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HTML Entities
Common HTML entities — reserved characters, symbols, currency, punctuation and arrows — with their named and numeric codes.
HTML entities let you display characters that would otherwise be read as markup — the angle brackets and ampersand — or that aren't on your keyboard. This reference lists the ones you reach for most, in both named and numeric form.
Reserved characters
| Character | Named | Numeric | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| & | & | & | Ampersand |
| < | < | < | Less-than sign |
| > | > | > | Greater-than sign |
| " | " | " | Double quotation mark |
| ' | ' | ' | Apostrophe / single quote |
|   | Non-breaking space |
Symbols & currency
| Character | Named | Numeric | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| © | © | © | Copyright |
| ® | ® | ® | Registered trademark |
| ™ | ™ | ™ | Trademark |
| € | € | € | Euro |
| £ | £ | £ | Pound sterling |
| ¥ | ¥ | ¥ | Yen |
| ¢ | ¢ | ¢ | Cent |
| § | § | § | Section sign |
| ¶ | ¶ | ¶ | Pilcrow (paragraph) |
| ° | ° | ° | Degree |
Punctuation & quotes
| Character | Named | Numeric | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | Em dash |
| – | – | – | En dash |
| … | … | … | Horizontal ellipsis |
| • | • | • | Bullet |
| « | « | « | Left angle quotation |
| » | » | » | Right angle quotation |
| “ | “ | “ | Left double quote |
| ” | ” | ” | Right double quote |
| ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | Left single quote |
| ’ | ’ | ’ | Right single quote |
Math & arrows
| Character | Named | Numeric | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ± | ± | ± | Plus-minus |
| × | × | × | Multiplication |
| ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | Division |
| ½ | ½ | ½ | One half |
| ¼ | ¼ | ¼ | One quarter |
| → | → | → | Rightwards arrow |
| ← | ← | ← | Leftwards arrow |
| ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | Upwards arrow |
| ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | Downwards arrow |
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