Sometimes you need to reference some special characters in HTML
| Punctuation | HTML Entity | ISO Latin-1 code | name or meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | en dash |
| — | — | — | em dash |
| ¡ | ¡ | ¡ | inverted exclamation |
| ¿ | ¿ | ¿ | inverted question mark |
| “ | " | " | quotation mark |
| “ | “ | “ | left double curly quote |
| ” | ” | ” | right double curly quote |
| ‘ | ' | apostrophe (single quote) | |
| ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | left single curly quote |
| ’ | ’ | ’ | right single curly quote |
| « » | « » | « » | guillemets (used as quotation marks in some languages, e.g., French) |
| (Its there, but you can’t see it!) | |   | non-breaking space |
| Symbols | |||
| & | & | & | ampersand |
| ¢ | ¢ | ¢ | cent |
| © | © | © | copyright |
| ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | divide |
| > | > | > | greater than |
| < | < | < | less than |
| µ | µ | µ | micron |
| · | · | · | middle dot |
| ¶ | ¶ | ¶ | pilcrow (paragraph sign) |
| ± | ± | ± | plus/minus |
| € | € | € | Euro |
| £ | £ | £ | British Pound Sterling |
| ® | ® | ® | registered |
| § | § | § | section |
| ™ | ™ | ™ | trademark |
| ¥ | ¥ | ¥ | Japanese Yen |
| ● | ● | password dot | |
| • | • | bullet | |
| ŧ | ŧ | Lowercase T-stroke | |
| Þ | Þ | Þ | Capital Thorn |
| † | † | dagger | |
| ‡ | ‡ | double dagger | |
| ‰ | ‰ | per mill sign | |
| ‹ | ‹ | single left-pointing angle quote | |
| › | › | single right-pointing angle quote | |
| ♠ | ♠ | black spade suit | |
| ♣ | ♣ | black club suit | |
| ♥ | ♥ | black heart suit | |
| ♦ | ♦ | black diamond suit | |
| ‾ | ‾ | overline, = spacing overscore | |
| ← | ← | leftward arrow | |
| ↑ | ↑ | upward arrow | |
| → | → | rightward arrow | |
| ↓ | ↓ | downward arrow | |
| ¡ | ¡ | ¡ | inverted exclamation |
| ¢ | ¢ | ¢ | cent sign |
| £ | £ | £ | pound sterling |
| ¤ | ¤ | ¤ | general currency sign |
| ¥ | ¥ | ¥ | yen sign |
| ¦ | ¦ or &brkbar; | ¦ | broken vertical bar |
| § | § | § | section sign |
| ¨ | ¨ or ¨ | ¨ | umlaut |
| © | © | © | copyright |
| ª | ª | ª | feminine ordinal |
| « | « | « | left angle quote |
| ¬ | ¬ | ¬ | not sign |
| ­ | ­ | soft hyphen | |
| ® | ® | ® | registered trademark |
| ¯ | ¯ or &hibar; | ¯ | macron accent |
| ° | ° | ° | degree sign |
| ± | ± | ± | plus or minus |
| ² | ² | ² | superscript two |
| ³ | ³ | ³ | superscript three |
| ´ | ´ | ´ | acute accent |
| µ | µ | µ | micro sign |
| ¶ | ¶ | ¶ | paragraph sign |
| · | · | · | middle dot |
| ¸ | ¸ | ¸ | cedilla |
| ¹ | ¹ | ¹ | superscript one |
| º | º | º | masculine ordinal |
| » | » | » | right angle quote |
| ¼ | ¼ | ¼ | one-fourth |
| ½ | ½ | ½ | one-half |
| ¾ | ¾ | ¾ | three-fourths |
| ¿ | ¿ | ¿ | inverted question mark |
| Diacritics | |||
| á Á | á Á | á Á | lower-case “a” with acute accent upper-case “A” with acute accent |
| à À | à À | à À | lower-case “a” with grave accent upper-case “A” with grave accent |
| â Â | â Â | â Â | lower-case “a” with circumflex upper-case “A” with circumflex |
| å Å | å Å | å Å | lower-case “a” with ring upper-case “A” with ring |
| ã Ã | ã Ã | ã Ã | lower-case “a” with tilde upper-case “A” with tilde |
| ä Ä | ä Ä | ä Ä | lower-case “a” with diaeresis/umlaut upper-case “A” with diaeresis/umlaut |
| æ Æ | æ Æ | æ Æ | lower-case “ae” ligature upper-case “AE” ligature |
| ç Ç | ç Ç | ç Ç | lower-case “c” with cedilla upper-case “C” with cedilla |
| é É | é É | é É | lower-case “e” with acute accent upper-case “E” with acute accent |
| è È | è È | è È | lower-case “e” with grave accent upper-case “E” with grave accent |
| ê Ê | ê Ê | ê Ê | lower-case “e” with circumflex upper-case “E” with circumflex |
| ë Ë | ë Ë | ë Ë | lower-case “e” with diaeresis/umlaut upper-case “E” with diaeresis/umlaut |
| í Í | í Í | í Í | lower-case “i” with acute accent upper-case “I” with acute accent |
| ì Ì | ì Ì | ì Ì | lower-case “i” with grave accent upper-case “I” with grave accent |
| î Î | î Î | î Î | lower-case “i” with circumflex upper-case “I” with circumflex |
| ï Ï | ï Ï | ï Ï | lower-case “i” with diaeresis/umlaut upper-case “I” with diaeresis/umlaut |
| ñ Ñ | ñ Ñ | ñ Ñ | lower-case “n” with tilde upper-case “N” with tilde |
| ó Ó | ó Ó | ó Ó | lower-case “o” with acute accent upper-case “O” with acute accent |
| ò Ò | ò Ò | ò Ò | lower-case “o” with grave accent upper-case “O” with grave accent |
| ô Ô | ô Ô | ô Ô | lower-case “o” with circumflex upper-case “O” with circumflex |
| ø Ø | ø Ø | ø Ø | lower-case “o” with slash upper-case “O” with slash |
| õ Õ | õ Õ | õ Õ | lower-case “o” with tilde upper-case “O” with tilde |
| ö Ö | ö Ö | ö Ö | lower-case “o” with diaeresis/umlaut upper-case “O” with diaeresis/umlaut |
| ß | ß | ß | ess-tsett |
| ú Ú | ú Ú | ú Ú | lower-case “u” with acute accent upper-case “U” with acute accent |
| ù Ù | ù Ù | ù Ù | lower-case “u” with grave accent upper-case “U” with grave accent |
| û Û | û Û | û Û | lower-case “u” with circumflex upper-case “U” with circumflex |
| ü Ü | ü Ü | ü Ü | lower-case “u” with diaeresis/umlaut upper-case “U” with diaeresis/umlaut |
| ÿ | ÿ | ÿ | lower-case “y” with diaeresis/umlaut |
| ´ ` | ´ ` | acute accent with no letter grave accent/reversed apostrophe with no letter | |