HTML Named Special Symbols

Characters with Special Meaning in HTML

< &lt; less than > &gt; greater than

& &amp; ampersand " &quot; quotation mark

Punctuation

  non-breaking space: ' '     em space: ' '     en space: ' '     thin space: ' '

— — em dash – – en dash − − minus - - hyphen ‾ ‾ overbar space

Interesting Characters and Symbols

¢ ¢ cent £ £ pound € € euro § § section † † dagger ‡ ‡ double dagger ‘ ‘ left single quotes ’ ’ right single quotes ' ' single quotes ☺ ☺ smiley face ★ ★ black star,   ★ ☆ ☆ white star ☐ ☐ check box

· · middle dot • • bullet © © copyright ® ® registered ™ ™ trade ¿ ¿ inverted question mark ¡ ¡ inverted exclamation mark Å Å Angström … … ellipsis ⊕ ⊕ earth ⊙ ⊙ sun ♀ ♀ female ♂ ♂ male

Foreign Characters

æ æ ligature ae ç ç c with cedilla ñ ñ tilde n â â a with circumflex á á a with acute à à a with grave ø ø o slash

ö ö umlat o Ç Ç C with cedilla Ñ Ñ tilde N Â Â A with circumflex Á Á A with acute À À A with grave Ø Ø O slash

Card Suits

♣ ♣ clubs or shamrock ♣ ♠ ♠ spades

♥ ♥ hearts or valentine ♥ ♦ ♦ diamonds ♦ ◊ ◊ diamond

Mathematical Symbols

< &lt; less than ≤ &le; less than or equal to > &gt; greater than ≥ &ge; greater than or equal to ≠ &ne; not equal = = equal to ≈ &asymp; approximately equal to ≡ &equiv; identically equal to ≅ &cong; congruent to ∝ &prop; proportional ∴ &there4; therefore ∑ &sum; summation ∏ &prod; product ′ &prime; prime or minutes ″ &Prime; double prime or seconds Δ &Delta; delta ∇ &nabla; del ∂ &part; partial ∫ &int; integral

· &middot; middle dot ⋅ &sdot; dot operator • &bull; bullet − &minus; minus sign × &times; multipllcation sign ÷ &divide; division sign ⁄ &frasl; fraction slash, (ordinary / \) ± &plusmn; plus or minus ° &deg; degree sign ⌊ &lfloor; floor function ⌋ &rfloor; floor function ⌈ &lceil; ceiling function ⌉ &rceil; ceiling function ∗ &lowast; asterisk operator, (ordinary *) ⊕ &oplus; circled plus ⊗ &otimes; circled times º &ordm; masculine ordinal ⟨ &lang; bra ⟩ &rang; ket

º	<sub>&ordm;</sub>	composition
X	<span style='text-decoration:overline'>X</span>	over bar

∞ ∞ infinity π π pi ½ ½ half ℵ ℵ aleph

√ √ radical ∠ ∠ angle ⊥ ⊥ perpendicular ℜ ℜ real

∈ ∈ is an element of ∉ ∉ not an element of ∅ ∅ null set ⊂ ⊂ subset of ⊆ ⊆ subset or or equal to ⊄ ⊄ not a subset

∩ ∩ intersection ∪ ∪ union ∼ ∼ tilde operator (ordinary ~) | | vertical bar Ø Ø slash O

∧ ∧ logical and Λ Λ lambda (and) ∨ ∨ logical or V V vee (or) ¬ ¬ not sign ∼ ∼ tilde operator (ordinary ~)

→ → right arrow ⇒ ⇒ double right arrow ← ← left arrow ⇐ ⇐ left double arrow ↔ ↔ left right arrow ⇔ ⇔ left right double arrow

Arrows

↓ ↓ down arrow ⇓ ⇓ down double arrow  * ↑ ↑ up arrow ⇑ ⇑ up double arrow  * ↵ ↵ carriage return arrow     *  may be undefined with sans-serif font-family

→ → right arrow ⇒ ⇒ double right arrow ← ← left arrow ⇐ ⇐ left double arrow ↔ ↔ left right arrow ⇔ ⇔ left right double arrow

Greek Alphabet

α α Α Α alpha β β Β Β beta γ γ Γ Γ gamma δ δ Δ Δ delta ε ε Ε Ε epsilon ζ ζ Ζ Ζ zeta η η Η Η eta θ θ Θ Θ theta ι ι Ι Ι iota κ κ Κ Κ kappa λ λ Λ Λ lambda μ μ Μ Μ mu ν ν Ν Ν nu ξ ξ Ξ Ξ xi ο ο Ο Ο omicron π π Π Π pi ρ ρ Ρ Ρ rho σ σ Σ Σ sigma τ τ Τ Τ tau υ υ Υ Υ upsilon φ φ Φ Φ phi χ χ Χ Χ chi ψ ψ Ψ Ψ psi ω ω Ω Ω omega