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NOTE: Using, for example, < instead of < is OK, since 3C is hexadecimal number equivalent for 60, as long as you do not forget the x after &# when specifying numbers in hexadecimal notation.

Remarkable special characters
Special
character
[S] 		Description of special
character
[D] 		What to type
at the HTML
document, friendly word
coding [WW] 		What to
type
at the
HTML
document, number
coding [WN] 		Remarks
  Non-breaking space     Useful if you need more than one space in between words. Notice the three spaces between the words "Stop" and "Run" in the sentence "Stop.   Run.".

Also useful if you want a certain number of words to join together always, no matter what happens. To see an example of such in action, go to this link.
< Less than sign &lt; &#60; One of the characters used in HTML tags, such as </html>.

Useful if you need to display it in mathematical equations, such as 8 < 9 .
& Ampersand &amp; &#38; Character prefix used together with # in...

  • displaying characters that are not typeable at the keyboard or that must be seen in the Web page, such as &#copy; or &#169; ;

  • specifying background color of Web page or cell in a table, such as <td bgcolor="&#FFFF00">;
  • specifying foreground color of text, such as <font bgcolor="&#0000FF">.
Useful if you need to display it in abbreviations or acronyms. Example, AT&T, R&D.

When you type it in Normal editing mode of any Web page editor, such as Microsoft FrontPage, it will be shown in HTML section as &amp; . When you type it in HTML editing mode, it will be shown in Normal editing mode as is. 
" Quotation mark &quot; &#34; When you type it in Normal editing mode of any Web page editor, such as Microsoft FrontPage, it will be shown in HTML section as &quot; . When you type it in HTML editing mode, it will be shown in Normal editing mode as is.
> Greater than sign &gt; &#62; When you type it in Normal editing mode of any Web page editor, such as Microsoft FrontPage, it will be shown in HTML section as &gt; . When you type it in HTML editing mode, it will be shown in Normal editing mode as is.
~ Tilde &tilde; &#126; Can be typed as is.
­ Soft hyphen &shy; &#173; A symbol that is invisible to Web browsers but visible to Web page editors, such as Microsoft FrontPage. It is used for hyphenating words in a paragraph. To see an example of such in action, go to this link.
 
Punctuation marks
[S] [D] [WW] [WN]
“ Left double quotation mark &ldquo; &#147;
” Right double quotation mark &rdquo; &#148;
‘ Left single quotation mark &lsquo; &#145;
’ Right single quotation mark &rsquo; &#146;
« Left angle quotation mark &laquo; &#171;
» Right angle quotation mark &raquo; &#187;
‹ Left single angle quotation mark &lsaquo; &#139;
› Right single angle quotation mark &rsaquo; &#155;
‚ Single bottom quotation mark &sbquo; &#130;
„ Bottom double quotation mark &bdquo; &#132;
¡ Inverted exclamation point &iexcl; &#161;
¿ Inverted question mark &iquest; &#191;
– En dash &ndash; &#150;
— Em dash &mdash; &#151;

Diacritical marks
[S] [D] [WW] [WN]
´ Acute accent &acute; &#180;
¨ Umlaut &uml; &#168;
¯ Macron accent &macr; &#175;
¸ Cedilla &cedil; &#184;

Reference marks
[S] [D] [WW] [WN]
Paragraph sign; pilcrow sign &para; &#182;
§ Section sign &sect; &#167;
† Dagger &dagger; &#134;
‡ Double dagger &Dagger; &#135;

Business-oriented symbols
[S] [D] [WW] [WN]
© Copyright symbol &copy; &#169;
® Registered trademark symbol &reg; &#174;
™ Trademark symbol &trade; &#153;
‰ Per mille symbol &permil; &#137;

Money-oriented symbols
[S] [D] [WW] [WN]
¤ General currency sign &curren; &#164;
¢ Cent sign &cent; &#162;
£ Pound sign &pound; &#163;
¥ Yen sign &yen; &#165;
€ Euro sign &euro; &#128;

