HTML Entities Cheatsheet

A comprehensive reference of HTML character entities. Use named or numeric codes to display special characters in HTML that would otherwise be interpreted as code.

How to use: Copy the named code (e.g., &) or numeric code (e.g., &) and paste it directly into your HTML. The browser will render the corresponding character.

Essential / Required Entities

CharDescriptionNamed CodeNumeric Code
&Ampersand&&
<Less than&lt;&#60;
>Greater than&gt;&#62;
"Double quotation mark&quot;&#34;
'Apostrophe / single quote&apos;&#39;
 Non-breaking space&nbsp;&#160;

Punctuation & Typography

CharDescriptionNamed CodeNumeric Code
En dash&ndash;&#8211;
Em dash&mdash;&#8212;
Left single quotation mark&lsquo;&#8216;
Right single quotation mark&rsquo;&#8217;
Left double quotation mark&ldquo;&#8220;
Right double quotation mark&rdquo;&#8221;
Horizontal ellipsis&hellip;&#8230;
·Middle dot&middot;&#183;
Bullet&bull;&#8226;
©Copyright sign&copy;&#169;
®Registered sign&reg;&#174;
Trademark sign&trade;&#8482;
§Section sign&sect;&#167;
Paragraph sign / pilcrow&para;&#182;
Dagger&dagger;&#8224;
Double dagger&Dagger;&#8225;

Math & Greek Letters

CharDescriptionNamed CodeNumeric Code
×Multiplication sign&times;&#215;
÷Division sign&divide;&#247;
±Plus-minus sign&plusmn;&#177;
Not equal to&ne;&#8800;
Less than or equal to&le;&#8804;
Greater than or equal to&ge;&#8805;
²Superscript two / squared&sup2;&#178;
³Superscript three / cubed&sup3;&#179;
½Fraction one half&frac12;&#189;
¼Fraction one quarter&frac14;&#188;
¾Fraction three quarters&frac34;&#190;
Infinity&infin;&#8734;
Square root&radic;&#8730;
Summation&sum;&#8721;
Integral&int;&#8747;
πGreek small letter pi&pi;&#960;
ΔGreek capital letter delta&Delta;&#916;
αGreek small letter alpha&alpha;&#945;
βGreek small letter beta&beta;&#946;

Currency Symbols

CharDescriptionNamed CodeNumeric Code
¢Cent sign&cent;&#162;
£Pound sign&pound;&#163;
¥Yen / Yuan sign&yen;&#165;
Euro sign&euro;&#8364;
¤Currency sign&curren;&#164;

Arrows

CharDescriptionNamed CodeNumeric Code
Leftwards arrow&larr;&#8592;
Upwards arrow&uarr;&#8593;
Rightwards arrow&rarr;&#8594;
Downwards arrow&darr;&#8595;
Left right arrow&harr;&#8596;
Leftwards double arrow&lArr;&#8656;
Rightwards double arrow&rArr;&#8658;
Left right double arrow&hArr;&#8660;

Miscellaneous Symbols

CharDescriptionNamed CodeNumeric Code
°Degree sign&deg;&#176;
µMicro sign&micro;&#181;
Spade suit&spades;&#9824;
Club suit&clubs;&#9827;
Heart suit&hearts;&#9829;
Diamond suit&diams;&#9830;
Check mark&#10003;&#10003;
Ballot X / cross mark&#10007;&#10007;
Black star&#9733;&#9733;
Musical note&#9834;&#9834;

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