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Character Entity References Defined in HTML 4.0

Few browsers (well, none that I know of) support all of these references. If your browser doesn't support the character it will probably display something like an empty box or a question mark.

This list is copied rote from W³C's Character entity references in HTML 4.0.

34	quot	"	quotation mark = APL quote
38	amp	&	ampersand
60	lt	<	less-than sign
62	gt	>	greater-than sign
160	nbsp		no-break space = non-breaking space
161	iexcl	¡	inverted exclamation mark
162	cent	¢	cent sign
163	pound	£	pound sign
164	curren	¤	currency sign
165	yen	¥	yen sign = yuan sign
166	brvbar	¦	broken bar = broken vertical bar
167	sect	§	section sign
168	uml	¨	diaeresis = spacing diaeresis
169	copy	©	copyright sign
170	ordf	ª	feminine ordinal indicator
171	laquo	«	left-pointing double angle quotation mark = left pointing guillemet
172	not	¬	not sign
173	shy	­	soft hyphen = discretionary hyphen
174	reg	®	registered sign = registered trade mark sign
175	macr	¯	macron = spacing macron = overline = APL overbar
176	deg	°	degree sign
177	plusmn	±	plus-minus sign = plus-or-minus sign
178	sup2	²	superscript two = superscript digit two = squared
179	sup3	³	superscript three = superscript digit three = cubed
180	acute	´	acute accent = spacing acute
181	micro	µ	micro sign
182	para	¶	pilcrow sign = paragraph sign
183	middot	·	middle dot = Georgian comma = Greek middle dot
184	cedil	¸	cedilla = spacing cedilla
185	sup1	¹	superscript one = superscript digit one
186	ordm	º	masculine ordinal indicator
187	raquo	»	right-pointing double angle quotation mark = right pointing guillemet
188	frac14	¼	vulgar fraction one quarter = fraction one quarter
189	frac12	½	vulgar fraction one half = fraction one half
190	frac34	¾	vulgar fraction three quarters = fraction three quarters
191	iquest	¿	inverted question mark = turned question mark
192	Agrave	À	latin capital letter A with grave = latin capital letter A grave
193	Aacute	Á	latin capital letter A with acute
194	Acirc	Â	latin capital letter A with circumflex
195	Atilde	Ã	latin capital letter A with tilde
196	Auml	Ä	latin capital letter A with diaeresis
197	Aring	Å	latin capital letter A with ring above = latin capital letter A ring
198	AElig	Æ	latin capital letter AE = latin capital ligature AE
199	Ccedil	Ç	latin capital letter C with cedilla
200	Egrave	È	latin capital letter E with grave
201	Eacute	É	latin capital letter E with acute
202	Ecirc	Ê	latin capital letter E with circumflex
203	Euml	Ë	latin capital letter E with diaeresis
204	Igrave	Ì	latin capital letter I with grave
205	Iacute	Í	latin capital letter I with acute
206	Icirc	Î	latin capital letter I with circumflex
207	Iuml	Ï	latin capital letter I with diaeresis
208	ETH	Ð	latin capital letter ETH
209	Ntilde	Ñ	latin capital letter N with tilde
210	Ograve	Ò	latin capital letter O with grave
211	Oacute	Ó	latin capital letter O with acute
212	Ocirc	Ô	latin capital letter O with circumflex
213	Otilde	Õ	latin capital letter O with tilde
214	Ouml	Ö	latin capital letter O with diaeresis
215	times	×	multiplication sign
216	Oslash	Ø	latin capital letter O with stroke = latin capital letter O slash
217	Ugrave	Ù	latin capital letter U with grave
218	Uacute	Ú	latin capital letter U with acute
219	Ucirc	Û	latin capital letter U with circumflex
220	Uuml	Ü	latin capital letter U with diaeresis
221	Yacute	Ý	latin capital letter Y with acute
222	THORN	Þ	latin capital letter THORN
223	szlig	ß	latin small letter sharp s = ess-zed
224	agrave	à	latin small letter a with grave = latin small letter a grave
225	aacute	á	latin small letter a with acute
226	acirc	â	latin small letter a with circumflex
227	atilde	ã	latin small letter a with tilde
228	auml	ä	latin small letter a with diaeresis
229	aring	å	latin small letter a with ring above = latin small letter a ring
230	aelig	æ	latin small letter ae = latin small ligature ae
231	ccedil	ç	latin small letter c with cedilla
232	egrave	è	latin small letter e with grave
