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character codes

The following is a useful list of character codes, particularly handy when you're trying to get a page of code to validate, or to get around the censoring on some forum software. Not all the character entities here are supported by all browsers - you can use this page as a browser tester. The following tables are reproduced from w3schools.com.


ASCII entities with new entity names

Result Description Entity Name Entity Number
  "   quotation mark   "   "
  '   apostrophe    ' (does not work in IE)   '
  &   ampersand   &   &
  <   less-than   &lt;   &#60;
  >   greater-than   &gt;   &#62;

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ISO 8859-1 symbol entities

Result Description Entity Name Entity Number
      non-breaking space   &nbsp;   &#160;
  ¡   inverted exclamation mark   &iexcl;   &#161;
  ¤   currency   &curren;   &#164;
  ¢   cent   &cent;   &#162;
  £   pound   &pound;   &#163;
  ¥   yen   &yen;   &#165;
  ¦   broken vertical bar   &brvbar;   &#166;
  §   section   &sect;   &#167;
  ¨   spacing diaeresis   &uml;   &#168;
  ©   copyright   &copy;   &#169;
  ª   feminine ordinal indicator   &ordf;   &#170;
  «   angle quotation mark (left)   &laquo;   &#171;
  ¬   negation   &not;   &#172;
  ­   soft hyphen   &shy;   &#173;
  ®   registered trademark   &reg;   &#174;
  ™   trademark   &trade;   &#8482;
  ¯   spacing macron   &macr;   &#175;
  °   degree   &deg;   &#176;
  ±   plus-or-minus    &plusmn;   &#177;
  ²   superscript 2   &sup2;   &#178;
  ³   superscript 3   &sup3;   &#179;
  ´   spacing acute   &acute;   &#180;
  µ   micro   &micro;   &#181;
  ¶   paragraph   &para;   &#182;
  ·   middle dot   &middot;   &#183;
  ¸   spacing cedilla   &cedil;   &#184;
  ¹   superscript 1   &sup1;   &#185;
  º   masculine ordinal indicator   &ordm;   &#186;
  »   angle quotation mark (right)   &raquo;   &#187;
  ¼   fraction 1/4   &frac14;   &#188;
  ½   fraction 1/2   &frac12;   &#189;
  ¾   fraction 3/4   &frac34;   &#190;
  ¿   inverted question mark   &iquest;   &#191;
  ×   multiplication   &times;   &#215;
  ÷   division   &divide;   &#247;

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ISO 8859-1 character entities

Result Description Entity Name Entity Number
  À   capital a, grave accent   &Agrave;   &#192;
  Á   capital a, acute accent   &Aacute;   &#193;
  Â   capital a, circumflex accent   &Acirc;   &#194;
  Ã   capital a, tilde   &Atilde;   &#195;
  Ä   capital a, umlaut mark   &Auml;   &#196;
  Å   capital a, ring   &Aring;   &#197;
  Æ   capital ae   &AElig;   &#198;
  Ç   capital c, cedilla   &Ccedil;   &#199;
  È   capital e, grave accent   &Egrave;   &#200;
  É   capital e, acute accent   &Eacute;   &#201;
  Ê   capital e, circumflex accent   &Ecirc;   &#202;
  Ë   capital e, umlaut mark   &Euml;   &#203;
  Ì   capital i, grave accent   &Igrave;   &#204;
  Í   capital i, acute accent   &Iacute;   &#205;
  Î   capital i, circumflex accent   &Icirc;   &#206;
  Ï   capital i, umlaut mark   &Iuml;   &#207;
  Ð   capital eth, Icelandic   &ETH;   &#208;
  Ñ   capital n, tilde   &Ntilde;   &#209;
  Ò   capital o, grave accent   &Ograve;   &#210;
  Ó   capital o, acute accent   &Oacute;   &#211;
  Ô   capital o, circumflex accent   &Ocirc;   &#212;
  Õ   capital o, tilde   &Otilde;   &#213;
  Ö   capital o, umlaut mark   &Ouml;   &#214;
  Ø   capital o, slash   &Oslash;   &#216;
  Ù   capital u, grave accent   &Ugrave;   &#217;
  Ú   capital u, acute accent   &Uacute;   &#218;
  Û   capital u, circumflex accent   &Ucirc;   &#219;
  Ü   capital u, umlaut mark   &Uuml;   &#220;
  Ý   capital y, acute accent   &Yacute;   &#221;
  Þ   capital THORN, Icelandic   &THORN;   &#222;
  ß   small sharp s, German   &szlig;   &#223;
  à   small a, grave accent   &agrave;   &#224;
  á   small a, acute accent   &aacute;   &#225;
  â   small a, circumflex accent   &acirc;   &#226;
  ã   small a, tilde   &atilde;   &#227;
  ä   small a, umlaut mark   &auml;   &#228;
  å   small a, ring   &aring;   &#229;
  æ   small ae   &aelig;   &#230;
  ç   small c, cedilla   &ccedil;   &#231;
  è   small e, grave accent   &egrave;   &#232;
  é   small e, acute accent   &eacute;   &#233;
  ê   small e, circumflex accent   &ecirc;   &#234;
  ë   small e, umlaut mark   &euml;   &#235;
  ì   small i, grave accent   &igrave;   &#236;
  í   small i, acute accent   &iacute;   &#237;
  î   small i, circumflex accent   &icirc;   &#238;
  ï   small i, umlaut mark   &iuml;   &#239;
  ð   small eth, Icelandic   &eth;   &#240;
  ñ   small n, tilde   &ntilde;   &#241;
  ò   small o, grave accent   &ograve;   &#242;
  ó   small o, acute accent   &oacute;   &#243;
  ô   small o, circumflex accent   &ocirc;   &#244;
  õ   small o, tilde   &otilde;   &#245;
  ö   small o, umlaut mark   &ouml;   &#246;
  ø   small o, slash   &oslash;   &#248;
  ù   small u, grave accent   &ugrave;   &#249;
  ú   small u, acute accent   &uacute;   &#250;
  û   small u, circumflex accent   &ucirc;   &#251;
  ü   small u, umlaut mark   &uuml;   &#252;
  ý   small y, acute accent   &yacute;   &#253;
  þ   small thorn, Icelandic   &thorn;   &#254;
  ÿ   small y, umlaut mark   &yuml;   &#255;