Card suit symbols
[S] [D] [WW] [WN]
♦ Diamonds (Card suit) &diams; &#9830;
♥ Hearts (Card suit) &hearts; &#9829;
♣ Clubs (Card suit) &clubs; &#9827;
♠ Spades (Card suit) &spades; &#9824;

Gender order symbols
[S] [D] [WW] [WN]
ª Feminine ordinal indicator (Superscript lowercase a) &ordf; &#170;
º Masculine ordinal indicator (Superscript lowercase o) &ordm; &#186;

Direction symbols
[S] [D] [WW] [WN]
← Left arrow &larr; &#8592;
→ Right arrow &rarr; &#8594;
↑ Up arrow &uarr; &#8593;
↓ Down arrow &darr; &#8595;
↔ Horizontal arrow direction &harr; &#8596;
⇒   Rightwards double arrow &rArr; &#8658;
⇔   Horizontal double arrow direction &hArr; &#8660;

Fractions
[S] [D] [WW] [WN]
¼ Fraction 1/4 &frac14; &#188;
½ Fraction 1/2 &frac12; &#189;
¾ Fraction 3/4 &frac34; &#190;

Superscripts
[S] [D] [WW] [WN]
¹ Superscripted 1 &sup1; &#185;
² Superscripted 2 &sup2; &#178;
³ Superscripted 3 &sup3; &#179;

Arithmetic operations symbols
[S] [D] [WW] [WN]
± Plus or minus &plusmn; &#177;
− Minus sign &minus; &#8722;
· Middle dot &middot; &#183;
× Times sign &times; &#215;
÷ Divided by sign &divide; &#247;

Trigonometry-oriented symbols
[S] [D] [WW] [WN]
° Degree sign &deg; &#176;
′ Single prime; minute(s); foot/feet &prime; &#8242;
″   Double prime; second(s); inch(es) &Prime; &#8243;
∠ Angle &ang; &#8736;

Comparison of quantities symbols
[S] [D] [WW] [WN]
∼ Tilde operator; varies with; similar to &sim; &#8764;
≈ Asymptotic to; almost equal to &asymp; &#8776;
≠ Not equal to &ne; &#8800;
≡ Equivalent to; identical to &equiv; &#8801;
≤ Less than or equal to &le; &#8804;
≥ Greater than or equal to &ge; &#8805;

Calculus-oriented symbols
[S] [D] [WW] [WN]
∂ Partial derivative; partial differential &part; &#8706;
∫ Integral sign &int; &#8747;

Sets-oriented symbols
[S] [D] [WW] [WN]
∈ Is an element of &isin; &#8712;
∋ Contains as member &in; &#8715;
⊂ Is a subset of &sub; &#8834;
⊃ Is a superset of &sup; &#8835;
⊆ Is a subset of or equal to &sube; &#8838;
⊇ Is a superset of or equal to &supe; &#8839;
∩ Insertion; cap &cap; &#8745;
∪ Union; cup &cup; &#8746;

Miscellaneous mathematics-oriented symbols
[S] [D] [WW] [WN]
⁄ Fraction slash &frasl; &#8260;
√ Radical sign &radic; &#8730;
∏ Product sign; n-ary product &prod; &#8719;
∑ Summation; n-ary summation &sum; &#8721;
µ Micro sign &micro; &#181;
¦ Broken vertical bar &brvbar; &#166;
¬ Not sign &not; &#172;
‾ Overline &oline; &#8254;
ƒ f, with hook; function; florin &fnof; &#131;
∀ For all &forall; &#8704;
∃ There exists &exist; &#8707;
∇ Nabla; backward difference &nabla; &#8711;
∝ Is proportional to &prop; &#8733;
∞ Infinity &infin; &#8734;
∧ Logical AND; wedge &and; &#8743;
∨ Logical OR; vee &or; &#8744;
∴ Therefore &there4; &#8756;
⊕ Circled plus; direct sum &oplus; &#8853;
⊥ Perpendicular to; orthogonal to; up tack &perp; &#8869;

