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Named Entities in HTML & XHTML

Example Named Entity Numeric Entity Description
      non-breaking space
¢ ¢ ¢ cent sign
£ £ £ pound sign
¤ ¤ ¤ currency sign
¥ ¥ ¥ yen sign
¦ ¦ ¦ broken vertical bar
§ § § section sign
¨ ¨ ¨ diaeresis
© © © copyright sign
ª ª ª feminine ordinal indicator
« « « left-pointing double angle quotation mark
¬ ¬ ¬ not sign
­ ­ ­ soft hyphen
® ® ® registered sign
¯ ¯ ¯ macron
° ° ° degree sign
± ± ± plus-minus sign
² ² ² superscript two
³ ³ ³ superscript three
´ ´ ´ acute accent
µ µ µ micro signB5
¶ ¶ pilcrow sign
· · · middle dot
¸ ¸ ¸ cedilla
¹ ¹ ¹ superscript one
º º º masculine ordinal indicator
» » » right-pointing double angle quotation mark
¼ ¼ ¼ vulgar fraction one- quarter
½ ½ ½ vulgar fraction one- half
¾ ¾ ¾ vulgar fraction three- quarters
¿ ¿ ¿ inverted question mark
À À À Latin capital letter A with grave
Á Á Á Latin capital letter A with acute
   Latin capital letter A with circumflex
à à à Latin capital letter A with tilde
Ä Ä Ä Latin capital letter A with diaeresis
Å Å Å Latin capital letter A with ring above
Æ Æ Æ Latin capital letter AE
Ç Ç Ç Latin capital letter C with cedilla
È È È Latin capital letter E with grave
É É É Latin capital letter E with acute
Ê Ê Ê Latin capital letter E with circumflex
Ë Ë Ë Latin capital letter E with diaeresis
Ì Ì Ì Latin capital letter I with grave
Í Í Í Latin capital letter I with acute
Î Î Î Latin capital letter I with circumflex
Ï Ï Ï Latin capital letter I with diaeresis
ð ð Ð Latin capital letter eth
Ñ Ñ Ñ Latin capital letter N with tilde
Ò Ò Ò Latin capital letter O with grave
Ó Ó Ó Latin capital letter O with acute
Ô Ô Ô Latin capital letter O with circumflex
Õ Õ Õ Latin capital letter O with tilde
Ö Ö Ö Latin capital letter O with diaeresis
× × × multiplication sign
Ø Ø Ø Latin capital letter O with stroke
Ù Ù Ù Latin capital letter U with grave
Ú Ú Ú Latin capital letter U with acute
Û Û Û Latin capital letter U with circumflex
Ü Ü Ü Latin capital letter U with diaeresis
Ý Ý Ý Latin capital letter Y with acute
þ þ Þ Latin capital letter thorn
ß ß ß Latin small letter sharp
à à à Latin small letter a with grave
á á á Latin small letter a with acute
â â â Latin small letter a with circumflex
ã ã ã Latin small letter a with tilde
ä ä ä Latin small letter a with diaeresis
å å å Latin small letter a with ring above
æ æ æ Latin small letter ae
ç ç ç Latin small letter c with cedilla
è è è Latin small letter e with grave
é é é Latin small letter e with acute
ê ê ê Latin small letter e with circumflex
ë ë ë Latin small letter e with diaeresis
ì ì ì Latin small letter i with grave
í í í Latin small letter i with acute
î î î Latin small letter i with circumflex
ï ï ï Latin small letter i with diaeresis
ð ð ð Latin small letter eth
ñ ñ ñ Latin small letter n with tilde
ò ò ò Latin small letter o with grave
ó ó ó Latin small letter o with acute
ô ô ô Latin small letter o with circumflex
õ õ õ Latin small letter o with tilde
ö ö ö Latin small letter o with diaeresis
÷ ÷ ÷ division sign
ø ø ø Latin small letter o with stroke
ù ù ù Latin small letter u with grave
ú ú ú Latin small letter u with acute
û û û Latin small letter u with circumflex
ü ü ü Latin small letter u with diaeresis
ý ý ý Latin small letter y with acute
þ þ þ Latin small letter thorn
ÿ ÿ ÿ Latin small letter y with diaeresis

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