Commonly used HTML symbols
This is an edited version of a comprehensive work by Andrew Starling called HTML Special Characters and Browser Compatibility.
| Character | Numeric | Symbolic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ´ | ´ | ´ | acute accent |
| & | & | & | ampersand |
| ¦ | ¦ | ¦ | broken vertical bar |
| • | • | • | bullet |
| ¸ | ¸ | ¸ | cedilla |
| ¢ | ¢ | ¢ | cent |
| © | © | © | copyright |
| ° | ° | ° | degree (circle may fill on older Macs) |
| ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | division |
| ½ | ½ | ½ | fraction half (not on older Macs) |
| ¼ | ¼ | ¼ | fraction quarter (not on older Macs) |
| ¾ | ¾ | ¾ | fraction three quarters (not on older Macs) |
| > | > | > | greater than |
| ¡ | ¡ | ¡ | inverted exclamation mark |
| ¿ | ¿ | ¿ | inverted question mark |
| « | « | « | left-pointing double angle quotation mark |
| < | < | < | less than |
| ¯ | ¯ | ¯ | macron |
| µ | µ | µ | micro |
|   | | non-breaking space | |
| ¬ | ¬ | ¬ | not |
| ¶ | ¶ | ¶ | paragraph |
| ± | ± | ± | plus-minus |
| " | " | " | quotation mark |
| ® | ® | ® | registered |
| » | » | » | right-pointing double angle quotation mark |
| § | § | § | section |
| ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | umlaut/diaeresis |
| × | × | × | multiplication |
| ™ | ™ | ™ | trade mark |
Currency
These generally work in most browsers.
The dollar symbol isn't included because it's a regular, not a special character.
| Character | Numeric | Symbolic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| € | € | € | euro |
| £ | £ | £ | pound |
| ¥ | ¥ | ¥ | yen |
Less Common
These too should work in most browsers.
| Character | Numeric | Symbolic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| „ | „ | „ | double low-9 quotation mark |
| ˆ | ˆ | ˆ | modifier circumflex accent |
| † | † | † | dagger |
| ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | double dagger |
| … | … | … | horizontal ellipsis |
| “ | “ | “ | left double quotation mark |
| ‹ | ‹ | ‹ | single left-pointing angle quotation mark |
| ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | left single quotation mark |
| · | · | · | middle dot |
| — | — | — | em dash |
| – | – | – | en dash |
| ‰ | ‰ | ‰ | per mille |
| › | › | › | single right-pointing angle quotation mark |
| ’ | ’ | ’ | right single quotation mark |
| ‚ | ‚ | ‚ | single low-9 quotation mark |
| | ­ | ­ | soft hyphen (not in N6) |
| ª | ª | ª | feminine ordinal indicator |
| º | º | º | masculine ordinal indicator |
| ” | ” | ” | right double quotation mark |
| ˜ | ˜ | ˜ | small tilde |