theKnowledgeCentre | Quick Ref: Special HTML Characters

Character	HTML Code*	Character Code	Description of Character	Character	HTML Code*	Character Code	Description of Character
			horizontal tab	‘			left curly quote mark
			line feed	’			right curly quote mark/apostrophe
			carriage return	“			left curly quote marks
			space	”			right curly quote marks
!	!		exclamation point	•			bullet
"	"	"	straight quote marks	–			“en” (short) dash
#	#		hash mark/number sign	—			“em” (long) dash
$	$		dollar sign	˜			tilde
%	%		percent sign	™			trademark
&	&	&	ampersand	š
'	'		straight quote mark/apostrophe	›
(	(		left parenthesis	œ			small oe ligature
)	)		right parenthesis	Ÿ			capital Y, umlaut
*	*		asterisk				non-breaking space
+	+		plus sign	¡	¡	¡	inverted exclamation point
,	,		comma	¢	¢	¢	cent sign
-	-		hyphen	£	£	£	pound sterling sign
.	.		period/dot	¤	¤	¤	general currency sign
/	/		slash	¥	¥	¥	yen sign
0	0		zero	¦	¦	¦	broken vertical bar
0	0		zero	¦	¦	&brkbar;	broken vertical bar
1	1		one	§	§	§	section sign
2	2		two	¨	¨	¨	umlaut/dieresis
2	2		two	¨	¨	&die;	umlaut/dieresis
3	3		three	©	©	©	copyright symbol
4	4		four	ª	ª	ª	feminine ordinal
5	5		five	«	«	«	left angle quote marks
6	6		six	¬	¬	¬	not sign
7	7		seven				soft hyphen
8	8		eight	®	®	®	registered symbol
9	9		nine	¯	¯	¯	macron accent
9	9		nine	¯	¯	&hibar;	macron accent
:	:		colon	°	°	°	degree sign
;	;		semi-colon	±	±	±	plus or minus
<	<	<	less than sign	²	²	²	superscript 2
=	=		equals sign	³	³	³	superscript 3
>	>	>	greater than sign	´	´	´	acute accent
?	?		question mark	µ	µ	µ	micro sign (Greek mu)
@	@		commercial “at” sign	¶	¶	¶	paragraph sign
A	A		capital A	·	·	·	middle dot
B	B		capital B	¸	¸	¸	cedilla
C	C		capital C	¹	¹	¹	superscript 1
D	D		capital D	º	º	º	masculine ordinal
E	E		capital E	»	»	»	right angle quote marks
F	F		capital F	¼	¼	¼	fraction one-fourth
G	G		capital G	½	½	½	fraction one-half
H	H		capital H	¾	¾	¾	fraction three-fourths
I	I		capital I	¿	¿	¿	inverted question mark
J	J		capital J	À	À	À	capital A, grave accent
K	K		capital K	Á	Á	Á	capital A, acute accent
L	L		capital L	Â	Â	Â	capital A, circumflex accent
M	M		capital M	Ã	Ã	Ã	capital A, tilde
N	N		capital N	Ä	Ä	Ä	capital A, umlaut/dieresis
O	O		capital O	Å	Å	Å	capital A, ring
P	P		capital P	Æ	Æ	&Aelig;	capital AE ligature, dipthong
Q	Q		capital Q	Ç	Ç	Ç	capital C, cedilla
R	R		capital R	È	È	È	capital E, grave accent
S	S		capital S	É	É	É	capital E, acute accent
T	T		capital T	Ê	Ê	&Ecicr;	capital E, circumflex accent
U	U		capital U	Ë	Ë	Ë	capital E, umlaut/dieresis
V	V		capital V	Ì	Ì	Ì	capital I, grave accent
W	W		capital W	Í	Í	Í	capital I, acute accent
X	X		capital X	Î	Î	Î	capital I, circumflex accent
Y	Y		capital Y	Ï	Ï	Ï	capital I, umlaut/dieresis mark
Z	Z		capital Z	Ð	Ð	Ð	capital Eth, Icelandic
Z	Z		capital Z	Ð	Ð	&Dstrok;	capital Eth, Icelandic
[	[		left square bracket	Ñ	Ñ	Ñ	capital N, tilde
\	\		backslash	Ò	Ò	Ò	capital O, grave accent/null set
]	]		right square bracket	Ó	Ó	Ó	capital O, acute accent
^	^		caret	Ô	Ô	Ô	capital O, circumflex accent
_	_		underscore bar	Õ	Õ	Õ	capital O, tilde
`	`		grave accent	Ö	Ö	Ö	capital O, umlaut/dieresis mark
a	a		small a	×	×	×	multiplication sign
b	b		small b	Ø	Ø	Ø	capital O, slash
c	c		small c	Ù	Ù	Ù	capital U, grave accent
d	d		small d	Ú	Ú	Ú	capital U, acute accent
e	e		small e	Û	Û	Û	capital U, circumflex accent
f	f		small f	Ü	Ü	Ü	capital U, umlaut/dieresis mark
g	g		small g	Ý	Ý	Ý	capital Y, acute accent
h	h		small h	Þ	Þ	Þ	capital Thorn, Icelandic
i	i		small i	ß	ß	ß	small sz ligature, German
j	j		small j	à	à	à	small a, grave accent
k	k		small k	á	á	á	small a, acute accent
l	l		small l	â	â	â	small a, circumflex accent
m	m		small m	ã	ã	ã	small a, tilde
n	n		small n	ä	ä	ä	small a, umlaut/dieresis mark
o	o		small o	å	å	å	small a, ring
p	p		small p	æ	æ	æ	small ae ligature, dipthong
q	q		small q	ç	ç	ç	small c, cedilla
r	r		small r	è	è	è	small e, grave accent
s	s		small s	é	é	é	small e, acute accent
t	t		small t	ê	ê	ê	small e, circumflex accent
u	u		small u	ë	ë	ë	small e, umlaut/dieresis mark
v	v		small v	ì	ì	ì	small i, grave accent
w	w		small w	í	í	í	small i, acute accent
x	x		small x	î	î	î	small i, circumflex accent
y	y		small y	ï	ï	ï	small i, umlaut/dieresis mark
z	z		small z	ð	ð	ð	small eth, Icelandic
{	{		left curly brace	ñ	ñ	&ntilde	small n, tilde
\|	\|		solid vertical bar	ò	ò	ò	small o, grave accent
}	}		right curly brace	ó	ó	ó	small o, acute accent
~	~		tilde	ô	ô	ô	small o, circumflex accent
			box	õ	õ	õ	small o, tilde
‚			comma	ö	ö	ö	small o, umlaut/dieresis mark
ƒ			florin	÷	÷	÷	division sign
„				ø	ø	ø	small o, slash/null set
…			ellipsis	ù	ù	ù	small u, grave accent
†			dagger	ú	ú	ú	small u, acute accent
‡			double dagger	û	û	û	small u, circumflex accent
ˆ			circumflex accent	ü	ü	ü	small u, umlaut,dieresis mark
‰			permil	ý	ý	ý	small y, acute accent
Š				þ	þ	þ	small thorn, Icelandic
‹				ÿ	ÿ	ÿ	small y, umlaut/dieresis mark
Œ			capital OE ligature

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