Character Entities

This document explains how to type various special characters in your XHTML and HTMLdocuments.

Table 2-1: List of ISO Latin 1 character entities

Character Entity Example Description
Æ Æ capital AE diphthong (ligature)
Á Á capital A, acute accent
  capital A, circumflex accent
À À capital A, grave accent
Å Å capital A, ring
à à capital A, tilde
Ä Ä capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark
Ç Ç capital C, cedilla
Ð Ð capital Eth, Icelandic
É É capital E, acute accent
Ê Ê capital E, circumflex accent
È È capital E, grave accent
Ë Ë capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark
Í Í capital I, acute accent
Î Î capital I, circumflex accent
Ì Ì capital I, grave accent
Ï Ï capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark
Ñ Ñ capital N, tilde
Ó Ó capital O, acute accent
Ô Ô capital O, circumflex accent


Table 2-1: List of ISO Latin 1 character entities (cont'd)
Character Entity Example Description
Ò Ò capital O, grave accent
Ø Ø capital O, slash
Õ Õ capital O, tilde
Ö Ö capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark
Þ Þ capital THORN, Icelandic
Ú Ú capital U, acute accent
Û Û capital U, circumflex accent
Ù Ù capital U, grave accent
Ü Ü capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark
Ý Ý capital Y, acute accent
á á small a, acute accent
â â small a, circumflex accent
æ æ small ae diphthong (ligature)
à à small a, grave accent
å å small a, ring
ã ã small a, tilde
ä ä small a, dieresis or umlaut mark
ç ç small c, cedilla
é é small e, acute accent
ê ê small e, circumflex accent
è è small e, grave accent
ð ð small eth, Icelandic
ë ë small e, dieresis or umlaut mark
í í small i, acute accent
î î small i, circumflex accent


Table 2-1: List of ISO Latin 1 character entities (cont'd)
Character Entity Example Description
ì ì small i, grave accent
ï ï small i, dieresis or umlaut mark
ñ ñ small n, tilde
ó ó small o, acute accent
ô ô small o, circumflex accent
ò ò small o, grave accent
ø ø small o, slash
õ õ small o, tilde
ö ö small o, dieresis or umlaut mark
ß ß small sharp s, German (sz ligature)
þ þ small thorn, Icelandic
ú ú small u, acute accent
û û small u, circumflex accent
ù ù small u, grave accent
ü ü small u, dieresis or umlaut mark
ý ý small y, acute accent
ÿ ÿ small y, dieresis or umlaut mark
&lt; < small l, the less than symbol <
&gt; > small g, the greater than symbol >
& & The ampersand symbol
&quot; " The double quote symbol
&nbsp;   A non-breaking space


Table 2-2: Subset of HTML+ Character Entities
Character Entity Example Description
&reg; ® Circled R, registered sign
&copy; © Circled C, copyright sign
&not; ¬ Negation sign
&deg; ° Degree sign
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