HTML Symbols
This page contains HTML symbols. These are symbol characters that are recognized and supported by HTML. Many of the HTML symbols are used within mathematical formulas etc, whilst others represent common shapes that are useful within web content.
General Symbols
The following table lists general purpose HTML symbols. To display a symbol character as it appears in the left column, use either the entity number or name. For example, to display the "Right arrow" symbol - "→" - use either →
or →
.
Symbol | Entity Number | Entity Name | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Œ | Œ | Œ | capital ligature OE |
œ | œ | œ | small ligature oe |
Š | Š | Š | capital S with caron |
š | š | š | small S with caron |
Ÿ | Ÿ | Ÿ | capital Y with diaeres |
ƒ | ƒ | ƒ | f with hook |
ˆ | ˆ | ˆ | modifier letter circumflex accent |
˜ | ˜ | ˜ | small tilde |
  |   | en space | |
  |   | em space | |
  |   | thin space | |
| ‌ | ‌ | zero width non-joiner |
| ‍ | ‍ | zero width joiner |
| ‎ | ‎ | left-to-right mark |
| ‏ | ‏ | right-to-left mark |
– | – | – | en dash |
— | — | — | em dash |
‘ | ‘ | ‘ | left single quotation mark |
’ | ’ | ’ | right single quotation mark |
‚ | ‚ | ‚ | single low-9 quotation mark |
“ | “ | “ | left double quotation mark |
” | ” | ” | right double quotation mark |
„ | „ | „ | double low-9 quotation mark |
† | † | † | dagger |
‡ | ‡ | ‡ | double dagger |
• | • | • | bullet |
… | … | … | horizontal ellipsis |
‰ | ‰ | ‰ | per mille |
′ | ′ | ′ | minutes |
″ | ″ | ″ | seconds |
‹ | ‹ | ‹ | single left angle quotation |
› | › | › | single right angle quotation |
‾ | ‾ | ‾ | overline |
€ | € | € | euro |
™ | ™ | ™ | trademark |
← | ← | ← | left arrow |
↑ | ↑ | ↑ | up arrow |
→ | → | → | right arrow |
↓ | ↓ | ↓ | down arrow |
↔ | ↔ | ↔ | left right arrow |
↵ | ↵ | ↵ | carriage return arrow |
⌈ | ⌈ | ⌈ | left ceiling |
⌉ | ⌉ | ⌉ | right ceiling |
⌊ | ⌊ | ⌊ | left floor |
⌋ | ⌋ | ⌋ | right floor |
◊ | ◊ | ◊ | lozenge |
♠ | ♠ | ♠ | spade |
♣ | ♣ | ♣ | club |
♥ | ♥ | ♥ | heart |
♦ | ♦ | ♦ | diamond |
Math Symbols
The following table contains HTML math symbols. These are symbols that are commonly used in mathematical formulas etc. As with all HTML symbols, to display the symbol from the left column, you need to enter the entity number or name from the 2nd or 3rd column.
Symbol | Entity Number | Entity Name | Description |
---|---|---|---|
∀ | ∀ | ∀ | for all |
∂ | ∂ | ∂ | part |
∃ | ∃ | ∃ | exists |
∅ | ∅ | ∅ | empty |
∇ | ∇ | ∇ | nabla |
∈ | ∈ | ∈ | isin |
∉ | ∉ | ∉ | notin |
∋ | ∋ | ∋ | ni |
∏ | ∏ | ∏ | prod |
∑ | ∑ | ∑ | sum |
− | − | − | minus |
∗ | ∗ | ∗ | lowast |
√ | √ | √ | square root |
∝ | ∝ | ∝ | proportional to |
∞ | ∞ | ∞ | infinity |
∠ | ∠ | ∠ | angle |
∧ | ∧ | ∧ | and |
∨ | ∨ | ∨ | or |
∩ | ∩ | ∩ | cap |
∪ | ∪ | ∪ | cup |
∫ | ∫ | ∫ | integral |
∴ | ∴ | ∴ | therefore |
∼ | ∼ | ∼ | similar to |
≅ | ≅ | ≅ | congruent to |
≈ | ≈ | ≈ | almost equal |
≠ | ≠ | ≠ | not equal |
≡ | ≡ | ≡ | equivalent |
≤ | ≤ | ≤ | less or equal |
≥ | ≥ | ≥ | greater or equal |
⊂ | ⊂ | ⊂ | subset of |
⊃ | ⊃ | ⊃ | superset of |
⊄ | ⊄ | ⊄ | not subset of |
⊆ | ⊆ | ⊆ | subset or equal |
⊇ | ⊇ | ⊇ | superset or equal |
⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | circled plus |
⊗ | ⊗ | ⊗ | circled times |
⊥ | ⊥ | ⊥ | perpendicular |
⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | dot operator |