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HTML entities

CharEntityCDATADescriptionUnicodeISO
 nbsp no-break space = non-breaking spaceU+00A0ISOnum
¡iexcl¡inverted exclamation markU+00A1ISOnum
¢cent¢cent signU+00A2ISOnum
£pound£pound signU+00A3ISOnum
¤curren¤currency signU+00A4ISOnum
¥yen¥yen sign = yuan signU+00A5ISOnum
¦brvbar¦broken bar = broken vertical barU+00A6ISOnum
§sect§section signU+00A7ISOnum
¨uml¨diaeresis = spacing diaeresisU+00A8ISOdia
©copy©copyright signU+00A9ISOnum
ªordfªfeminine ordinal indicatorU+00AAISOnum
«laquo«left-pointing double angle quotation mark = left pointing guillemetU+00ABISOnum
¬not¬not signU+00ACISOnum
­shy­soft hyphen = discretionary hyphenU+00ADISOnum
®reg®registered sign = registered trade mark signU+00AEISOnum
¯macr¯macron = spacing macron = overline = APL overbarU+00AFISOdia
°deg°degree signU+00B0ISOnum
±plusmn±plus-minus sign = plus-or-minus signU+00B1ISOnum
²sup2²superscript two = superscript digit two = squaredU+00B2ISOnum
³sup3³superscript three = superscript digit three = cubedU+00B3ISOnum
´acute´acute accent = spacing acuteU+00B4ISOdia
µmicroµmicro signU+00B5ISOnum
para¶pilcrow sign = paragraph signU+00B6ISOnum
·middot·middle dot = Georgian comma = Greek middle dotU+00B7ISOnum
¸cedil¸cedilla = spacing cedillaU+00B8ISOdia
¹sup1¹superscript one = superscript digit oneU+00B9ISOnum
ºordmºmasculine ordinal indicatorU+00BAISOnum
»raquo»right-pointing double angle quotation mark = right pointing guillemetU+00BBISOnum
¼frac14¼vulgar fraction one quarter = fraction one quarterU+00BCISOnum
½frac12½vulgar fraction one half = fraction one halfU+00BDISOnum
¾frac34¾vulgar fraction three quarters = fraction three quartersU+00BEISOnum
¿iquest¿inverted question mark = turned question markU+00BFISOnum
ÀAgraveÀlatin capital letter A with grave = latin capital letter A graveU+00C0ISOlat1
ÁAacuteÁlatin capital letter A with acuteU+00C1ISOlat1
ÂAcircÂlatin capital letter A with circumflexU+00C2ISOlat1
ÃAtildeÃlatin capital letter A with tildeU+00C3ISOlat1
ÄAumlÄlatin capital letter A with diaeresisU+00C4ISOlat1
ÅAringÅlatin capital letter A with ring above = latin capital letter A ringU+00C5ISOlat1
ÆAEligÆlatin capital letter AE = latin capital ligature AEU+00C6ISOlat1
ÇCcedilÇlatin capital letter C with cedillaU+00C7ISOlat1
ÈEgraveÈlatin capital letter E with graveU+00C8ISOlat1
ÉEacuteÉlatin capital letter E with acuteU+00C9ISOlat1
ÊEcircÊlatin capital letter E with circumflexU+00CAISOlat1
ËEumlËlatin capital letter E with diaeresisU+00CBISOlat1
ÌIgraveÌlatin capital letter I with graveU+00CCISOlat1
ÍIacuteÍlatin capital letter I with acuteU+00CDISOlat1
ÎIcircÎlatin capital letter I with circumflexU+00CEISOlat1
ÏIumlÏlatin capital letter I with diaeresisU+00CFISOlat1
ÐETHÐlatin capital letter ETHU+00D0ISOlat1
ÑNtildeÑlatin capital letter N with tildeU+00D1ISOlat1
ÒOgraveÒlatin capital letter O with graveU+00D2ISOlat1
ÓOacuteÓlatin capital letter O with acuteU+00D3ISOlat1
ÔOcircÔlatin capital letter O with circumflexU+00D4ISOlat1
ÕOtildeÕlatin capital letter O with tildeU+00D5ISOlat1
ÖOumlÖlatin capital letter O with diaeresisU+00D6ISOlat1
×times×multiplication signU+00D7ISOnum