233	eacute	é	latin small letter e with acute
234	ecirc	ê	latin small letter e with circumflex
235	euml	ë	latin small letter e with diaeresis
236	igrave	ì	latin small letter i with grave
237	iacute	í	latin small letter i with acute
238	icirc	î	latin small letter i with circumflex
239	iuml	ï	latin small letter i with diaeresis
240	eth	ð	latin small letter eth
241	ntilde	ñ	latin small letter n with tilde
242	ograve	ò	latin small letter o with grave
243	oacute	ó	latin small letter o with acute
244	ocirc	ô	latin small letter o with circumflex
245	otilde	õ	latin small letter o with tilde
246	ouml	ö	latin small letter o with diaeresis
247	divide	÷	division sign
248	oslash	ø	latin small letter o with stroke, = latin small letter o slash
249	ugrave	ù	latin small letter u with grave
250	uacute	ú	latin small letter u with acute
251	ucirc	û	latin small letter u with circumflex
252	uuml	ü	latin small letter u with diaeresis
253	yacute	ý	latin small letter y with acute
254	thorn	þ	latin small letter thorn with
255	yuml	ÿ	latin small letter y with diaeresis
338	OElig	Œ	latin capital ligature OE
339	oelig	œ	latin small ligature oe ligature is a misnomer, this is a separate character in some languages
352	Scaron	Š	latin capital letter S with caron
353	scaron	š	latin small letter s with caron
376	Yuml	Ÿ	latin capital letter Y with diaeresis
402	fnof	ƒ	latin small f with hook = function = florin
710	circ	ˆ	modifier letter circumflex accent
732	tilde	˜	small tilde
913	Alpha	Α	greek capital letter alpha
914	Beta	Β	greek capital letter beta
915	Gamma	Γ	greek capital letter gamma
916	Delta	Δ	greek capital letter delta
917	Epsilon	Ε	greek capital letter epsilon
918	Zeta	Ζ	greek capital letter zeta
919	Eta	Η	greek capital letter eta
920	Theta	Θ	greek capital letter theta
921	Iota	Ι	greek capital letter iota
922	Kappa	Κ	greek capital letter kappa
923	Lambda	Λ	greek capital letter lambda
924	Mu	Μ	greek capital letter mu
925	Nu	Ν	greek capital letter nu
926	Xi	Ξ	greek capital letter xi
927	Omicron	Ο	greek capital letter omicron
928	Pi	Π	greek capital letter pi
929	Rho	Ρ	greek capital letter rho there is no Sigmaf, and no U+03A2 character either
931	Sigma	Σ	greek capital letter sigma
932	Tau	Τ	greek capital letter tau
933	Upsilon	Υ	greek capital letter upsilon
934	Phi	Φ	greek capital letter phi
935	Chi	Χ	greek capital letter chi
936	Psi	Ψ	greek capital letter psi
937	Omega	Ω	greek capital letter omega
945	alpha	α	greek small letter alpha
946	beta	β	greek small letter beta
947	gamma	γ	greek small letter gamma
948	delta	δ	greek small letter delta
949	epsilon	ε	greek small letter epsilon
950	zeta	ζ	greek small letter zeta
951	eta	η	greek small letter eta
952	theta	θ	greek small letter theta
953	iota	ι	greek small letter iota
954	kappa	κ	greek small letter kappa
955	lambda	λ	greek small letter lambda
956	mu	μ	greek small letter mu
957	nu	ν	greek small letter nu
958	xi	ξ	greek small letter xi
959	omicron	ο	greek small letter omicron
960	pi	π	greek small letter pi
961	rho	ρ	greek small letter rho
962	sigmaf	ς	greek small letter final sigma
963	sigma	σ	greek small letter sigma
964	tau	τ	greek small letter tau
965	upsilon	υ	greek small letter upsilon
966	phi	φ	greek small letter phi
967	chi	χ	greek small letter chi
968	psi	ψ	greek small letter psi
969	omega	ω	greek small letter omega
977	thetasym	ϑ	greek small letter theta symbol
978	upsih	ϒ	greek upsilon with hook symbol
982	piv	ϖ	greek pi symbol
8194	ensp		en space
8195	emsp		em space
8201	thinsp		thin space
8204	zwnj	‌	zero width non-joiner
8205	zwj	‍	zero width joiner
8206	lrm	‎	left-to-right mark
8207	rlm	‏	right-to-left mark
8211	ndash	–	en dash
8212	mdash	—	em dash
8216	lsquo	‘	left single quotation mark
8217	rsquo	’	right single quotation mark
8218	sbquo	‚	single low-9 quotation mark
8220	ldquo	“	left double quotation mark
8221	rdquo	”	right double quotation mark
8222	bdquo	„	double low-9 quotation mark
8224	dagger	†	dagger
8225	Dagger	‡	double dagger
8226	bull	•	bullet = black small circle bullet is NOT the same as bullet operator
