Miscellaneous

HTML Special Character Entities

Entity Character Description
&lt; < less-than sign
&gt; > greater-than sign
&amp; & ampersand sign
&quot; " double quotation mark


HTML Entities for ISO Latin-1 Character Set

Code Entity Character Description
&#160; &nbsp;   non-breaking space
&#161; &iexcl; ¡ inverted exclamation mark
&#162; &cent; ¢ cent sign
&#163; &pound; £ pound sterling sign
&#164; &curren; ¤ general currency sign
&#165; &yen; ¥ yen sign
&#166; &brvbar; ¦ broken (vertical) bar
&#167; &sect; § section sign
&#168; &uml; ¨ umlaut (dieresis)
&#169; &copy; © copyright sign
&#170; &ordf; ª ordinal indicator, feminine
&#171; &laquo; « angle quotation mark, left
&#172; &not; ¬ not sign
&#173; &shy; ­ soft hyphen
&#174; &reg; ® registered sign
&#175; &macr; ¯ macron
&#176; &deg; ° degree sign
&#177; &plusmn; ± plus-or-minus sign
&#178; &sup2; ² superscript two
&#179; &sup3; ³ superscript three
&#180; &acute; ´ acute accent
&#181; &micro; µ micro sign
&#182; &para; pilcrow (paragraph sign)
&#183; &middot; · middle dot
&#184; &cedil; ¸ cedilla
&#185; &sup1; ¹ superscript one
&#186; &ordm; º ordinal indicator, masculine
&#187; &raquo; » angle quotation mark, right
&#188; &frac14; ¼ fraction one-quarter
&#189; &frac12; ½ fraction one-half
&#190; &frac34; ¾ fraction three-quarters
&#191; &iquest; ¿ inverted question mark
&#192; &Agrave; À capital A, grave accent
&#193; &Aacute; Á capital A, acute accent
&#194; &Acirc; Â capital A, circumflex accent
&#195; &Atilde; Ã capital A, tilde
&#196; &Auml; Ä capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark
&#197; &Aring; Å capital A, ring
&#198; &AElig; Æ capital AE diphthong (ligature)
&#199; &Ccedil; Ç capital C, cedilla
&#200; &Egrave; È capital E, grave accent
&#201; &Eacute; É capital E, acute accent
&#202; &Ecirc; Ê capital E, circumflex accent
&#203; &Euml; Ë capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark
&#204; &Igrave; Ì capital I, grave accent
&#205; &Iacute; Í capital I, acute accent
&#206; &Icirc; Î capital I, circumflex accent
&#207; &Iuml; Ï capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark
&#208; &ETH; Ð capital Eth, Icelandic
&#209; &Ntilde; Ñ capital N, tilde
&#210; &Ograve; Ò capital O, grave accent
&#211; &Oacute; Ó capital O, acute accent
&#212; &Ocirc; Ô capital O, circumflex accent
&#213; &Otilde; Õ capital O, tilde
&#214; &Ouml; Ö capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark
&#215; &times; × multiply sign
&#216; &Oslash; Ø capital O, slash
&#217; &Ugrave; Ù capital U, grave accent
&#218; &Uacute; Ú capital U, acute accent
&#219; &Ucirc; Û capital U, circumflex accent
&#220; &Uuml; Ü capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark
&#221; &Yacute; Ý capital Y, acute accent
&#222; &THORN; Þ capital THORN, Icelandic
&#223; &szlig; ß small sharp s, German (sz ligature)
&#224; &agrave; à small a, grave accent
&#225; &aacute; á small a, acute accent
&#226; &acirc; â small a, circumflex accent
&#227; &atilde; ã small a, tilde
&#228; &auml; ä small a, dieresis or umlaut mark
&#229; &aring; å small a, ring
&#230; &aelig; æ small ae diphthong (ligature)
&#231; &ccedil; ç small c, cedilla
&#232; &egrave; è small e, grave accent
&#233; &eacute; é small e, acute accent
&#234; &ecirc; ê small e, circumflex accent
&#235; &euml; ë small e, dieresis or umlaut mark
&#236; &igrave; ì small i, grave accent
&#237; &iacute; í small i, acute accent
&#238; &icirc; î small i, circumflex accent
&#239; &iuml; ï small i, dieresis or umlaut mark
&#240; &eth; ð small eth, Icelandic
&#241; &ntilde; ñ small n, tilde
&#242; &ograve; ò small o, grave accent
&#243; &oacute; ó small o, acute accent
&#244; &ocirc; ô small o, circumflex accent
&#245; &otilde; õ small o, tilde
&#246; &ouml; ö small o, dieresis or umlaut mark
&#247; &divide; ÷ divide sign
&#248; &oslash; ø small o, slash
&#249; &ugrave; ù small u, grave accent
&#250; &uacute; ú small u, acute accent
&#251; &ucirc; û small u, circumflex accent
&#252; &uuml; ü small u, dieresis or umlaut mark
&#253; &yacute; ý small y, acute accent
&#254; &thorn; þ small thorn, Icelandic
&#255; &yuml; ÿ small y, dieresis or umlaut mark


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Page author: Dawn Rorvik (rorvikd@evergreen.edu)
Last modified: 01/22/2000