Reserved Characters in HTML

Some characters are reserved in HTML and XHTML. For example, you cannot use the greater than or less than signs within your text because the browser could mistake them for markup.

HTML and XHTML processors must support the five special characters listed in the table below:

Character	Entity Number	Entity Name	Description
"	"	"	quotation mark
'	'	' (does not work in IE)	apostrophe
&	&	&	ampersand
<	&#60;	&lt;	less-than
>	&#62;	&gt;	greater-than

ISO 8859-1 Symbols

Character	Entity Number	Entity Name	Description
	 	 	non-breaking space
¡	¡	¡	inverted exclamation mark
¢	¢	¢	cent
£	£	£	pound
¤	¤	¤	currency
¥	¥	¥	yen
¦	¦	¦	broken vertical bar
§	§	§	section
¨	¨	¨	spacing diaeresis
©	©	©	copyright
ª	ª	ª	feminine ordinal indicator
«	«	«	angle quotation mark (left)
¬	¬	¬	negation
­	­	­	soft hyphen
®	®	®	registered trademark
¯	¯	¯	spacing macron
°	°	°	degree
±	±	±	plus-or-minus
²	²	²	superscript 2
³	³	³	superscript 3
´	´	´	spacing acute
µ	µ	µ	micro
¶	¶	¶	paragraph
·	·	·	middle dot
¸	¸	¸	spacing cedilla
¹	¹	¹	superscript 1
º	º	º	masculine ordinal indicator
»	»	»	angle quotation mark (right)
¼	¼	¼	fraction 1/4
½	½	½	fraction 1/2
¾	¾	¾	fraction 3/4
¿	¿	¿	inverted question mark
×	×	×	multiplication
÷	÷	÷	division

HTML Symbol Entities

This entity reference includes mathematical symbols, Greek characters, various arrows, technical symbols and shapes.

Note: Entity names are case sensitive.

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Math Symbols Supported by HTML

Character	Entity Number	Entity Name	Description
∀	∀	∀	for all
∂	∂	∂	part
∃	∃	∃	exists
∅	∅	∅	empty
∇	∇	∇	nabla
∈	∈	∈	isin
∉	∉	∉	notin
∋	∋	∋	ni
∏	∏	∏	prod
∑	∑	∑	sum
−	−	−	minus
∗	∗	∗	lowast
√	√	√	square root
∝	∝	∝	proportional to
∞	∞	∞	infinity
∠	∠	∠	angle
∧	∧	∧	and
∨	∨	∨	or
∩	∩	∩	cap
∪	∪	∪	cup
∫	∫	∫	integral
∴	∴	∴	therefore
∼	∼	∼	similar to
≅	≅	≅	congruent to
≈	≈	≈	almost equal
≠	≠	≠	not equal
≡	≡	≡	equivalent
≤	≤	≤	less or equal
≥	≥	≥	greater or equal
⊂	⊂	⊂	subset of
⊃	⊃	⊃	superset of
⊄	⊄	⊄	not subset of
⊆	⊆	⊆	subset or equal
⊇	⊇	⊇	superset or equal
⊕	⊕	⊕	circled plus
⊗	⊗	⊗	circled times
⊥	⊥	⊥	perpendicular
⋅	⋅	⋅	dot operator

Greek Letters Supported by HTML

Character	Entity Number	Entity Name	Description
Α	Α	Α	Alpha
Β	Β	Β	Beta
Γ	Γ	Γ	Gamma
Δ	Δ	Δ	Delta
Ε	Ε	Ε	Epsilon
Ζ	Ζ	Ζ	Zeta
Η	Η	Η	Eta
Θ	Θ	Θ	Theta
Ι	Ι	Ι	Iota
Κ	Κ	Κ	Kappa
Λ	Λ	Λ	Lambda
Μ	Μ	Μ	Mu
Ν	Ν	Ν	Nu
Ξ	Ξ	Ξ	Xi
Ο	Ο	Ο	Omicron
Π	Π	Π	Pi
Ρ	Ρ	Ρ	Rho
	undefined		Sigmaf
Σ	Σ	Σ	Sigma
Τ	Τ	Τ	Tau
Υ	Υ	Υ	Upsilon
Φ	Φ	Φ	Phi
Χ	Χ	Χ	Chi
Ψ	Ψ	Ψ	Psi
Ω	Ω	Ω	Omega
α	α	α	alpha
β	β	β	beta
γ	γ	γ	gamma
δ	δ	δ	delta
ε	ε	ε	epsilon
ζ	ζ	ζ	zeta
η	η	η	eta
θ	θ	θ	theta
ι	ι	ι	iota
κ	κ	κ	kappa
λ	λ	λ	lambda
μ	μ	μ	mu
ν	ν	ν	nu
ξ	ξ	ξ	xi
ο	ο	ο	omicron
π	π	π	pi
ρ	ρ	ρ	rho
ς	ς	ς	sigmaf
σ	σ	σ	sigma
τ	τ	τ	tau
υ	υ	υ	upsilon
φ	φ	φ	phi
χ	χ	χ	chi
ψ	ψ	ψ	psi
ω	ω	ω	omega
ϑ	ϑ	ϑ	theta symbol
ϒ	ϒ	ϒ	upsilon symbol
ϖ	ϖ	ϖ	pi symbol

