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Symbols include: currency codes, fraction symbols, equivalance characters, accents, arrows, ligatures and other less common symbols.
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Commonly used HTML symbols

Commonly used symbol entities in both numeric and symbolic formats.

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&
&
&
ampersand
©
©
©
copyright
®
®
®
registered
™
™
™
trade mark
<
&#60;
&lt;
less than
>
&#62;
&gt;
greater than
÷
&#247;
&divide;
division
×
&#215;
&times;
multiplication
±
&#177;
&plusmn;
plus-minus
½
&#189;
&frac12;
fraction half
¼
&#188;
&frac14;
fraction quarter
¾
&#190;
&frac34;
fraction three quarters
«
&#171;
&laquo;
left-pointing double angle quotation mark
»
&#187;
&raquo;
right-pointing double angle quotation mark
¡
&#161;
&iexcl;
inverted exclamation mark
¿
&#191;
&iquest;
inverted question mark
"
&#34;
&quot;
quotation mark
´
&#180;
&acute;
acute accent
¦
&#166;
&brvbar;
broken vertical bar
•
&#8226;
&bull;
bullet
¸
&#184;
&cedil;
cedilla
°
&#176;
&deg;
degree
¯
&#175;
&macr;
macron
 
&#160;
&nbsp;
non breaking space
¬
&#172;
&not;
not
&#182;
&para;
paragraph
µ
&#181;
&micro;
micro
§
&#167;
&sect;
section
¨
&#168;
&uml;
umlaut / diaeresis

Currency and value symbols

The dollar symbol isn't included because it's a regular, not a special character.

€
&#8364;
&euro;
euro
£
&#163;
&pound;
pound
¥
&#165;
&yen;
yen
¢
&#162;
&cent;
cent
Ω
&#8486;
&ohm;
Ohm
°
&#176;
&deg;
Degrees

Less common symbols

†
&#8224;
&dagger;
dagger
‡
&#8225;
&Dagger;
double dagger
…
&#8230;
&hellip;
horizontal ellipsis
⋮
&#8942;
&vellip;
vertical ellipsis
“
&#8220;
&ldquo;
left double quotation mark
”
&#8221;
&rdquo;
right double quotation mark
‹
&#8249;
&lsaquo;
single left-pointing angle quotation mark
›
&#8250;
&rsaquo;
single right-pointing angle quotation mark
‘
&#8216;
&lsquo;
left single quotation mark
’
&#8217;
&rsquo;
right single quotation mark
„
&#8222;
&bdquo;
double low-9 quotation mark
‚
&#8218;
&sbquo;
single low-9 quotation mark
—
&#8212;
&mdash;
em dash
–
&#8211;
&ndash;
en dash
′
&#8242;
&prime;
prime, minutes, feet
″
&#8243;
&Prime;
double prime, seconds, inches
ª
&#170;
&ordf;
feminine ordinal indicator
º
&#186;
&ordm;
masculine ordinal indicator
·
&#183;
&middot;
middle dot
˜
&#732;
&tilde;
small tilde
ˆ
&#710;
&circ;
modifier circumflex accent
‰
&#8240;
&permil;
per mille
∞
&#8734;
&infin;
Infinity
Π
&#928;
&Pi;
Pi

Fraction symbols

½
&#189;
&frac12;
one half
¼
&#188;
&frac14;
one quarter
¾
&#190;
&frac34;
three quarters
⅓
&#8531;
&frac13;
one third
⅔
&#8532;
&frac23;
two third
⅕
&#8533;
&frac15;
one fifth
⅖
&#8534;
&frac25;
two fifths
⅗
&#8535;
&frac35;
three fifths
⅘
&#8536;
&frac45;
four fifths
⅙
&#8537;
&frac16;
one sixth
⅚
&#8538;
&frac56;
five sixths
⅛
&#8539;
&frac18;
one eighth
⅜
&#8540;
&frac38;
three eighths
⅝
&#8541;
&frac58;
five eighths
⅞
&#8542;
&frac78;
seven eighths

Ligatures and extended length symbols

Æ
&#198;
&AElig;
AE ligature
æ
&#230;
&aelig;
ae ligature
IJ
&#306;
&IJlig;
IJ ligature
ij
&#307;
&ijlig;
ij ligature
Œ
&#338;
&OElig;
OE ligature
œ
&#339;
&oelig;
oe ligature
ff
&#64256;
&fflig;
ff ligature
fi
&#64257;
&filig;
fi ligature
fl
&#64258;
&fllig;
fl ligature
ffi
&#64259;
&ffilig;
ffi ligature
ffl
&#64260;
&ffllig;
ffl ligature
–
&#8211;
&ndash;
en dash
—
&#8212;
&mdash;
em dash
 
&#8201;
&thinsp;
thin space
 
&#8202;
&hairsp;
hair space

Lowercase accent symbols

à
&#224;
&agrave;
a grave
á
&#225;
&aacute;
a acute
â
&#226;
&acirc;
a circumflex
ã
&#227;
&atilde;
a tilde
ä
&#228;
&auml;
a diaeresis
å
&#229;
&aring;
a ring above
æ
&#230;
&aelig;
ae ligature
ç
&#231;
&ccedil;
c cedilla
è
&#232;
&egrave;
e grave
é
&#233;
&eacute;
e acute
ê
&#234;
&ecirc;
e circumflex
ë
&#235;
&euml;
e diaeresis
ì
&#236;
&igrave;
i grave
í
&#237;
&iacute;
i acute
î
&#238;
&icirc;
i circumflex
ï
&#239;
&iuml;
i diaeresis

Equivalance symbols

≅
&#8773;
&cong;
approximately equal to
≈
&#8776;
&asymp;
almost equal to
≠
&#8800;
&ne;
not equal to
≡
&#8776;
&equiv;
identical to
∝
&#8733;
&prop;
Approximate

Arrow symbols

←
&#8592;
&larr;
Left arrow
↑
&#8593;
&uarr;
Up arrow
→
&#8594;
&rarr;
Right arrow
↓
&#8594;
&darr;
Down arrow
↖
&#8598;
&nwarr;
Northwest arrow
↗
&#8599;
&nearr;
Northeast arrow
↙
&#8600;
&swarr;
Southwest arrow
↘
&#8601;
&searr;
Southeast arrow
↔
&#8596;
&harr;
Horizontal arrow
↕
&#8597;
&varr;
Vertical arrow
⇄
&#8644;
&rlarr;
Right-left arrow
⇅
&#8645;
&udarr;
Up-down arrow

Credits

Loosely based and extended upon a work by Andrew Stirling in 2002 which is no longer online.