Acute-accented Roman letters
[S] [D] [WW] [WN]
Á A, acute-accented &Aacute; &#193;
É E, acute-accented &Eacute; &#201;
Í I, acute-accented &Iacute; &#205;
Ó O, acute-accented &Oacute; &#211;
Ú U, acute-accented &Uacute; &#218;
Ý Y, acute-accented &Yacute; &#221;
á a, acute-accented &aacute; &#225;
é e, acute-accented &eacute; &#233;
í i, acute-accented &iacute; &#237;
ó o, acute-accented &oacute; &#243;
ú u, acute-accented &uacute; &#250;
ý y, acute-accented &yacute; &#221;

Grave-accented Roman letters
[S] [D] [WW] [WN]
À A, grave-accented &Agrave; &#192;
È E, grave-accented &Egrave; &#200;
Ì I, grave-accented &Igrave; &#204;
Ò O, grave-accented &Ograve; &#210;
Ù U, grave-accented &Ugrave; &#217;
à a, grave-accented &agrave; &#224;
è e, grave-accented &egrave; &#232;
ì i, grave-accented &igrave; &#236;
ò o, grave-accented &ograve; &#242;
ù u, grave-accented &ugrave; &#249;

Circumflex-accented Roman letters 
[S] [D] [WW] [WN]
 A, circumflex-accented &Acirc; &#194;
Ê E, circumflex-accented &Ecirc; &#202;
Î I, circumflex-accented &Icirc; &#206;
Ô O, circumflex-accented &Ocirc; &#212;
Û U, circumflex-accented &Ucirc; &#219;
â a, circumflex-accented &acirc; &#226;
ê e, circumflex-accented &ecirc; &#234;
î i, circumflex-accented &icirc; &#238;
ô o, circumflex-accented &ocirc; &#244;
û u, circumflex-accented &ucirc; &#251;

Umlaut-marked Roman letters
[S] [D] [WW] [WN]
Ä A, umlaut-marked &Auml; &#196;
Ë E, umlaut-marked &Euml; &#203;
Ï I, umlaut-marked &Iuml; &#207;
Ö O, umlaut-marked &Ouml; &#214;
Ü U, umlaut-marked &Uuml; &#220;
Ÿ Y, umlaut-marked &Yuml; &#376;
ä a, umlaut-marked &auml; &#228;
ë e, umlaut-marked &euml; &#235;
ï i, umlaut-marked &iuml; &#239;
ö o, umlaut-marked &ouml; &#246;
ü u, umlaut-marked &uuml; &#252;
ÿ y, umlaut-marked &yuml; &#255;
 
Miscellaneous Roman letters with diacritical marks
[S] [D] [WW] [WN]
à A, tilded &Atilde; &#195;
ã a, tilded &atilde; &#227;
Å A, with ring &Aring; &#197;
å a, with ring &aring; &#229;
Ç C, with cedilla &Ccedil; &#199;
ç c, with cedilla &ccedil; &#231;
Ñ N, tilded &Ntilde; &#209;
ñ n, tilded &ntilde; &#241;
Õ O, tilded &Otilde; &#213;
õ o, tilded &otilde; &#245;
Ø O, slashed &Oslash; &#216;
ø o, slashed &oslash; &#248;
Š S, with caron &Scaron; &#138;
š s, with caron &scaron; &#154;

Icelandic letters
[S] [D] [WW] [WN]
Ð Uppercase eth &ETH; &#208;
ð Lowercase eth &eth; &#240;
Þ Uppercase thorn &THORN; &#222;
þ Lowercase thorn &thorn; &#254;

Ligatures
[S] [D] [WW] [WN]
Æ AE ligature &AElig; &#198;
æ ae ligature &aelig; &#230;
ΠOE ligature &OElig; &#140;
œ oe ligature &oelig; &#156;
ß sz ligature; small sharp s (German) &szlig; &#223;