Bulgarian Letters Supported by HTML

А	А	а	а
Б	Б	б	б
В	В	в	в
Г	Г	г	г
Д	Д	д	д
Е	Е	е	е
Ж	Ж	ж	ж
З	З	з	з
И	И	и	и
Й	Й	й	й
К	К	к	к
Л	Л	л	л
М	М	м	м
Н	Н	н	н
О	О	о	о
П	П	п	п
Р	Р	р	р
С	С	с	с
Т	Т	т	т
У	У	у	у
Ф	Ф	ф	ф
Х	Х	х	х
Ц	Ц	ц	ц
Ч	Ч	ч	ч
Ш	Ш	ш	ш
Щ	Щ	щ	щ
Ъ	Ъ	ъ	ъ
Ь	Ь	ь	ь
Ю	Ю	ю	ю
Я	Я	я	я

Russian Letters Supported by HTML

А	А	а	а
Б	Б	б	б
В	В	в	в
Г	Г	г	г
Д	Д	д	д
Е	Е	е	е
Ё	Ё	ё	ё
Ж	Ж	ж	ж
З	З	з	з
И	И	и	и
Й	Й	й	й
К	К	к	к
Л	Л	л	л
М	М	м	м
Н	Н	н	н
О	О	о	о
П	П	п	п
Р	Р	р	р
С	С	с	с
Т	Т	т	т
У	У	у	у
Ф	Ф	ф	ф
Х	Х	х	х
Ц	Ц	ц	ц
Ч	Ч	ч	ч
Ш	Ш	ш	ш
Щ	Щ	щ	щ
Ъ	Ъ	ъ	ъ
Ы	Ы	ы	ы
Ь	Ь	ь	ь
Э	Э	э	э
Ю	Ю	ю	ю
Я	Я	я	я

Serbian Letters Supported by HTML

А	А	а	а
Б	Б	б	б
В	В	в	в
Г	Г	г	г
Д	Д	д	д
Ђ	Ђ	ђ	ђ
Е	Е	е	е
Ж	Ж	ж	ж
З	З	з	з
И	И	и	и
Ј	Ј	ј	ј
К	К	к	к
Л	Л	л	л
Љ	Љ	љ	&#1113
М	М	м	м
Н	Н	н	н
Њ	Њ	њ	њ
О	О	о	о
П	П	п	п
Р	Р	р	р
С	С	с	с
Т	Т	т	т
Ћ	Ћ	ћ	ћ
У	У	у	у
Ф	Ф	ф	ф
Х	Х	х	х
Ц	Ц	ц	ц
Ч	Ч	ч	ч
Џ	Џ	џ	џ
Ш	Ш	ш	ш

Albanian Letters Supported by HTML

Ç	Ç	ç	ç
Ë	Ë	ë	ë

Catalan Letters Supported by HTML

À	À	à	&agrave
Ç	Ç	ç	ç
È	È	è	è
É	É	é	é
Í	Í	í	í
Ï	Ï	ï	ï
Ò	Ò	ò	ò
Ó	Ó	ó	ó
Ú	Ú	ú	ú
Ü	Ü	ü	ü
ª	ª	º	º
·	·