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some other entities supported by HTML

Result Description Entity Name Entity Number
  Œ   capital ligature OE   &OElig;   &#338;
  œ   small ligature oe   &oelig;   &#339;
  Š   capital S with caron   &Scaron;   &#352;
  š   small S with caron   &scaron;   &#353;
  Ÿ   capital Y with diaeres   &Yuml;   &#376;
  ˆ   modifier letter circumflex accent   &circ;   &#710;
  ˜   small tilde   &tilde;   &#732;
      en space   &ensp;   &#8194;
      em space   &emsp;   &#8195;
      thin space   &thinsp;   &#8201;
  ‌   zero width non-joiner   &zwnj;   &#8204;
  ‍   zero width joiner   &zwj;   &#8205;
  ‎   left-to-right mark   &lrm;   &#8206;
  ‏   right-to-left mark   &rlm;   &#8207;
  –   en dash   &ndash;   &#8211;
  —   em dash   &mdash;   &#8212;
  ‘   left single quotation mark   &lsquo;   &#8216;
  ’   right single quotation mark   &rsquo;   &#8217;
  ‚   single low-9 quotation mark   &sbquo;   &#8218;
  “   left double quotation mark   &ldquo;   &#8220;
  ”   right double quotation mark   &rdquo;   &#8221;
  „   double low-9 quotation mark   &bdquo;   &#8222;
  †   dagger   &dagger;   &#8224;
  ‡   double dagger   &Dagger;   &#8225;
  …   horizontal ellipsis   &hellip;   &#8230;
  ‰   per mille    &permil;   &#8240;
  ‹   single left-pointing angle quotation   &lsaquo;   &#8249;
  ›   single right-pointing angle quotation   &rsaquo;   &#8250;
  €   euro   &euro;   &#8364;

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7-BIT printable ASCII characters

Result Description Entity Number
      space   &#32;
  !   exclamation mark   &#33;
  "   quotation mark   &#34;
  #   number sign   &#35;
  $   dollar sign   &#36;
  %   percent sign   &#37;
  &   ampersand   &#38;
  '   apostrophe   &#39;
  (   left parenthesis   &#40;
  )   right parenthesis   &#41;
  *   asterisk   &#42;
  +   plus sign   &#43;
  ,   comma   &#44;
  -   hyphen   &#45;
  .   period   &#46;
  /   slash   &#47;
  0   digit 0   &#48;
  1   digit 1   &#49;
  2   digit 2   &#50;
  3   digit 3   &#51;
  4   digit 4   &#52;
  5   digit 5   &#53;
  6   digit 6   &#54;
  7   digit 7   &#55;
  8   digit 8   &#56;
  9   digit 9   &#57;
  :   colon   &#58;
  ;   semicolon   &#59;
  <   less-than   &#60;
  =   equals-to   &#61;
  >   greater-than   &#62;
  ?   question mark   &#63;
  @   at sign   &#64;
  A   uppercase A   &#65;
  B   uppercase B   &#66;
  C   uppercase C   &#67;
  D   uppercase D   &#68;
  E   uppercase E   &#69;
  F   uppercase F   &#70;
  G   uppercase G   &#71;
  H   uppercase H   &#72;
  I   uppercase I   &#73;
  J   uppercase J   &#74;
  K   uppercase K   &#75;
  L   uppercase L   &#76;
  M   uppercase M   &#77;
  N   uppercase N   &#78;
  O   uppercase O   &#79;
  P   uppercase P   &#80;
  Q   uppercase Q   &#81;
  R   uppercase R   &#82;
  S   uppercase S   &#83;
  T   uppercase T   &#84;
  U   uppercase U   &#85;
  V   uppercase V   &#86;
  W   uppercase W   &#87;
  X   uppercase X   &#88;
  Y   uppercase Y   &#89;
  Z   uppercase Z   &#90;
  [   left square bracket   &#91;
  \   backslash   &#92;
  ]   right square bracket   &#93;
  ^   caret   &#94;
  _   underscore   &#95;
  `   grave accent   &#96;
  a   lowercase a   &#97;
  b   lowercase b   &#98;
  c   lowercase c   &#99;
  d   lowercase d   &#100;
  e   lowercase e   &#101;
  f   lowercase f   &#102;
  g   lowercase g   &#103;
  h   lowercase h   &#104;
  i   lowercase i   &#105;
  j   lowercase j   &#106;
  k   lowercase k   &#107;
  l   lowercase l   &#108;
  m   lowercase m   &#109;
  n   lowercase n   &#110;
  o   lowercase o   &#111;
  p   lowercase p   &#112;
  q   lowercase q   &#113;
  r   lowercase r   &#114;
  s   lowercase s   &#115;
  t   lowercase t   &#116;
  u   lowercase u   &#117;
  v   lowercase v   &#118;
  w   lowercase w   &#119;
  x   lowercase x   &#120;
  y   lowercase y   &#121;
  z   lowercase z   &#122;
  {   left curly brace   &#123;
  |   vertical bar   &#124;
  }   right curly brace   &#125;
  ~   tilde   &#126;
  ҉   err.. some kewl thingy   &#1161;

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