HTML Special Characters
List of Unicode characters and their codes for adding to a website.
Popular Characters
| Character | Entity | Hexadecimal | Decimal | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| © | © © | © | © | COPYRIGHT SIGN |
| ® | ® ® ® | ® | ® | REGISTERED SIGN |
| ™ | ™ ™ | ™ | ™ | TRADE MARK SIGN |
| > | > > | > | > | GREATER-THAN SIGN |
| < | < < | < | < | LESS-THAN SIGN |
| ; | ; | ; | ; | SEMICOLON |
| & | & & | & | & | AMPERSAND |
| " | " " | " | " | QUOTATION MARK |
| # | # | # | # | NUMBER SIGN |
| ★ | ★ ★ | ★ | ★ | BLACK STAR |
| ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | WHITE STAR |
| ✂ | ✂ | ✂ | BLACK SCISSORS | |
| ✓ | ✓ ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | CHECK MARK |
| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | BALLOT X |
| ✩ | ✩ | ✩ | STRESS OUTLINED WHITE STAR | |
| ✪ | ✪ | ✪ | CIRCLED WHITE STAR | |
| ❞ | ❞ | ❞ | HEAVY DOUBLE COMMA QUOTATION MARK ORNAMENT | |
| ❤ | ❤ | ❤ | HEAVY BLACK HEART | |
| ← | ← ← ← ← ← | ← | ← | LEFTWARDS ARROW |
| ↑ | ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | UPWARDS ARROW |
| → | → → → → → | → | → | RIGHTWARDS ARROW |
| ↓ | ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | DOWNWARDS ARROW |
| € | € | € | € | EURO SIGN |
| ▶ | ▶ | ▶ | BLACK RIGHT-POINTING TRIANGLE | |
| ▽ | ▽ ▽ | ▽ | ▽ | WHITE DOWN-POINTING TRIANGLE |
| ◉ | ◉ | ◉ | FISHEYE | |
| ∑ | ∑ ∑ | ∑ | ∑ | N-ARY SUMMATION |
| ℹ | ℹ | ℹ | INFORMATION SOURCE | |
| № | № | № | № | NUMERO SIGN |
| ℗ | ℗ | ℗ | ℗ | SOUND RECORDING COPYRIGHT |
| ℃ | ℃ | ℃ | DEGREE CELSIUS | |
| ℉ | ℉ | ℉ | DEGREE FAHRENHEIT |
See below for more characters, or go straight to the Unicode character reference to browse through thousands of special character codes.
Basic Latin
| ~ | ~ | ~ | TILDE | |
| ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT |
| ` | ` ` | ` | ` | GRAVE ACCENT |
| > | > > | > | > | GREATER-THAN SIGN |
| < | < < | < | < | LESS-THAN SIGN |
| ; | ; | ; | ; | SEMICOLON |
| & | & & | & | & | AMPERSAND |
| " | " " | " | " | QUOTATION MARK |
| # | # | # | # | NUMBER SIGN |
Latin-1
| Character | Entity | Hexadecimal | Decimal | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ¢ | ¢ | ¢ | ¢ | CENT SIGN |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | POUND SIGN |
| ¤ | ¤ | ¤ | ¤ | CURRENCY SIGN |
| ¥ | ¥ | ¥ | ¥ | YEN SIGN |
| © | © © | © | © | COPYRIGHT SIGN |
| ® | ® ® ® | ® | ® | REGISTERED SIGN |
| ¶ | ¶ | ¶ | ¶ | PILCROW SIGN |
| ¼ | ¼ | ¼ | ¼ | VULGAR FRACTION ONE QUARTER |
| ½ | ½ ½ | ½ | ½ | VULGAR FRACTION ONE HALF |
| ¾ | ¾ | ¾ | ¾ | VULGAR FRACTION THREE QUARTERS |
| ÷ | ÷ ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | DIVISION SIGN |
Miscellaneous Symbols
| Character | Entity | Hexadecimal | Decimal | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ☀ | ☀ | ☀ | BLACK SUN WITH RAYS | |