Croatian Letters Supported by HTML

Ć	Ć	ć	ć
Č	Č	č	č
Đ	Đ	đ	đ
Š	Š	š	š
Ž	Ž	ž	ž

Czech Letters Supported by HTML

Á	Á	á	á
Č	Č	č	č
Ď	Ď	ď	ď
É	É	é	é
Ě	Ě	ě	ě
Í	Í	í	í
Ň	Ň	ň	ň
Ó	Ó	ó	ó
Ř	Ř	ř	ř
Š	Š	š	š
Ť	Ť	ť	ť
Ú	Ú	ú	ú
Ů	Ů	ů	ů
Ý	Ý	ý	ý
Ž	Ž	ž	ž

Danish Letters Supported by HTML

Æ	Æ	æ	æ
Ø	Ø	ø	ø
Å	Å	å	å

Dutch Letters Supported by HTML

É	É	é	é
Ë	Ë	ë	ë
Ó	Ó	ó	ó

Esperanto Letters Supported by HTML

Ĉ	Ĉ	ĉ	ĉ
Ĝ	Ĝ	ĝ	ĝ
Ĥ	Ĥ	ĥ	ĥ
Ĵ	&#308,	ĵ	ĵ
Ŝ	Ŝ	ŝ	ŝ
Ŭ	Ŭ	ŭ	ŭ

Estonian Letters Supported by HTML

Ä	Ä	ä	ä
Ö	Ö	ö	ö
Õ	Õ	õ	õ
Ü	&Uuml,	ü	ü

Faroese Letters Supported by HTML

Á	Á	á	á
Ð	Ð	ð	ð
Í	Í	í	í
Ó	Ó	ó	ó
Ú	Ú	ú	ú
Ý	Ý	ý	ý
Æ	Æ	æ	æ
Ø	Ø	ø	ø
Ó	Ó	ó	ó
Ú	Ú	ú	ú
Ü	Ü	ü	ü
ª	ª	º	º
·	·

Finnish Letters Supported by HTML

Ä	Ä	ä	ä
Ö	Ö	ö	ö

French Letters Supported by HTML

À	À	à	&agrave
Â	Â	â	â
Ç	Ç	ç	ç
È	È	è	è
É	É	é	é
Ê	Ê	ê	ê
Ë	Ë	ë	ë
Î	Î	î	î
Ï	Ï	ï	ï
Ô	Ô	ô	ô
Œ	Œ	œ	œ
Ù	Ù	ù	ù
Û	Û	û	û
Ü	Ü	ü	ü
Ÿ	Ÿ	ÿ	ÿ

German Letters Supported by HTML

Ä	Ä	ä	ä
Ö	Ö	ö	ö
Ü	&Uuml,	ü	ü
		ß	ß

Hungarian Letters Supported by HTML

Á	Á	á	á
É	É	é	é
Í	Í	í	í
Ó	Ó	ó	ó
Ő	Ő	ő	ő
Ú	Ú	ú	ú
Ü	Ü	ü	ü
Ű	Ű	ű	ű

Icelandic Letters Supported by HTML

Á	Á	á	á
Ð	Ð	ð	ð
É	É	é	é
Í	Í	í	í
Ó	Ó	ó	ó
Ú	Ú	ú	ú
Ý	Ý	ý	ý
Þ	Þ	þ	þ
Æ	Æ	æ	æ
Ö	Ö	ö	¨

Italian Letters Supported by HTML

À	À	à	&agrave
Â	Â	â	â
È	È	è	è
É	É	é	é
Ê	Ê	ê	ê
Ì	Ì	ì	ì
Í	Í	í	í
Î	Î	î	î
Ï	Ï	ï	ï
Ò	Ò	ò	ò
Ô	Ô	ô	ô
Ù	Ù	ù	ù
Û	Û	û	û

Latvian Letters Supported by HTML

Ā	Ā	ā	ā
Č	Č	č	č
Ē	&#274	ē	ē
Ģ	Ģ	ģ	ģ
Ī	&#298,	ī	ī
Ķ	Ķ	ķ	ķ
Ļ	Ļ	ļ	ļ
Ņ	Ņ	ņ	ņ
Ŗ	Ŗ	ŗ	ŗ
Š	Š	š	š
Ū	Ū	ū	ū
Ž	Ž	ž	ž