Greek letters
[S] [D] [WW] [WN]
Α Uppercase alpha &Alpha; &#913;
Β Uppercase beta &Beta; &#914;
Γ Uppercase gamma &Gamma; &#915;
Δ Uppercase delta &Delta; &#916;
Ε Uppercase epsilon &Epsilon; &#917;
Ζ Uppercase zeta &Zeta; &#918;
Η Uppercase eta &Eta; &#919;
Θ Uppercase theta &Theta; &#920;
Ι Uppercase iota &Iota; &#921;
Κ Uppercase kappa &Kappa; &#922;
Λ Uppercase lambda &Lambda; &#923;
Μ Uppercase mu &Mu; &#924;
Ν Uppercase nu &Nu; &#925;
Ξ Uppercase xi &Xi; &#926;
Ο Uppercase omicron &Omicron; &#927;
Π Uppercase pi &Pi; &#928;
Ρ Uppercase rho &Rho; &#929;
Σ Uppercase sigma &Sigma; &#931;
Τ Uppercase tau &Tau; &#932;
Υ Uppercase upsilon &Upsilon; &#933;
Φ Uppercase phi &Phi; &#934;
Χ Uppercase chi &Chi; &#935;
Ψ Uppercase psi &Psi; &#936;
Ω Uppercase omega &Omega; &#937;
α Lowercase alpha &alpha; &#945;
β Lowercase beta &beta; &#946;
γ Lowercase gamma &gamma; &#947;
δ Lowercase delta &delta; &#948;
ε Lowercase epsilon &epsilon; &#949;
ζ Lowercase zeta &zeta; &#950;
η Lowercase eta &eta; &#951;
θ Lowercase theta &theta; &#952;
ι Lowercase iota &iota; &#953;
κ Lowercase kappa &kappa; &#954;
λ Lowercase lambda &lambda; &#955;
μ Lowercase mu &mu; &#956;
ν Lowercase nu &nu; &#957;
ξ Lowercase xi &xi; &#958;
ο Lowercase omicron &omicron; &#959;
π Lowercase pi &pi; &#960;
ρ Lowercase rho &rho; &#961;
σ Lowercase sigma &sigma; &#963;
τ Lowercase tau &tau; &#964;
υ Lowercase upsilon &upsilon; &#965;
φ Lowercase phi &phi; &#966;
χ Lowercase chi &chi; &#967;
ψ Lowercase psi &psi; &#968;
ω Lowercase omega &omega; &#969;
ς Lowercase sigma, final &sigmaf; &#962;

Miscellaneous symbols
[S] [D] [WW] [WN]
• Bullet; black small circle &bull; &#149;
… Horizontal ellipsis &hellip; &#133;
◊ Lozenge &loz; &#9674;

Undisplayable miscellaneous symbols in Internet Explorer 6. Not yet tested in earlier versions of Internet Explorer and other Web browsers.
[S] [D] [WW] [WN]
ϑ Lowercase theta symbol &thetasym; &#977;
ϒ Upsilon with hook symbol &upsih; &#978;
ϖ Pi symbol &piv; &#982;
℘ Script uppercase P; power set; Weierstrass P &weierp; &#8472;
ℑ Blackletter uppercase I; imaginary part &image; &#8465;
ℜ Blackletter uppercase R; real part symbol &real; &#8476;
ℵ Alef symbol; first transfinite cardinal &alefsym; &#8501;
↵ Downwards arrow with corner leftwards; carriage return &crarr; &#8629;
⇐ Leftwards double arrow &lArr; &#8656;
⇑ Upwards double arrow &uArr; &#8657;
⇓ Downwards double arrow &dArr; &#8659;
∅ Empty set; null set; diameter &empty; &#8709;
∉ Not an element of &notin; &#8713;
∗ Asterisk operator &lowast; &#8727;
≅ Congruent to; approximately equal to &cong; &#8773;
⊄ Not a subset of &nsub; &#8836;
⊗ Circled times; vector product &otimes; &#8855;
⋅ Dot operator &sdot; &#8901;
⌈ Left ceiling; apl upstile &lceil; &#8968;
⌉ Right ceiling &rceil; &#8969;
⌊ Left floor; apl downstile &lfloor; &#8970;
⌋ Right floor &rfloor; &#8971;
⟨ Left-pointing angle bracket &lang; &#9001;
⟩ Right-pointing angle bracket &rang; &#9002;

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