| ☁ | ☁ | ☁ | CLOUD | |
| ☂ | ☂ | ☂ | UMBRELLA | |
| ☃ | ☃ | ☃ | SNOWMAN | |
| ☄ | ☄ | ☄ | COMET | |
| ★ | ★ ★ | ★ | ★ | BLACK STAR |
| ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | WHITE STAR |
| ☉ | ☉ | ☉ | SUN | |
| ☊ | ☊ | ☊ | ASCENDING NODE | |
| ☎ | ☎ | ☎ | ☎ | BLACK TELEPHONE |
Dingbats
| Character | Entity | Hexadecimal | Decimal | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ✁ | ✁ | ✁ | UPPER BLADE SCISSORS | |
| ✂ | ✂ | ✂ | BLACK SCISSORS | |
| ✃ | ✃ | ✃ | LOWER BLADE SCISSORS | |
| ✄ | ✄ | ✄ | WHITE SCISSORS | |
| ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | WHITE HEAVY CHECK MARK | |
| ✆ | ✆ | ✆ | TELEPHONE LOCATION SIGN | |
| ✇ | ✇ | ✇ | TAPE DRIVE | |
| ✈ | ✈ | ✈ | AIRPLANE | |
| ✉ | ✉ | ✉ | ENVELOPE | |
| ✍ | ✍ | ✍ | WRITING HAND | |
| ✎ | ✎ | ✎ | LOWER RIGHT PENCIL | |
| ✐ | ✐ | ✐ | UPPER RIGHT PENCIL | |
| ✑ | ✑ | ✑ | WHITE NIB | |
| ✓ | ✓ ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | CHECK MARK |
| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | BALLOT X |
| ✩ | ✩ | ✩ | STRESS OUTLINED WHITE STAR | |
| ✪ | ✪ | ✪ | CIRCLED WHITE STAR | |
| ❞ | ❞ | ❞ | HEAVY DOUBLE COMMA QUOTATION MARK ORNAMENT | |
| ❤ | ❤ | ❤ | HEAVY BLACK HEART | |
| ❦ | ❦ | ❦ | FLORAL HEART | |
| ❼ | ❼ | ❼ | DINGBAT NEGATIVE CIRCLED DIGIT SEVEN |
Number Forms
| Character | Entity | Hexadecimal | Decimal | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ⅓ | ⅓ | ⅓ | ⅓ | VULGAR FRACTION ONE THIRD |
| ⅔ | ⅔ | ⅔ | ⅔ | VULGAR FRACTION TWO THIRDS |
| ⅕ | ⅕ | ⅕ | ⅕ | VULGAR FRACTION ONE FIFTH |
| ⅖ | ⅖ | ⅖ | ⅖ | VULGAR FRACTION TWO FIFTHS |
| ⅗ | ⅗ | ⅗ | ⅗ | VULGAR FRACTION THREE FIFTHS |
| ⅘ | ⅘ | ⅘ | ⅘ | VULGAR FRACTION FOUR FIFTHS |
| ⅙ | ⅙ | ⅙ | ⅙ | VULGAR FRACTION ONE SIXTH |
Arrows
| Character | Entity | Hexadecimal | Decimal | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ← | ← ← ← ← ← | ← | ← | LEFTWARDS ARROW |
| ↑ | ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | UPWARDS ARROW |
| → | → → → → → | → | → | RIGHTWARDS ARROW |
| ↓ | ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | DOWNWARDS ARROW |
| ↔ | ↔ ↔ ↔ | ↔ | ↔ | LEFT RIGHT ARROW |
| ↕ | ↕ ↕ ↕ | ↕ | ↕ | UP DOWN ARROW |
| ↖ | ↖ ↖ ↖ | ↖ | ↖ | NORTH WEST ARROW |
| ↗ | ↗ ↗ ↗ | ↗ | ↗ | NORTH EAST ARROW |
| ↘ | ↘ ↘ ↘ | ↘ | ↘ | SOUTH EAST ARROW |
| ↙ | ↙ ↙ ↙ | ↙ | ↙ | SOUTH WEST ARROW |
Also see Supplemental Arrows A and Supplemental Arrows B
Currency Symbols
| Character | Entity | Hexadecimal | Decimal | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ₣ | ₣ | ₣ | FRENCH FRANC SIGN | |
| ₨ | ₨ | ₨ | RUPEE SIGN | |
| ₩ | ₩ | ₩ | WON SIGN | |
| ₪ | ₪ | ₪ | NEW SHEQEL SIGN | |
| ₫ | ₫ | ₫ | DONG SIGN | |
| € | € | € | € | EURO SIGN |
| ₭ | ₭ | ₭ | KIP SIGN | |
| ₯ | ₯ | ₯ | DRACHMA SIGN | |