Norwegian Letters Supported by HTML

Æ	Æ	æ	æ
Ø	Ø	ø	ø
Å	Å	å	å

Polish Letters Supported by HTML

Ą	Ą	ą	ą
Ć	Ć	ć	ć
É	É	é	é
Ę	Ę	ę	ę
Ł	Ł	ł	ł
Ń	Ń	ń	ń
Ó	Ó	ó	ó
Ś	Ś	ś	ś
Ź	Ź	ź	ź
Ż	Ż	ż	ż

Portuguese Letters Supported by HTML

À	À	à	&agrave
Á	Á	á	á
Â	Â	â	â
Ã	Ã	ã	ã
Ç	Ç	ç	ç
È	È	è	è
É	É	é	é
Ê	Ê	ê	ê
Ì	Ì	ì	ì
Í	Í	í	í
Ï	Ï	ï	ï
Ò	Ò	ò	ò
Ó	Ó	ó	ó
Õ	Õ	õ	õ
Ù	Ù	ù	ù
Ú	Ú	ú	ú
Ü	Ü	ü	ü
		ª	ª
		º	º

Romanian Letters Supported by HTML

Ă	Ă	ă	ă
Â	Â	â	â
Î	Î	î	î
Ş	Ş	ş	ş
Ţ	Ţ	ţ	ţ

Slovak Letters Supported by HTML

Á	Á	á	á
Ä	Ä	ä	ä
Č	Č	č	č
Ď	Ď	ď	ď
É	É	é	é
Ĺ	Ĺ	ĺ	ĺ
Ľ	Ľ	ľ	ľ
Ň	Ň	ň	ň
Ó	Ó	ó	ó
Ô	Ô	ô	ô
Ŕ	Ŕ	ŕ	ŕ
Š	Š	š	š
Ť	Ť	ť	ť
Ú	Ú	ú	ú
Ý	Ý	ý	ý
Ž	Ž	ž	ž

Slovene Letters Supported by HTML

Č	Č	č	č
Š	Š	š	š
Ž	Ž	ž	ž

Spanish Letters Supported by HTML

Á	Á	á	á
É	É	é	é
Í	Í	í	í
Ó	Ó	ó	ó
Ñ	Ñ	ñ	ñ
Ú	Ú	ú	ú
Ü	Ü	ü	ü
¡	¡	ª	ª
¿	¿	º	º

Swedish Letters Supported by HTML

Å	Å	å	å
Ä	Ä	ä	ä
Ö	Ö	ö	ö

Turkish Letters Supported by HTML

Ç	Ç	ç	ç
Ğ	Ğ	ğ	ğ
İ	İ	ı	ı
Ö	Ö	ö	ö
Ş	Ş	ş	ş
Ü	&Uuml,	ü	ü

ISO 8859-1 Characters

Character	Entity Number	Entity Name	Description
À	À	À	capital a, grave accent
Á	Á	Á	capital a, acute accent
Â	Â	Â	capital a, circumflex accent
Ã	Ã	Ã	capital a, tilde
Ä	Ä	Ä	capital a, umlaut mark
Å	Å	Å	capital a, ring
Æ	Æ	Æ	capital ae
Ç	Ç	Ç	capital c, cedilla
È	È	È	capital e, grave accent
É	É	É	capital e, acute accent
Ê	Ê	Ê	capital e, circumflex accent
Ë	Ë	Ë	capital e, umlaut mark
Ì	Ì	Ì	capital i, grave accent
Í	Í	Í	capital i, acute accent
Î	Î	Î	capital i, circumflex accent
Ï	Ï	Ï	capital i, umlaut mark
Ð	Ð	Ð	capital eth, Icelandic
Ñ	Ñ	Ñ	capital n, tilde
Ò	Ò	Ò	capital o, grave accent
Ó	Ó	Ó	capital o, acute accent
Ô	Ô	Ô	capital o, circumflex accent
Õ	Õ	Õ	capital o, tilde
Ö	Ö	Ö	capital o, umlaut mark
Ø	Ø	Ø	capital o, slash
Ù	Ù	Ù	capital u, grave accent
Ú	Ú	Ú	capital u, acute accent
Û	Û	Û	capital u, circumflex accent
Ü	Ü	Ü	capital u, umlaut mark
Ý	Ý	Ý	capital y, acute accent
Þ	Þ	Þ	capital THORN, Icelandic
ß	ß	ß	small sharp s, German
à	à	à	small a, grave accent
á	á	á	small a, acute accent
â	â	â	small a, circumflex accent
ã	ã	ã	small a, tilde
ä	ä	ä	small a, umlaut mark
å	å	å	small a, ring
æ	æ	æ	small ae
ç	ç	ç	small c, cedilla
è	è	è	small e, grave accent
é	é	é	small e, acute accent
ê	ê	ê	small e, circumflex accent
ë	ë	ë	small e, umlaut mark
ì	ì	ì	small i, grave accent
í	í	í	small i, acute accent
î	î	î	small i, circumflex accent
ï	ï	ï	small i, umlaut mark
ð	ð	ð	small eth, Icelandic
ñ	ñ	ñ	small n, tilde
ò	ò	ò	small o, grave accent
ó	ó	ó	small o, acute accent
ô	ô	ô	small o, circumflex accent
õ	õ	õ	small o, tilde
ö	ö	ö	small o, umlaut mark
ø	ø	ø	small o, slash
ù	ù	ù	small u, grave accent
ú	ú	ú	small u, acute accent
û	û	û	small u, circumflex accent
ü	ü	ü	small u, umlaut mark
ý	ý	ý	small y, acute accent
þ	þ	þ	small thorn, Icelandic
ÿ	ÿ	ÿ	small y, umlaut mark

