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HTML Entities Cheatsheet — Symbols, Math, Arrows & More

Common HTML entities with entity names, numeric codes, and rendered characters. Covers symbols, math operators, arrows, currency, accented characters, and special punctuation.

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HTML entities are codes used to display reserved characters or symbols that cannot be typed directly. Every entity has a numeric form (&#number;) and most have a named form (&name;). Use these when you need special characters in HTML that might otherwise be interpreted as code.

Essential Reserved Characters

These characters have special meaning in HTML and must be escaped.

Character Entity Name Entity Number Description
< &lt; &#60; Less than
> &gt; &#62; Greater than
& &amp; &#38; Ampersand
" &quot; &#34; Double quote
' &apos; &#39; Single quote / apostrophe

Common Symbols

Character Entity Name Entity Number Description
  &nbsp; &#160; Non-breaking space
© &copy; &#169; Copyright
® &reg; &#174; Registered trademark
™ &trade; &#8482; Trademark
§ &sect; &#167; Section sign
&para; &#182; Paragraph sign
° &deg; &#176; Degree
· &middot; &#183; Middle dot
• &bull; &#8226; Bullet
… &hellip; &#8230; Horizontal ellipsis
« &laquo; &#171; Left guillemet
» &raquo; &#187; Right guillemet
† &dagger; &#8224; Dagger
‡ &Dagger; &#8225; Double dagger
‰ &permil; &#8240; Per mille

Quotation Marks and Dashes

Character Entity Name Entity Number Description
‘ &lsquo; &#8216; Left single quote
’ &rsquo; &#8217; Right single quote / apostrophe
“ &ldquo; &#8220; Left double quote
” &rdquo; &#8221; Right double quote
– &ndash; &#8211; En dash (ranges: 1-10)
— &mdash; &#8212; Em dash (parenthetical)
− &minus; &#8722; Minus sign
­ &shy; &#173; Soft hyphen

Currency Symbols

Character Entity Name Entity Number Description
$ &dollar; &#36; Dollar
€ &euro; &#8364; Euro
£ &pound; &#163; Pound sterling
¥ &yen; &#165; Yen / Yuan
¢ &cent; &#162; Cent
¤ &curren; &#164; General currency
₹ — &#8377; Indian Rupee
₱ — &#8369; Philippine Peso
₩ — &#8361; Korean Won
₾ — &#8382; Georgian Lari

Math Operators

Character Entity Name Entity Number Description
+ &plus; &#43; Plus
− &minus; &#8722; Minus
× &times; &#215; Multiplication
÷ &divide; &#247; Division
= &equals; &#61; Equals
≠ &ne; &#8800; Not equal
< &lt; &#60; Less than
> &gt; &#62; Greater than
≤ &le; &#8804; Less than or equal
≥ &ge; &#8806; Greater than or equal
± &plusmn; &#177; Plus-minus
² &sup2; &#178; Superscript 2 (squared)
³ &sup3; &#179; Superscript 3 (cubed)
½ &frac12; &#189; One half
¼ &frac14; &#188; One quarter
¾ &frac34; &#190; Three quarters
∞ &infin; &#8734; Infinity
∑ &sum; &#8721; Summation
∏ &prod; &#8719; Product
√ &radic; &#8730; Square root
∫ &int; &#8747; Integral
ƒ &fnof; &#402; Function (italic f)
∂ &part; &#8706; Partial differential
∇ &nabla; &#8711; Nabla / Del
∅ &empty; &#8709; Empty set
∈ &isin; &#8712; Element of
∉ &notin; &#8713; Not element of
⊂ &sub; &#8834; Subset
⊃ &sup; &#8835; Superset
∩ &cap; &#8745; Intersection
∪ &cup; &#8746; Union
∧ &and; &#8743; Logical AND
∨ &or; &#8744; Logical OR
∴ &there4; &#8756; Therefore
∼ &sim; &#8764; Tilde / similar to
≈ &asymp; &#8776; Approximately equal

Arrows

Character Entity Name Entity Number Description
← &larr; &#8592; Left arrow
↑ &uarr; &#8593; Up arrow
→ &rarr; &#8594; Right arrow
↓ &darr; &#8595; Down arrow
↔ &harr; &#8596; Left-right arrow
⇐ &lArr; &#8656; Left double arrow
⇒ &rArr; &#8658; Right double arrow
⇔ &hArr; &#8660; Left-right double arrow
↵ &crarr; &#8629; Carriage return arrow

Accented Characters (Common)

Character Entity Name Entity Number Description
À &Agrave; &#192; A grave
Á &Aacute; &#193; A acute
 &Acirc; &#194; A circumflex
à &Atilde; &#195; A tilde
Ä &Auml; &#196; A umlaut
Ç &Ccedil; &#199; C cedilla
È &Egrave; &#200; E grave
É &Eacute; &#201; E acute
Ñ &Ntilde; &#209; N tilde
Ö &Ouml; &#214; O umlaut
Ü &Uuml; &#220; U umlaut
ß &szlig; &#223; Sharp s (German)
à &agrave; &#224; a grave
á &aacute; &#225; a acute
é &eacute; &#233; e acute
ñ &ntilde; &#241; n tilde
ö &ouml; &#246; o umlaut
ü &uuml; &#252; u umlaut

Greek Letters (Common)

Character Entity Name Entity Number
Α / α &Alpha; / &alpha; &#913; / &#945;
Β / β &Beta; / &beta; &#914; / &#946;
Γ / γ &Gamma; / &gamma; &#915; / &#947;
Δ / δ &Delta; / &delta; &#916; / &#948;
Π / π &Pi; / &pi; &#928; / &#960;
Σ / σ &Sigma; / &sigma; &#931; / &#963;
Ω / ω &Omega; / &omega; &#937; / &#969;
Θ / θ &Theta; / &theta; &#920; / &#952;
Λ / λ &Lambda; / &lambda; &#923; / &#955;
Φ / φ &Phi; / &phi; &#934; / &#966;

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