| ₰ | ₰ | ₰ | GERMAN PENNY SYMBOL | |
| ₱ | ₱ | ₱ | PESO SIGN |
Geometric Shapes
| Character | Entity | Hexadecimal | Decimal | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ■ | ■ | ■ | BLACK SQUARE | |
| ▢ | ▢ | ▣ | WHITE SQUARE CONTAINING BLACK SMALL SQUARE | |
| ▤ | ▤ | ▥ | SQUARE WITH VERTICAL FILLE | |
| ▥ | ▥ | ▦ | SQUARE WITH ORTHOGONAL CROSSHATCH FILL | |
| ▨ | ▨ | ▩ | SQUARE WITH DIAGONAL CROSSHATCH FILL | |
| ▭ | ▭ | ▭ | ▭ | WHITE RECTANGLE |
| ▱ | ▱ | ▱ | ▱ | WHITE PARALLELOGRAM |
| ▶ | ▶ | ▶ | BLACK RIGHT-POINTING TRIANGLE | |
| ▽ | ▽ ▽ | ▽ | ▽ | WHITE DOWN-POINTING TRIANGLE |
| ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | WHITE DIAMOND | |
| ◈ | ◈ | ◈ | WHITE DIAMOND CONTAINING BLACK SMALL DIAMOND | |
| ◉ | ◉ | ◉ | FISHEYE | |
| ◊ | ◊ ◊ | ◊ | ◊ | LOZENGE |
| ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | WHITE CIRCLE |
| ◐ | ◐ | ◐ | CIRCLE WITH LEFT HALF BLACK | |
| ◑ | ◑ | ◑ | CIRCLE WITH RIGHT HALF BLACK | |
| ◯ | ◯ ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | LARGE CIRCLE |
| ◽ | ◽ | ◽ | WHITE MEDIUM SMALL SQUARE | |
| ◾ | ◾ | ◾ | BLACK MEDIUM SMALL SQUARE | |
| ◿ | ◿ | ◿ | LOWER RIGHT TRIANGLE |
Mathematical Operators
| Character | Entity | Hexadecimal | Decimal | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ∀ | ∀ ∀ | ∀ | ∀ | FOR ALL |
| ∁ | ∁ ∁ | ∁ | ∁ | COMPLEMENT |
| ∂ | ∂ ∂ | ∂ | ∂ | PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL |
| ∃ | ∃ ∃ | ∃ | ∃ | THERE EXISTS |
| ∄ | ∄ ∄ ∄ | ∄ | ∄ | THERE DOES NOT EXIST |
| ∅ | ∅ ∅ ∅ ∅ | ∅ | ∅ | EMPTY SET |
| ∏ | ∏ ∏ | ∏ | ∏ | N-ARY PRODUCT |
| ∐ | ∐ ∐ | ∐ | ∐ | N-ARY COPRODUCT |
| ∑ | ∑ ∑ | ∑ | ∑ | N-ARY SUMMATION |
| ∕ | ∕ | ∕ | DIVISION SLASH | |
| √ | √ √ | √ | √ | SQUARE ROOT |
| ∛ | ∛ | ∛ | CUBE ROOT | |
| ⋢ | ⋢ ⋢ | ⋢ | ⋢ | NOT SQUARE IMAGE OF OR EQUAL TO |
Also see Supplemental Mathematical Operators, Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A, and Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B
Also see CO Controls and Basic Latin
More Special Characters
See the Unicode reference for more Unicode characters.
How to Use the Character Codes
To display any of the characters in the left column within a web page, you'll need to use one of the codes in the other columns within your HTML code.
You can choose either the entity name from the Entity column, the hexadecimal value from the Hexadecimal column, or the decimal value from the Decimal column.
Where there's more than one entity name, choose just one.
Where there's more than one hexadecimal, use both. This is because the named entity uses more than one character to display the glyph. The same applies with the decimal value.
You'll need to include the leading ampersand (&) and trailing semi-colon (;), as well as any hash symbols (#) and x characters.