HTML Special Characters

Your HTML pages can contain special characters that aren't readily available from the keyboard. To insert such a character, type the code shown in the "What To Type" column into your document source, wherever you want the character to appear. For example, typing © into your document source displays a copyright symbol (©) when the page is viewed with a web browser.

Char Name of Char HTML Alternate
" quotation mark " "
& ampersand & &
< less-than sign &lt; &#60;
> greater-than sign &gt; &#62;
  non-breaking space &nbsp; &#160;
¡ inverted exclamation &iexcl; &#161;
¢ cent sign &cent; &#162;
£ pound sterling &pound; &#163;
¤ general currency sign &curren; &#164;
¥ yen sign &yen; &#165;
¦ broken vertical bar &brvbar; &#166;
§ section sign &sect; &#167;
¨ umlaut (dieresis) &uml; &#168;
© copyright &copy; &#169;
ª feminine ordinal &ordf; &#170;
« left angle quote, guillemotleft &laquo; &#171;
¬ not sign &not; &#172;
­ soft hyphen &shy; &#173;
® registered trademark &reg; &#174;
¯ macron accent &macr; &#175;
° degree sign &deg; &#176;
± plus or minus &plusmn; &#177;
² superscript two &sup2; &#178;
³ superscript three &sup3; &#179;
´ acute accent &acute; &#180;
µ micro sign &micro; &#181;
paragraph sign &para; &#182;
· middle dot &middot; &#183;
¸ cedilla &cedil; &#184;
¹ superscript one &sup1; &#185;
º masculine ordinal &ordm; &#186;
» right angle quote, guillemotright &raquo; &#187;
¼ fraction one-fourth &frac14; &#188;
½ fraction one-half &frac12; &#189;
¾ fraction three-fourths &frac34; &#190;
¿ inverted question mark &iquest; &#191;
À capital A, grave accent &Agrave; &#192;
Á capital A, acute accent &Aacute; &#193;
 capital A, circumflex accent &Acirc; &#194;
à capital A, tilde &Atilde; &#195;
Ä capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark &Auml; &#196;
Å capital A, ring &Aring; &#197;
Æ capital AE diphthong (ligature) &AElig; &#198;
Ç capital C, cedilla &Ccedil; &#199;
È capital E, grave accent &Egrave; &#200;
É capital E, acute accent &Eacute; &#201;
Ê capital E, circumflex accent &Ecirc; &#202;
Ë capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark &Euml; &#203;
Ì capital I, grave accent &Igrave; &#204;
Í capital I, acute accent &Iacute; &#205;
Î capital I, circumflex accent &Icirc; &#206;
Ï capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark &Iuml; &#207;
Ð capital Eth, Icelandic &ETH; &#208;
Ñ capital N, tilde &Ntilde; &#209;
Ò capital O, grave accent &Ograve; &#210;
Ó capital O, acute accent &Oacute; &#211;
Ô capital O, circumflex accent &Ocirc; &#212;
Õ capital O, tilde &Otilde; &#213;
Ö capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark &Ouml; &#214;
× multiply sign &times; &#215;
Ø capital O, slash &Oslash; &#216;
Ù capital U, grave accent &Ugrave; &#217;
Ú capital U, acute accent &Uacute; &#218;
Û capital U, circumflex accent &Ucirc; &#219;
Ü capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark &Uuml; &#220;
Ý capital Y, acute accent &Yacute; &#221;
Þ capital THORN, Icelandic &THORN; &#222;
ß small sharp s, German (sz ligature) &szlig; &#223;
à small a, grave accent &agrave; &#224;
á small a, acute accent &aacute; &#225;
â small a, circumflex accent &acirc; &#226;
ã small a, tilde &atilde; &#227;
ä small a, dieresis or umlaut mark &auml; &#228;
å small a, ring &aring; &#229;
æ small ae diphthong (ligature) &aelig; &#230;
ç small c, cedilla &ccedil; &#231;
è small e, grave accent &egrave; &#232;
é small e, acute accent &eacute; &#233;
ê small e, circumflex accent &ecirc; &#234;
ë small e, dieresis or umlaut mark &euml; &#235;
ì small i, grave accent &igrave; &#236;
í small i, acute accent &iacute; &#237;
î small i, circumflex accent &icirc; &#238;
ï small i, dieresis or umlaut mark &iuml; &#239;
ð small eth, Icelandic &eth; &#240;
ñ small n, tilde &ntilde; &#241;
ò small o, grave accent &ograve; &#242;
ó small o, acute accent &oacute; &#243;
ô small o, circumflex accent &ocirc; &#244;
õ small o, tilde &otilde; &#245;
ö small o, dieresis or umlaut mark &ouml; &#246;
÷ division sign &divide; &#247;
ø small o, slash &oslash; &#248;
ù small u, grave accent &ugrave; &#249;
ú small u, acute accent &uacute; &#250;
û small u, circumflex accent &ucirc; &#251;
ü small u, dieresis or umlaut mark &uuml; &#252;
ý small y, acute accent &yacute; &#253;
þ small thorn, Icelandic &thorn; &#254;
ÿ small y, dieresis or umlaut mark &yuml; &#255;