HTML table (HTML entities)
Special Entities
HTML 2.0 introduced character sequences called HTML entities that lets you send special characters to the client.
HTML entities begin with an ampersand (&) and end with a semicolon (;).
The following table displays the characters included in the "Special Entities" set with their Unicode value.
Any of these characters can also be addressed by using the
HTML entities hexadecimal notation ...; along with the Unicode hexadecimal value:
for example, the copyright sign © whose Unicode code is U+00A9 can be written © (©) or
© (©).
HTML |
Unicode |
Char |
Description |
" |
U+0022 |
" |
quotation mark = APL quote |
& |
U+0026 |
& |
ampersand |
< |
U+003C |
< |
less-than sign |
> |
U+003E |
> |
greater-than sign |
Œ |
U+0152 |
Œ |
Latin capital ligature OE |
œ |
U+0153 |
œ |
Latin small ligature oe |
Š |
U+0160 |
Š |
Latin capital letter S with caron |
š |
U+0161 |
š |
Latin small letter s with caron |
Ÿ |
U+0178 |
Ÿ |
Latin capital letter Y with diaeresis |
ˆ |
U+02C6 |
ˆ |
modifier letter circumflex accent |
˜ |
U+02DC |
˜ |
small tilde |
  |
U+2002 |
|
en space |
  |
U+2003 |
|
em space |
  |
U+2009 |
|
thin space |
‌ |
U+200C |
|
zero width non-joiner |
‍ |
U+200D |
|
zero width joiner |
‎ |
U+200E |
|
left-to-right mark |
‏ |
U+200F |
|
right-to-left mark |
– |
U+2013 |
– |
en dash |
— |
U+2014 |
— |
em dash |
‘ |
U+2018 |
‘ |
left single quotation mark |
’ |
U+2019 |
’ |
right single quotation mark |
‚ |
U+201A |
‚ |
single low-9 quotation mark |
“ |
U+201C |
“ |
left double quotation mark |
” |
U+201D |
” |
right double quotation mark |
„ |
U+201E |
„ |
double low-9 quotation mark |
† |
U+2020 |
† |
dagger |
‡ |
U+2021 |
‡ |
double dagger |
‰ |
U+2030 |
‰ |
per mille sign |
‹ |
U+2039 |
‹ |
single left-pointing angle quotation mark |
› |
U+203A |
› |
single right-pointing angle quotation mark |
€ |
U+20AC |
€ |
euro sign |
HTML Special Characters and Browser Compatibility