URL Encoding Reference

ASCII Character	URL-encoding
space	%20
!	%21
"	%22
#	%23
$	%24
%	%25
&	%26
'	%27
(	%28
)	%29
*	%2A
+	%2B
,	%2C
-	%2D
.	%2E
/	%2F
0	%30
1	%31
2	%32
3	%33
4	%34
5	%35
6	%36
7	%37
8	%38
9	%39
:	%3A
;	%3B
<	%3C
=	%3D
>	%3E
?	%3F
@	%40
A	%41
B	%42
C	%43
D	%44
E	%45
F	%46
G	%47
H	%48
I	%49
J	%4A
K	%4B
L	%4C
M	%4D
N	%4E
O	%4F
P	%50
Q	%51
R	%52
S	%53
T	%54
U	%55
V	%56
W	%57
X	%58
Y	%59
Z	%5A
[	%5B
\	%5C
]	%5D
^	%5E
_	%5F
`	%60
a	%61
b	%62
c	%63
d	%64
e	%65
f	%66
g	%67
h	%68
i	%69
j	%6A
k	%6B
l	%6C
m	%6D
n	%6E
o	%6F
p	%70
q	%71
r	%72
s	%73
t	%74
u	%75
v	%76
w	%77
x	%78
y	%79
z	%7A
{	%7B
|	%7C
}	%7D
~	%7E
	%7F
€	%80
	%81
‚	%82
ƒ	%83
„	%84
…	%85
†	%86
‡	%87
ˆ	%88
‰	%89
Š	%8A
‹	%8B
Œ	%8C
	%8D
Ž	%8E
	%8F
	%90
‘	%91
’	%92
“	%93
”	%94
•	%95
–	%96
—	%97
˜	%98
™	%99
š	%9A
›	%9B
œ	%9C
	%9D
ž	%9E
Ÿ	%9F
	%A0
¡	%A1
¢	%A2
£	%A3
	%A4
¥	%A5
|	%A6
§	%A7
¨	%A8
©	%A9
ª	%AA
«	%AB
¬	%AC
¯	%AD
®	%AE
¯	%AF
°	%B0
±	%B1
²	%B2
³	%B3
´	%B4
µ	%B5
¶	%B6
·	%B7
¸	%B8
¹	%B9
º	%BA
»	%BB
¼	%BC
½	%BD
¾	%BE
¿	%BF
À	%C0
Á	%C1
Â	%C2
Ã	%C3
Ä	%C4
Å	%C5
Æ	%C6
Ç	%C7
È	%C8
É	%C9
Ê	%CA
Ë	%CB
Ì	%CC
Í	%CD
Î	%CE
Ï	%CF
Ð	%D0
Ñ	%D1
Ò	%D2
Ó	%D3
Ô	%D4
Õ	%D5
Ö	%D6
	%D7
Ø	%D8
Ù	%D9
Ú	%DA
Û	%DB
Ü	%DC
Ý	%DD
Þ	%DE
ß	%DF
à	%E0
á	%E1
â	%E2
ã	%E3
ä	%E4
å	%E5
æ	%E6
ç	%E7
è	%E8
é	%E9
ê	%EA
ë	%EB
ì	%EC
í	%ED
î	%EE
ï	%EF
ð	%F0
ñ	%F1
ò	%F2
ó	%F3
ô	%F4
õ	%F5
ö	%F6
÷	%F7
ø	%F8
ù	%F9
ú	%FA
û	%FB
ü	%FC
ý	%FD
þ	%FE
ÿ	%FF

URL Encoding Reference

The ASCII device control characters %00-%1f were originally designed to control hardware devices. Control characters have nothing to do inside a URL.