ØOslashØlatin capital letter O with stroke = latin capital letter O slashU+00D8ISOlat1
ÙUgraveÙlatin capital letter U with graveU+00D9ISOlat1
ÚUacuteÚlatin capital letter U with acuteU+00DAISOlat1
ÛUcircÛlatin capital letter U with circumflexU+00DBISOlat1
ÜUumlÜlatin capital letter U with diaeresisU+00DCISOlat1
ÝYacuteÝlatin capital letter Y with acuteU+00DDISOlat1
ÞTHORNÞlatin capital letter THORNU+00DEISOlat1
ßszligßlatin small letter sharp s = ess-zedU+00DFISOlat1
àagraveàlatin small letter a with grave = latin small letter a graveU+00E0ISOlat1
áaacuteálatin small letter a with acuteU+00E1ISOlat1
âacircâlatin small letter a with circumflexU+00E2ISOlat1
ãatildeãlatin small letter a with tildeU+00E3ISOlat1
äaumlälatin small letter a with diaeresisU+00E4ISOlat1
åaringålatin small letter a with ring above = latin small letter a ringU+00E5ISOlat1
æaeligælatin small letter ae = latin small ligature aeU+00E6ISOlat1
çccedilçlatin small letter c with cedillaU+00E7ISOlat1
èegraveèlatin small letter e with graveU+00E8ISOlat1
éeacuteélatin small letter e with acuteU+00E9ISOlat1
êecircêlatin small letter e with circumflexU+00EAISOlat1
ëeumlëlatin small letter e with diaeresisU+00EBISOlat1
ìigraveìlatin small letter i with graveU+00ECISOlat1
íiacuteílatin small letter i with acuteU+00EDISOlat1
îicircîlatin small letter i with circumflexU+00EEISOlat1
ïiumlïlatin small letter i with diaeresisU+00EFISOlat1
ðethðlatin small letter ethU+00F0ISOlat1
ñntildeñlatin small letter n with tildeU+00F1ISOlat1
òograveòlatin small letter o with graveU+00F2ISOlat1
óoacuteólatin small letter o with acuteU+00F3ISOlat1
ôocircôlatin small letter o with circumflexU+00F4ISOlat1
õotildeõlatin small letter o with tildeU+00F5ISOlat1
öoumlölatin small letter o with diaeresisU+00F6ISOlat1
÷divide÷division signU+00F7ISOnum
ùugraveùlatin small letter u with graveU+00F9ISOlat1
úuacuteúlatin small letter u with acuteU+00FAISOlat1
ûucircûlatin small letter u with circumflexU+00FBISOlat1
üuumlülatin small letter u with diaeresisU+00FCISOlat1
ýyacuteýlatin small letter y with acuteU+00FDISOlat1
þthornþlatin small letter thornU+00FEISOlat1
ÿyumlÿlatin small letter y with diaeresisU+00FFISOlat1
ƒfnofƒlatin small f with hook = function = florinU+0192ISOtech
ΑAlphaΑgreek capital letter alphaU+0391 
ΒBetaΒgreek capital letter betaU+0392 
ΓGammaΓgreek capital letter gammaU+0393ISOgrk3
ΔDeltaΔgreek capital letter deltaU+0394ISOgrk3
ΕEpsilonΕgreek capital letter epsilonU+0395 
ΖZetaΖgreek capital letter zetaU+0396 
ΗEtaΗgreek capital letter etaU+0397 
ΘThetaΘgreek capital letter thetaU+0398ISOgrk3
ΙIotaΙgreek capital letter iotaU+0399 
ΚKappaΚgreek capital letter kappaU+039A 
ΛLambdaΛgreek capital letter lambdaU+039BISOgrk3
ΜMuΜgreek capital letter muU+039C 
ΝNuΝgreek capital letter nuU+039D 
ΞXiΞgreek capital letter xiU+039EISOgrk3
ΟOmicronΟgreek capital letter omicronU+039F 
ΠPiΠgreek capital letter piU+03A0ISOgrk3
ΡRhoΡgreek capital letter rhoU+03A1 
ΣSigmaΣgreek capital letter sigmaU+03A3ISOgrk3
ΤTauΤgreek capital letter tauU+03A4 
ΥUpsilonΥgreek capital letter upsilonU+03A5ISOgrk3
ΦPhiΦgreek capital letter phiU+03A6ISOgrk3
