo;&#8220&#x201C“““
left single quotation mark&lsquo;&#8216&#x2018‘‘‘
masculine ordinal indicator&ordm;&#186&#xBAººº
micro sign&micro;&#181&#xB5µµµ
middle dot - Georgian comma&middot;&#183&#xB7···
pilcrow sign - paragraph sign&para;&#182&#xB6
right double angle quotes&raquo;&#187&#xBB»»»
right double quotation mark&rdquo;&#8221&#x201D”””
right single quotation mark&rsquo;&#8217&#x2019’’’
section sign&sect;&#167&#xA7§§§
single low-9 quotation mark&sbquo;&#8218&#x201A‚‚‚
soft hyphen&shy;&#173&#xAD­­­
spacing cedilla&cedil;&#184&#xB8¸¸¸
spacing diaeresis - umlaut&uml;&#168&#xA8¨¨¨
spacing macron - overline&macr;&#175&#xAF¯¯¯
superscript one&sup1;&#185&#xB9¹¹¹
double quotes&quot;&#34&#x22"""

Spacing

DescriptionCode Browser
NameDecHexNameDecHex
en space&ensp;&#8194&#x2002   
em space&emsp;&#8195&#x2003   
non-breaking space&nbsp;&#160&#xA0   
thin space&thinsp;&#8201;&#x2009;   

Mathmatical Symbols

DescriptionCode Browser
NameDecHexNameDecHex
multiplication sign&times;&#215&#xD7×××
division sign&divide;&#247&#xF7÷÷÷
fraction one half&frac12;&#189&#xBD½½½
fraction one quarter&frac14;&#188&#xBC¼¼¼
fraction three quarters&frac34;&#190&#xBE¾¾¾
superscript three - cubed&sup3;&#179&#xB3³³³
superscript two - squared&sup2;&#178&#xB2²²²
degree sign&deg;&#176&#xB0°°°
not sign&not;&#172&#xAC¬¬¬
plus-or-minus sign&plusmn;&#177&#xB1±±±
function&fnof;&#402&#x192ƒƒƒ
tilde (equivalancy)&sim;&#126&#x7E∼~~

Arrows

DescriptionCode Browser
NameDecHexNameDecHex
leftwards arrow&larr;&#8592;&#x2190 ←←←
rightwards arrow&rarr;&#8594;&#x2192 →→→
downwards arrow&darr;&#8595;&#x2193 ↓↓↓
left right arrow&harr;&#8596;&#x2194 ↔↔↔
downwards arrow with corner leftwards = carriage return&crarr;&#8629;&#x21B5↵↵↵
leftwards double arrow&lArr;&#8656;&#x21D0 ⇐⇐⇐
upwards double arrow&uArr;&#8657;&#x21D1 ⇑⇑⇑
rightwards double arrow&rArr;&#8658;&#x21D2 ⇒⇒⇒
downwards double arrow&dArr;&#8659;&#x21D3 ⇓⇓⇓
left right double arrow&hArr;&#8660;&#x21D4 ⇔⇔⇔

Shapes and Symbols

DescriptionCode Browser
NameDecHexNameDecHex
lozenge&loz;&#9674;&#x25CA;◊◊◊
solid spade suit&spades;&#9824;&#x2660;♠♠♠
solid club suit = shamrock&clubs;&#9827;&#x2663;♣♣♣
solid heart suit = valentine&hearts;&#9829;&#x2665;♥♥♥
solid diamond suit&diams;&#9830;&#x2666;♦♦♦
script capital P ¦ power set ¦ Weierstrass P&weierp;&#8472;&#x2118;℘℘℘
blackletter I ¦ imaginary part&image;&#8465;&#x2111;ℑℑℑ
blackletter R ¦ real part symbol&real;&#8476;&#x211C;ℜℜℜ
alef symbol ¦ first transfinite cardinal&alefsym;&#8501;&#x2135;ℵℵℵ

Letter Symbols

DescriptionCode Browser
NameDecHexNameDecHex
uppercase ETH&ETH;&#208&#xD0ÐÐÐ
lowercase eth&eth;&#240&#xF0ððð
uppercase THORN&THORN;&#222&#xDEÞÞÞ
lowercase thorn&thorn;&#254&#xFEþþþ
lowercase sharp s &szlig;&#223&#xDFßßß
uppercase AE&AElig;&#198&#xC6ÆÆÆ
lowercase ae&aelig;&#230&#xE6æææ
uppercase OE&OElig;&#338&#x152ŒŒŒ
lowercase oe&oelig;&#339&#x153œœœ