ASCII Character	Description	URL-encoding
NUL	null character	%00
SOH	start of header	%01
STX	start of text	%02
ETX	end of text	%03
EOT	end of transmission	%04
ENQ	enquiry	%05
ACK	acknowledge	%06
BEL	bell (ring)	%07
BS	backspace	%08
HT	horizontal tab	%09
LF	line feed	%0A
VT	vertical tab	%0B
FF	form feed	%0C
CR	carriage return	%0D
SO	shift out	%0E
SI	shift in	%0F
DLE	data link escape	%10
DC1	device control 1	%11
DC2	device control 2	%12
DC3	device control 3	%13
DC4	device control 4	%14
NAK	negative acknowledge	%15
SYN	synchronize	%16
ETB	end transmission block	%17
CAN	cancel	%18
EM	end of medium	%19
SUB	substitute	%1A
ESC	escape	%1B
FS	file separator	%1C
GS	group separator	%1D
RS	record separator	%1E
US	unit separator	%1F

ASCII Device Control Characters

The ASCII device control characters were originally designed to control hardware devices. Control characters have nothing to do inside an HTML document.

ASCII Character	HTML Entity Code	Description
NUL	�	null character
SOH		start of header
STX		start of text
ETX		end of text
EOT		end of transmission
ENQ		enquiry
ACK		acknowledge
BEL		bell (ring)
BS		backspace
HT			horizontal tab
LF	
	line feed
VT		vertical tab
FF		form feed
CR	
	carriage return
SO		shift out
SI		shift in
DLE		data link escape
DC1		device control 1
DC2		device control 2
DC3		device control 3
DC4		device control 4
NAK		negative acknowledge
SYN		synchronize
ETB		end transmission block
CAN		cancel
EM		end of medium
SUB		substitute
ESC		escape
FS		file separator
GS		group separator
RS		record separator
US		unit separator
DEL		delete (rubout)

Other Entities Supported by HTML

Character	Entity Number	Entity Name	Description
Œ	Œ	Œ	capital ligature OE
œ	œ	œ	small ligature oe
Š	Š	Š	capital S with caron
š	š	š	small S with caron
Ÿ	Ÿ	Ÿ	capital Y with diaeres
ƒ	ƒ	ƒ	f with hook
ˆ	ˆ	ˆ	modifier letter circumflex accent
˜	˜	˜	small tilde
	 	 	en space
	 	 	em space
	 	 	thin space
‌	‌	‌	zero width non-joiner
‍	‍	‍	zero width joiner
‎	‎	‎	left-to-right mark
‏	‏	‏	right-to-left mark
–	–	–	en dash
—	—	—	em dash
‘	‘	‘	left single quotation mark
’	’	’	right single quotation mark
‚	‚	‚	single low-9 quotation mark
“	“	“	left double quotation mark
”	”	”	right double quotation mark
„	„	„	double low-9 quotation mark
†	†	†	dagger
‡	‡	‡	double dagger
•	•	•	bullet
…	…	…	horizontal ellipsis
‰	‰	‰	per mille
′	′	′	minutes
″	″	″	seconds
‹	‹	‹	single left angle quotation
›	›	›	single right angle quotation
‾	‾	‾	overline
€	€	€	euro
™	™	™	trademark
←	←	←	left arrow
↑	↑	↑	up arrow
→	→	→	right arrow
↓	↓	↓	down arrow
↔	↔	↔	left right arrow
↵	↵	↵	carriage return arrow
⌈	⌈	⌈	left ceiling
⌉	⌉	⌉	right ceiling
⌊	⌊	⌊	left floor
⌋	⌋	⌋	right floor
◊	◊	◊	lozenge
♠	♠	♠	spade
♣	♣	♣	club
♥	♥	♥	heart
♦	♦	♦	diamond

ISO Character Sets

It is the International Standards Organization (ISO) that defines the standard character-sets for different alphabets/languages.