8230	hellip	…	horizontal ellipsis = three dot leader
8240	permil	‰	per mille sign
8242	prime	′	prime = minutes = feet
8243	Prime	″	double prime = seconds = inches
8249	lsaquo	‹	single left-pointing angle quotation mark lsaquo is proposed but not yet ISO standardized
8250	rsaquo	›	single right-pointing angle quotation mark rsaquo is proposed but not yet ISO standardized
8254	oline	‾	overline = spacing overscore
8260	frasl	⁄	fraction slash
8364	euro	€	euro sign
8465	image	ℑ	blackletter capital I = imaginary part
8472	weierp	℘	script capital P = power set = Weierstrass p
8476	real	ℜ	blackletter capital R = real part symbol
8482	trade	™	trade mark sign
8501	alefsym	ℵ	alef symbol = first transfinite cardinal alef symbol is NOT the same as hebrew letter alef, U+05D0 although the same glyph could be used to depict both characters
8592	larr	←	leftwards arrow
8593	uarr	↑	upwards arrow
8594	rarr	→	rightwards arrow
8595	darr	↓	downwards arrow
8596	harr	↔	left right arrow
8629	crarr	↵	downwards arrow with corner leftwardsc = carriage return
8656	lArr	⇐	leftwards double arrow Unicode does not say that lArr is the same as the 'is implied by' arrow but also does not have any other character for that function. So ? lArr can be used for 'is implied by'
8657	uArr	⇑	upwards double arrow
8658	rArr	⇒	rightwards double arrow Unicode does not say this is the 'implies' character but does not have another character with this function so ? rArr can be used for 'implies' as ISOtech suggests
8659	dArr	⇓	downwards double arrow
8660	hArr	⇔	left right double arrow
8704	forall	∀	for all
8706	part	∂	partial differential
8707	exist	∃	there exists
8709	empty	∅	empty set = null set = diameter
8711	nabla	∇	nabla = backward difference
8712	isin	∈	element of
8713	notin	∉	not an element of
8715	ni	∋	contains as member
8719	prod	∏	n-ary product = product sign prod is NOT the same character as U+03A0 'greek capital letter pi' though the same glyph might be used for both
8721	sum	∑	n-ary sumation sum is NOT the same character as U+03A3 'greek capital letter sigma' though the same glyph might be used for both
8722	minus	−	minus sign
8727	lowast	∗	asterisk operator
8730	radic	√	square root = radical sign
8733	prop	∝	proportional to
8734	infin	∞	infinity
8736	ang	∠	angle
8743	and	∧	logical and = wedge
8744	or	∨	logical or = vee
8745	cap	∩	intersection = cap
8746	cup	∪	union = cup
8747	int	∫	integral
8756	there4	∴	therefore
8764	sim	∼	tilde operator = varies with = similar to tilde operator is NOT the same character as the tilde, U+007E, although the same glyph might be used to represent both
8773	cong	≅	approximately equal to
8776	asymp	≈	almost equal to = asymptotic to
8800	ne	≠	not equal to
8801	equiv	≡	identical to
8804	le	≤	less-than or equal to
8805	ge	≥	greater-than or equal to
8834	sub	⊂	subset of
8835	sup	⊃	superset of note that nsup, 'not a superset of, U+2283' is not covered by the Symbol font encoding and is not included. Should it be, for symmetry? It is in ISOamsn
8836	nsub	⊄	not a subset of
8838	sube	⊆	subset of or equal to
8839	supe	⊇	superset of or equal to
8853	oplus	⊕	circled plus = direct sum
8855	otimes	⊗	circled times = vector product
8869	perp	⊥	up tack = orthogonal to = perpendicular
8901	sdot	⋅	dot operator dot operator is NOT the same character as U+00B7 middle dot
8968	lceil	⌈	left ceiling = apl upstile
8969	rceil	⌉	right ceiling
8970	lfloor	⌊	left floor = apl downstile
8971	rfloor	⌋	right floor
9001	lang	〈	left-pointing angle bracket = bra lang is NOT the same character as U+003C 'less than' or U+2039 'single left-pointing angle quotation mark'
9002	rang	〉	right-pointing angle bracket = ket rang is NOT the same character as U+003E 'greater than' or U+203A 'single right-pointing angle quotation mark'
9674	loz	◊	lozenge
9824	spades	♠	black spade suit black here seems to mean filled as opposed to hollow
9827	clubs	♣	black club suit = shamrock
9829	hearts	♥	black heart suit = valentine
9830	diams	♦	black diamond suit

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