ΧChiΧgreek capital letter chiU+03A7 
ΨPsiΨgreek capital letter psiU+03A8ISOgrk3
ΩOmegaΩgreek capital letter omegaU+03A9ISOgrk3
αalphaαgreek small letter alphaU+03B1ISOgrk3
βbetaβgreek small letter betaU+03B2ISOgrk3
γgammaγgreek small letter gammaU+03B3ISOgrk3
δdeltaδgreek small letter deltaU+03B4ISOgrk3
εepsilonεgreek small letter epsilonU+03B5ISOgrk3
ζzetaζgreek small letter zetaU+03B6ISOgrk3
ηetaηgreek small letter etaU+03B7ISOgrk3
θthetaθgreek small letter thetaU+03B8ISOgrk3
ιiotaιgreek small letter iotaU+03B9ISOgrk3
κkappaκgreek small letter kappaU+03BAISOgrk3
λlambdaλgreek small letter lambdaU+03BBISOgrk3
μmuμgreek small letter muU+03BCISOgrk3
νnuνgreek small letter nuU+03BDISOgrk3
ξxiξgreek small letter xiU+03BEISOgrk3
οomicronοgreek small letter omicronU+03BFNEW
πpiπgreek small letter piU+03C0ISOgrk3
ρrhoρgreek small letter rhoU+03C1ISOgrk3
ςsigmafςgreek small letter final sigmaU+03C2ISOgrk3
σsigmaσgreek small letter sigmaU+03C3ISOgrk3
τtauτgreek small letter tauU+03C4ISOgrk3
υupsilonυgreek small letter upsilonU+03C5ISOgrk3
φphiφgreek small letter phiU+03C6ISOgrk3
χchiχgreek small letter chiU+03C7ISOgrk3
ψpsiψgreek small letter psiU+03C8ISOgrk3
ωomegaωgreek small letter omegaU+03C9ISOgrk3
ϑthetasymϑgreek small letter theta symbolU+03D1NEW
ϒupsihϒgreek upsilon with hook symbolU+03D2NEW
ϖpivϖgreek pi symbolU+03D6ISOgrk3
bull•bullet = black small circleU+2022ISOpub
hellip…horizontal ellipsis = three dot leaderU+2026ISOpub
prime′prime = minutes = feetU+2032ISOtech
Prime″double prime = seconds = inchesU+2033ISOtech
oline‾overline = spacing overscoreU+203ENEW
frasl⁄fraction slashU+2044NEW
weierp℘script capital P = power set = Weierstrass pU+2118ISOamso
imageℑblackletter capital I = imaginary partU+2111ISOamso
realℜblackletter capital R = real part symbolU+211CISOamso
trade™trade mark signU+2122ISOnum
alefsymℵalef symbol = first transfinite cardinalU+2135NEW
larr←leftwards arrowU+2190ISOnum
uarr↑upwards arrowU+2191ISOnum
rarr→rightwards arrowU+2192ISOnum
darr↓downwards arrowU+2193ISOnum
harr↔left right arrowU+2194ISOamsa
crarr↵downwards arrow with corner leftwards = carriage returnU+21B5NEW
lArr⇐leftwards double arrowU+21D0ISOtech
uArr⇑upwards double arrowU+21D1ISOamsa
rArr⇒rightwards double arrowU+21D2ISOtech
dArr⇓downwards double arrowU+21D3ISOamsa
hArr⇔left right double arrowU+21D4ISOamsa
forall∀for allU+2200ISOtech
part∂partial differentialU+2202ISOtech
exist∃there existsU+2203ISOtech
empty∅empty set = null set = diameterU+2205ISOamso
nabla∇nabla = backward differenceU+2207ISOtech
isin∈element ofU+2208ISOtech
notin∉not an element ofU+2209ISOtech
ni∋contains as memberU+220BISOtech
prod∏n-ary product = product signU+220FISOamsb
sum∑n-ary sumationU+2211ISOamsb
minus−minus signU+2212ISOtech
lowast∗asterisk operatorU+2217ISOtech
radic√square root = radical signU+221AISOtech
prop∝proportional toU+221DISOtech
infin∞infinityU+221EISOtech
ang∠angleU+2220ISOamso
and∧logical and = wedgeU+2227ISOtech
or∨logical or = veeU+2228ISOtech
cap∩intersection = capU+2229ISOtech
cup∪union = cupU+222AISOtech
int∫integralU+222BISOtech
there4∴thereforeU+2234ISOtech
sim∼tilde operator = varies with = similar toU+223CISOtech