The different character-sets being used around the world are listed below:

Character set	Description	Covers
ISO-8859-1	Latin alphabet part 1	North America, Western Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, Canada, Africa
ISO-8859-2	Latin alphabet part 2	Eastern Europe
ISO-8859-3	Latin alphabet part 3	SE Europe, Esperanto, miscellaneous others
ISO-8859-4	Latin alphabet part 4	Scandinavia/Baltics (and others not in ISO-8859-1)
ISO-8859-5	Latin/Cyrillic part 5	The languages that are using a Cyrillic alphabet such as Bulgarian, Belarusian, Russian and Macedonian
ISO-8859-6	Latin/Arabic part 6	The languages that are using the Arabic alphabet
ISO-8859-7	Latin/Greek part 7	The modern Greek language as well as mathematical symbols derived from the Greek
ISO-8859-8	Latin/Hebrew part 8	The languages that are using the Hebrew alphabet
ISO-8859-9	Latin 5 part 9	The Turkish language. Same as ISO-8859-1 except Turkish characters replace Icelandic ones
ISO-8859-10	Latin 6 Lappish, Nordic, Eskimo	The Nordic languages
ISO-8859-15	Latin 9 (aka Latin 0)	Similar to ISO 8859-1 but replaces some less common symbols with the euro sign and some other missing characters
ISO-2022-JP	Latin/Japanese part 1	The Japanese language
ISO-2022-JP-2	Latin/Japanese part 2	The Japanese language
ISO-2022-KR	Latin/Korean part 1	The Korean language

ASCII Printable Characters

ASCII Character	HTML Entity Code	Description
	 	space
!	!	exclamation mark
"	"	quotation mark
#	#	number sign
$	$	dollar sign
%	%	percent sign
&	&	ampersand
'	'	apostrophe
(	(	left parenthesis
)	)	right parenthesis
*	*	asterisk
+	+	plus sign
,	,	comma
-	-	hyphen
.	.	period
/	/	slash
0	0	digit 0
1	1	digit 1
2	2	digit 2
3	3	digit 3
4	4	digit 4
5	5	digit 5
6	6	digit 6
7	7	digit 7
8	8	digit 8
9	9	digit 9
:	:	colon
;	&#59;	semicolon
<	&#60;	less-than
=	&#61;	equals-to
>	&#62;	greater-than
?	&#63;	question mark
@	&#64;	at sign
A	&#65;	uppercase A
B	&#66;	uppercase B
C	&#67;	uppercase C
D	&#68;	uppercase D
E	&#69;	uppercase E
F	&#70;	uppercase F
G	&#71;	uppercase G
H	&#72;	uppercase H
I	&#73;	uppercase I
J	&#74;	uppercase J
K	&#75;	uppercase K
L	&#76;	uppercase L
M	&#77;	uppercase M
N	&#78;	uppercase N
O	&#79;	uppercase O
P	&#80;	uppercase P
Q	&#81;	uppercase Q
R	&#82;	uppercase R
S	&#83;	uppercase S
T	&#84;	uppercase T
U	&#85;	uppercase U
V	&#86;	uppercase V
W	&#87;	uppercase W
X	&#88;	uppercase X
Y	&#89;	uppercase Y
Z	&#90;	uppercase Z
[	&#91;	left square bracket
\	&#92;	backslash
]	&#93;	right square bracket
^	&#94;	caret
_	&#95;	underscore
`	&#96;	grave accent
a	&#97;	lowercase a
b	&#98;	lowercase b
c	&#99;	lowercase c
d	&#100;	lowercase d
e	&#101;	lowercase e
f	&#102;	lowercase f
g	&#103;	lowercase g
h	&#104;	lowercase h
i	&#105;	lowercase i
j	&#106;	lowercase j
k	&#107;	lowercase k
l	&#108;	lowercase l
m	&#109;	lowercase m
n	&#110;	lowercase n
o	&#111;	lowercase o
p	&#112;	lowercase p
q	&#113;	lowercase q
r	&#114;	lowercase r
s	&#115;	lowercase s
t	&#116;	lowercase t
u	&#117;	lowercase u
v	&#118;	lowercase v
w	&#119;	lowercase w
x	&#120;	lowercase x
y	&#121;	lowercase y
z	&#122;	lowercase z
{	&#123;	left curly brace
|	&#124;	vertical bar
}	&#125;	right curly brace
~	&#126;	tilde