Character Codes

Character Codes (#*@‡œ‰†¡&...)

Here are the HTML Character Codes. Each begins with an & and ends with a ;. This is known as the Latin 1 set (West European) or ISO 8859-1. There are 2 styles recognized. The Character Entity set is descriptive, so they are easier to remember. Ø is "& Oslash;", for example (without the space). The larger Numeric Entity set is completely numeric and so harder to remember. Most people use the first unless they need one of the mathematical or punctuation symbols in the second.

Note that not all browsers will recognize all symbols. If you have a problem with the character version, the # version should work. Keep in mind the codes are case sensitive. You are welcome to print this table for your reference. Complete listings were once hard to find.

note	@	alpha	#	Description
			0-31	Unused & control codes (tab, return, etc)
				Space
	!		!	Exclamation
**	"	"	"	Open quote
	#		#	Number crosshatch
	$		$	Dollar
	%		%	Percent
**	&	&	&	Ampersand/ and
	'		'	Apostrophe
	(		(	Left bracket
	)		)	Right bracket
	*		*****	Asterisk
**	+		+	Plus
	,		,	Comma
	-		-	Hyphen
	.		.	Period
	/		/	Forward slash
	9		#48-57	Numbers 0-9
	:		:	Colon
**	;		;	Semicolon
**	<	<	<	Less than
**	=		=	Equals
**	>	>	>	Greater than
	?		?	Question mark
**	@		@	At
	A/Z		#65-90	Letters A - Z
	[		[	Left square bracket
	\		\	Backslash
	]		]	Right square bracket
	^		^	Caret
	_		_	Underline
	`		`	Grave
	a/z		97-122	Lowercase letters a - z
	{		{	Left curly bracket
	\|		\|	Vertical bar
	}		}	Right curly bracket
	~		~	Tilde
x		XX	127-159	technically, this range is reserved for control codes but some have codes
x	†		****	Dagger
x	‡		****	Double Dagger
x	ˆ		****	Circumflex
x	‰		****	Salinity
x	Š		****	Uppercase S, hacek
x	Œ		****	Uppercase OE diphthong
x	™		****	Trademark
x	š		****	Lowercase s, hacek
x	œ		****	Lowercase oe
x	Ÿ		****	Uppercase Y umlaut
*******				Non breaking space
	¡	¡	¡	Inverted exclamation
	¢	¢	¢	Cents
	£	£	£	Pound sterling
>	¤	¤	¤	General currency (sometimes Euro)
	¥	¥	¥	Yen
>	¦	¦	¦	Broken vertical bar (&brkbar not supported)
	§	§	§	Section
>	¨	¨	¨	Umlaut (diaeresis) (&die not supported)
**	©	©	©	Copyright
	ª	ª	ª	Feminine ordinal
	«	«	«	Left angle quote, quillemotleft
	¬	¬	¬	Not
		****	****	Soft hyphen
**	®	®	®	Registered trademark
	¯	¯	¯	Macron accent (&hibar; not supported)
**	°	°	°	Degrees
	±	±	±	Plus or minus
	²	²	²	Superscript 2, squared
	³	³	³	Superscript 3, cubed
>	´	´	´	Acute
	µ	µ	µ	Micro
	¶	¶	¶	Paragraph
	·	·	·	Middle dot
>	¸	¸	¸	Cedilla
	¹	¹	¹	Superscript one
	º	º	º	Masculine ordinal
	»	»	»	Right angle quote, guillemotright
>	¼	¼	¼	Fraction one-fourth
>	½	½	½	Fraction one-half
>	¾	¾	¾	Fraction three-fourths
	¿	¿	¿	Inverted question mark
	À	À	À	Capital A, grave
	Á	Á	Á	Capital A, acute
	Â	Â	Â	Capital A, circumflex
	Ã	Ã	Ã	Capital A, tilde
	Ä	Ä	Ä	Capital A, diaeresis or umlaut
	Å	Å	Å	Capital A, ring
	Æ	Æ	Æ	Capital AE diphthong (ligature)
	Ç	Ç	Ç	Capital C, cedilla
	È	È	È	Capital E, grave
	É	É	É	Capital E, acute
	Ê	Ê	Ê	Capital E, circumflex
	Ë	Ë	Ë	Capital E, dieresis or umlaut
	Ì	Ì	Ì	Capital I, grave
	Í	Í	Í	Capital I, acute
	Î	Î	Î	Capital I, circumflex
	Ï	Ï	Ï	Capital I, dieresis or umlaut
	Ð	Ð	Ð	Capital Eth, Icelandic (&Dstrok; not supported)
	Ñ	Ñ	Ñ	Capital N, tilde
	Ò	Ò	Ò	Capital O, grave
	Ó	Ó	Ó	Capital O, acute
	Ô	Ô	Ô	Capital O, circumflex
	Õ	Õ	Õ	Capital O, tilde
	Ö	Ö	Ö	Capital O, dieresis or umlaut
**	×	×	×	Multiply
	Ø	Ø	Ø	Capital O, slash
	Ù	Ù	Ù	Capital U, grave
	Ú	Ú	Ú	Capital U, acute
	Û	Û	Û	Capital U, circumflex
	Ü	Ü	Ü	Capital U, dieresis or umlaut
	Ý	Ý	Ý	Capital Y, acute
	Þ	Þ	Þ	Capital THORN, Icelandic
	ß	ß	ß	Small sharp s, German (sz ligature)
	à	à	à	Small a, grave
	á	á	á	Small a, acute
	â	â	â	Small a, circumflex
	ã	ã	ã	Small a, tilde
	ä	ä	ä	Small a, dieresis or umlaut
	å	å	å	Small a, ring
	æ	æ	æ	Small ae diphthong (ligature)
	ç	ç	ç	Small c, cedilla
	è	è	è	Small e, grave
	é	é	é	Small e, acute
	ê	ê	ê	Small e, circumflex
	ë	ë	ë	Small e, dieresis or umlaut
	ì	ì	ì	Small i, grave
	í	í	í	Small i, acute
	î	î	î	Small i, circumflex
	ï	ï	ï	Small i, dieresis or umlaut
	ð	ð	ð	Small eth, Icelandic
	ñ	ñ	ñ	Small n, tilde
	ò	ò	ò	Small o, grave
	ó	ó	ó	Small o, acute
	ô	ô	ô	Small o, circumflex
	õ	õ	õ	Small o, tilde
	ö	ö	ö	Small o, dieresis or umlaut
**	÷	÷	÷	Division sign
	ø	ø	ø	Small o, slash
	ù	ù	ù	Small u, grave
	ú	ú	ú	Small u, acute
	û	û	û	Small u, circumflex
	ü	ü	ü	Small u, dieresis or umlaut
	ý	ý	ý	Small y, acute
	þ	þ	þ	Small thorn, Icelandic
	ÿ	ÿ	ÿ	Small y, dieresis or umlaut
	-	-	-	To demonstate what fonts and browsers might support :
	₨	&	&#8360	Indian Rupee
	₩	&	&#8361	Korean Won
	₪	&	&#8362	Israel Shegel
	₫	&	&#8363	Vietnam Dong
**	€	€	€	Euro symbol (the correct one for -1)

** marks common ones
> marks ones that vary in the 8859-15 or latin 9 set used in Western Europe
x marks ones incorrectly using control codes.

Here's the set in other formats

Character Code table