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Special Characters in HTML

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  1. Accented Letters
  2. Other Letters
  3. Punctuation and Layout
  4. Math, Computers and Science
  5. Business and Finance
Note: Character codes are case sensitive!

 

Get the complete character code for an accented letter by hovering your mouse pointer over it.

Look up the accented letter you need the HTML code for.
The full HTML code can be built by an ampersand (&), followed by the unaccented letter (case sensitive), followed by the accent "code" from the Accent Code column.
Finally, append a semi-colon (;) at the end.

So, suppose you need the code for â.
You will find it in the A column on the circ (or circumflex) row.
The code you need is an ampersand &, followed by the unaccented letter a (case sensitive), followed by the string circ (found in the Accent Code column, in the same row as the character) and a semi-colon ;.
So the code for â is: â

Notes: (1) Character codes are case sensitive!
  (2) Decimal numbers correspond to the ISO 8859-1 character set.

 

Accented Letters
Accent Name Accent Code  A   C   E   I   N   O   U   Y 
grave grave à   è ì   ò ù  
À   È Ì   Ò Ù  
acute acute á   é í   ó ú ý
Á   É Í   Ó Ú Ý
circumflex circ â   ê î   ô û  
   Ê Î   Ô Û  
tilde tilde ã       ñ õ    
à       Ñ Õ    
umlaut or dieresis uml ä   ë ï   ö ü ÿ
Ä   Ë Ï   Ö Ü Ÿ
ring ring å              
Å              
cedilla cedil   ç            
  Ç            
slash slash           ø    
          Ø    

See Accented Characters in MS Word for MS Word keyboard shortcuts to create these special characters.

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Other Letters
Symbol Decimal Name HTML
æ 230 Small ae dipthong (ligature) æ
Æ 198 Capital AE dipthong (ligature) Æ
ð 240 Small eth, Icelandic (1) ð
Ð 208 Capital ETH (1) Ð
þ 254 Small thorn (1) þ
Þ 222 Capital THORN (1) Þ
ß 223 Small sharp s, German ß
µ 181 Micro sign µ
Note: (1) Not available in Macintosh character set

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Punctuation and Layout
Symbol Decimal Name HTML
" 34 Quotation mark "
145 Left single quotation mark ‘
146 Right single quotation mark ’
147 Left double quotation mark “
148 Right double quotation mark ”
  160 Non-breaking space  
¡ 161 Inverted exclamation ¡
§ 167 Section sign §
¨ 168 Umlaut (dieresis) ¨
« 171 Left angle quote «
­ 173 Soft hyphen (2) ­
´ 180 Acute accent ´
182 Paragraph sign ¶
· 183 Middle dot ·
¸ 184 Cedilla ¸
» 187 Right angle quote »
¿ 191 Inverted question ¿

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Math, Computers and Science
Symbol Decimal Name HTML
& 38 Ampersand &
< 60 Less than &lt;
> 62 Greater than &gt;
| 166 Broken vertical bar (1) &brvbar;
ª 170 Feminine ordinal &ordf;
¬ 172 Not sign &not;
­ 173 Soft hyphen (2) &shy;
¯ 175 Macron accent &macr;
° 176 Degree sign &deg;
± 177 Plus or minus &plusmn;
² 178 Superscript 2 (1) &sup2;
³ 179 Superscript 3 (1) &sup3;
µ 181 Micro sign &micro;
¹ 185 Superscript 1 (1) &sup1;
º 186 Masculin ordinal &ordm;
¼ 188 Fraction one-fourth (1) &frac14;
½ 189 Fraction one-half (1) &frac12;
¾ 190 Fraction three-fourth (1) &frac34;
× 215 Multiply sign (1) &times;
ß 223 Small sharp s, German &szlig;
÷ 247 Division sign &divide;
Notes: (1) Not available in Macintosh character set
  (2) Not available in UNIX character set

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Business and Finance
Symbol Decimal Name HTML
149 Bullet &bull;
¢ 162 Cent &cent;
£ 163 Pound Sterling &pound;
¤ 164 General currency symbol &curren;
¥ 165 Yen &yen;
© 169 Copyright &copy;
® 174 Registered trademark &reg;
8364 Euro (2) (3) &euro;
8482 Trademark (2) (3) &trade;
Notes: (2) Not available in UNIX character set
  (3) Not available in OS/2 character set

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