Accented characters

DescriptionCode Browser
NameDecHexNameDecHex
uppercase A with acute&Aacute;&#193&#xC1ÁÁÁ
lowercase a with acute&aacute;&#225&#xE1ááá
uppercase E with acute&Eacute;&#201&#xC9ÉÉÉ
lowercase e with acute&eacute;&#233&#xE9ééé
uppercase I with acute&Iacute;&#205&#xCDÍÍÍ
lowercase i with acute&iacute;&#237&#xEDííí
uppercase O with acute&Oacute;&#211&#xD3ÓÓÓ
lowercase o with acute&oacute;&#243&#xF3óóó
uppercase U with acute&Uacute;&#218&#xDAÚÚÚ
lowercase u with acute&uacute;&#250&#xFAúúú
uppercase Y with acute&Yacute;&#221&#xDDÝÝÝ
lowercase y with acute&yacute;&#253&#xFDýýý
uppercase S with caron&Scaron;&#352&#x160ŠŠŠ
lowercase s with caron&scaron;&#353&#x161ššš
uppercase C with cedilla&Ccedil;&#199&#xC7ÇÇÇ
lowercase c with cedilla&ccedil;&#231&#xE7ççç
uppercase A with circumflex&Acirc;&#194&#xC2ÂÂÂ
lowercase a with circumflex&acirc;&#226&#xE2âââ
uppercase E with circumflex&Ecirc;&#202&#xCAÊÊÊ
lowercase e with circumflex&ecirc;&#234&#xEAêêê
uppercase I with circumflex&Icirc;&#206&#xCEÎÎÎ
lowercase i with circumflex&icirc;&#238&#xEEîîî
uppercase O with circumflex&Ocirc;&#212&#xD4ÔÔÔ
lowercase o with circumflex&ocirc;&#244&#xF4ôôô
uppercase U with circumflex&Ucirc;&#219&#xDBÛÛÛ
lowercase u with circumflex&ucirc;&#251&#xFBûûû
uppercase A with diaeresis&Auml;&#196&#xC4ÄÄÄ
lowercase a with diaeresis&auml;&#228&#xE4äää
uppercase E with diaeresis&Euml;&#203&#xCBËËË
lowercase e with diaeresis&euml;&#235&#xEBëëë
uppercase I with diaeresis&Iuml;&#207&#xCFÏÏÏ
lowercase i with diaeresis&iuml;&#239&#xEFïïï
uppercase O with diaeresis&Ouml;&#214&#xD6ÖÖÖ
lowercase o with diaeresis&ouml;&#246&#xF6ööö
uppercase U with diaeresis&Uuml;&#220&#xDCÜÜÜ
lowercase u with diaeresis&uuml;&#252&#xFCüüü
lowercase y with diaeresis&yuml;&#255&#xFFÿÿÿ
uppercase Y with diaeresis&Yuml;&#376&#x178ŸŸŸ
uppercase A with grave&Agrave;&#192&#xC0ÀÀÀ
lowercase a with grave&agrave;&#224&#xE0ààà
uppercase E with grave&Egrave;&#200&#xC8ÈÈÈ
lowercase e with grave&egrave;&#232&#xE8èèè
uppercase I with grave&Igrave;&#204&#xCCÌÌÌ
lowercase i with grave&igrave;&#236&#xECììì
uppercase O with grave&Ograve;&#210&#xD2ÒÒÒ
lowercase o with grave&ograve;&#242&#xF2òòò
uppercase U with grave&Ugrave;&#217&#xD9ÙÙÙ
lowercase u with grave&ugrave;&#249&#xF9ùùù
uppercase A with ring above&Aring;&#197&#xC5ÅÅÅ
lowercase a with ring above&aring;&#229&#xE5ååå
uppercase O with slash&Oslash;&#216&#xD8ØØØ
lowercase o with slash&oslash;&#248&#xF8øøø
uppercase A with tilde&Atilde;&#195&#xC3ÃÃÃ
lowercase a with tilde&atilde;&#227&#xE3ããã
uppercase N with tilde&Ntilde;&#209&#xD1ÑÑÑ
lowercase n with tilde&ntilde;&#241&#xF1ñññ
uppercase O with tilde&Otilde;&#213&#xD5ÕÕÕ
lowercase o with tilde&otilde;&#245&#xF5õõõ

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