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HTML Character Entities

Below are the entity codes for most used entities like common currency.

Character

Entity Name

Entity Number

Explanation / Description

¢

¢

¢

It denotes Cent Sign of currency

&

&

&

It denotes frequently used Ampersand Symbol

®

®

®

Gives Registered Symbol

&trade

™

Trade Mark

©

©

©

Gives Copy-right Symbol

¤

&current;

¤

It defines a Generic currency Symbol

>

>

>

It denotes greater than sign

<

&lt;

&#60;

It denotes lesser than sign

 

&nbsp;

&#160;

It defines for Non-Breaking Spaces

&euro;

&#8364;

It defines British Euro Symbol

&quot;

&#34;

Gives double quotes in a given text

&apos;

&#39;

Includes Apostrophe in a sentence

£

&pound;

&#163;

Specifies British Pound Currency

¥

&yen;

&#165;

Specifies Japanese Currency Symbol

$

&dollar;

&#36;

Specifies Dollar currency

HTML Mathematical Operators as Character Entities

It generates Math Symbols into the HTML Code.

Character

Entity Name

Entity Number

Explanation / Description

%

&percnt;

&#37 ;

Gives Percentage symbol to calculate

(

 

&#40 ;

Used as Open Parenthesis

)

 

&#41 ;

Used as Closed Parenthesis

*

 

&#42 ;

Asterisk

÷

&divide; or &div;

&#247 ;

Includes dividion Sigh

+

 

&#43 ;

Specifies Plus sign

,

 

&#44 ;

Specifies Comma

±

&plusmn;

&#177 ;

Indicates plus- or- minus symbol

 

&#45 ;

Used as Hyphen sign

.

 

&#46 ;

Period

¦

&brvbar;

&#166 ;

Broken Vertical bar

 

&bsol;

&#92 ;

Defines Absolute value

¼

&frac14;

&#188 ;

Fraction part ¼

½

&frac12;

&#189 ;

Fraction Part 1/2

]

&rbrack;

&#93 ;

Denotes brackets

&Sum;

&#8721 ;

Defies in summation calculation

&radic ; &Sqrt;

&#8730 ;

Gives Square Root result

&infin;

&#8734 ;

Gives Infinity Value

&prod;

&#8719 ;

n- array product

&sub;

&#8834 ;

Denotes Subset of

&sup;

&#8835 ;

Denotes Super Set In the Set theory

HTML Arrow Symbols

Following are the different arrow symbols.

Character

Entity Name

Entity Number

Explanation / Description

&larr;

&#8592 ;

Leftwards Arrow

&uarr;

&#8593 ;

Upwards Arrow

&rarr;

&#8594 ;

Rightwards Arrow

&darr;

&#8595 ;

Downwards Arrow

&harr;

&#8596 ;

Left right Arrow

HTML Latin Entities

This list is issued by the Accent type with the Unicode sections. And the number specifies the numeric position. Some may not be supported in older browsers like Netscape.

Character

Entity Name

Entity Number

Explanation / Description

¡

&iexcl;

¡ ;

inverted exclamation mark

¢

&cent;

¢ ;

cent sign

§

&sect;

§ ;

Section sign

À

&Agrave;

À ;

Caps a, done with grave accent

Á

&aacute;

á ;

Caps a, done with acute accent

È

&Egrave;

È ;

Capital E

Ð

&ETH

Ð ;

Specifices , Icelandic

µ

&micro;

µ ;

Micro Sign

ñ

&ntildle

ñ ;

Specifies small letter ‘n’ with tilde

¡

&iexcl;

¡ ;

inverted exclamation mark

¢

&cent;

¢ ;

cent sign

§

&sect;

§ ;

Section sign

À

&Agrave;

À ;

Caps a, done with grave accent

Á

&aacute;

á ;

Caps a, done with acute accent

È

&Egrave;

È ;

Capital E

Ð

&ETH

Ð ;

Specifices , Icelandic

µ

&micro;

µ ;

Micro Sign

ñ

&ntildle

ñ ;

Specifies small letter ‘n’ with tilde

¡

&iexcl;

¡ ;

inverted exclamation mark

¢

&cent;

¢ ;

cent sign

§

&sect;

§ ;

Section sign

HTML Modifier Characters

The modifier characters of HTML entities are given below.

Character

Entity Name

Entity Number

Explanation / Description

Character

Entity Name

Entity Number

Explanation/ Description

ˆ

&circ;

 

Modifier Letter

~

&tilde;

 

Specifies a small tilde

Other Entities

The other entities in HTML are given below.

Character

Entity Name

Entity Number

Explanation / Description

Character

Entity Name

Entity Number

Explanation/ Description

&dagger;

† ;

Denotes dagger

&double dagger;

‡ ;

Denotes Double dagger

š

&Scaron;

Š ;

Specifies small s with caron above

 

&ensp

;

En space

 

&emsp

;

em space


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