cong≅approximately equal toU+2245ISOtech
asymp≈almost equal to = asymptotic toU+2248ISOamsr
ne≠not equal toU+2260ISOtech
equiv≡identical toU+2261ISOtech
le≤less-than or equal toU+2264ISOtech
ge≥greater-than or equal toU+2265ISOtech
sub⊂subset ofU+2282ISOtech
sup⊃superset ofU+2283ISOtech
nsub⊄not a subset ofU+2284ISOamsn
sube⊆subset of or equal toU+2286ISOtech
supe⊇superset of or equal toU+2287ISOtech
oplus⊕circled plus = direct sumU+2295ISOamsb
otimes⊗circled times = vector productU+2297ISOamsb
perp⊥up tack = orthogonal to = perpendicularU+22A5ISOtech
sdot⋅dot operatorU+22C5ISOamsb
lceil⌈left ceiling = apl upstileU+2308ISOamsc
rceil⌉right ceilingU+2309ISOamsc
lfloor⌊left floor = apl downstileU+230AISOamsc
rfloor⌋right floorU+230BISOamsc
lang〈left-pointing angle bracket = braU+2329ISOtech
rang〉right-pointing angle bracket = ketU+232AISOtech
loz◊lozengeU+25CAISOpub
spades♠black spade suitU+2660ISOpub
clubs♣black club suit = shamrockU+2663ISOpub
hearts♥black heart suit = valentineU+2665ISOpub
diams♦black diamond suitU+2666ISOpub
"quot"quotation mark = APL quoteU+0022ISOnum
&amp&ampersandU+0026ISOnum
<lt&#60;less-than signU+003CISOnum
>gt&#62;greater-than signU+003EISOnum
ŒOElig&#338;latin capital ligature OEU+0152ISOlat2
œoelig&#339;latin small ligature oeU+0153ISOlat2
ŠScaron&#352;latin capital letter S with caronU+0160ISOlat2
šscaron&#353;latin small letter s with caronU+0161ISOlat2
ŸYuml&#376;latin capital letter Y with diaeresisU+0178ISOlat2
ˆcirc&#710;modifier letter circumflex accentU+02C6ISOpub
˜tilde&#732;small tildeU+02DCISOdia
ensp&#8194;en spaceU+2002ISOpub
emsp&#8195;em spaceU+2003ISOpub
thinsp&#8201;thin spaceU+2009ISOpub
ndash&#8211;en dashU+2013ISOpub
mdash&#8212;em dashU+2014ISOpub
lsquo&#8216;left single quotation markU+2018ISOnum
rsquo&#8217;right single quotation markU+2019ISOnum
sbquo&#8218;single low-9 quotation markU+201ANEW
ldquo&#8220;left double quotation markU+201CISOnum
rdquo&#8221;right double quotation markU+201DISOnum
bdquo&#8222;double low-9 quotation markU+201ENEW
dagger&#8224;daggerU+2020ISOpub
Dagger&#8225;double daggerU+2021ISOpub
permil&#8240;per mille signU+2030ISOtech
euro&#8364;euro signU+20ACNEW

Questions

Psudo has sent me an email and raises some good questions:
Hello. I bumped into your webpage on HTML entities while I was doing research on the subject. Everything there appears completely accurate and it's quite a bit more thorough than most of what I've found on the web, but I still had a couple of questions.
Most generally, what set of HTML Entities is this supposed to be? Is it intended to be a complete set of all HTML entities defined by a certain standard, or that are compatable with some specific browser? Or is it just an informal set of entities for reference reasons?
Why do you equate fnof with #402 when #131 displays the same character? I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm saying I honestly don't know what standard or accepted practice makes the distinction between these entity codes.
Unfortunately, I don't know the answers to these questions, myself. So, if you, reader of this page, do know something about it, please send me a mail and let me know.