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Web Symbols

What characters are supported by which browsers (and by which fonts) is a subject beyond any book, since it's a moving target. This document lists many character codes and notes about which Web browsers support them. See About at the end of this document.

Symbols

ANSI	Sym	&	&Code	Description
34	"	"	"	Quotation mark. This is optional because browsers accept quotation marks entered directly.
38	&	&	&	Ampersand.
60	<	<	<	Less than.
62	>	>	>	Greater than.
128	€	€	€	euro; -OP3 (does support ) NS4 doesn't support 128, does €)
129		N/A	N/A	Not used. -HD1.8 -MZ -NS4 -OP5.1 -IE5.5
130	‚	N/A	N/A
131	ƒ	N/A	N/A
132	„	N/A	N/A
133	…	…	…	-NS4 -OP3; use … for compat.
134	†	†	&dagger;	Dagger. -NS4 -OP3 +OP5.1; use † for compat.
135	‡	‡	&Dagger;	Double dagger. -NS4 -OP3 +OP5.1; use ‡ for compat.
136	ˆ	N/A	N/A
137	‰	‰	&permil;	-NS4 -OP3 +OP5.1; use ‰ for compat.
138	Š	Š	&Scaron;	-NS4 -OP3 +OP5.1
139	‹	‹	&lsaquo;	-NS4 -OP3 +OP5.1
140	Œ	Œ	&OElig;	-OP3 -NS4 +OP5.1
141		N/A	N/A	Not used -HD1.8 -NS4 -OP7
142	Ž	N/A	N/A	Not used -HD1.8 +IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP7
143		N/A	N/A	Not used -HD1.8 -IE5.5 -NS4 -OP7
144		N/A	N/A	Not used. -HD1.8 -IE5.5 -NS4 -OP7
145	‘	‘	‘	-NS4 -OP3 +OP5.1; use ‘ for compat.
146	’	’	’	-NS4 -OP3 +OP5.1; use ’ for compat.
147	“	“	“	-NS4 -OP3 +OP5.1; use “ for compat.
148	”	”	”	-NS4 -OP3 +OP5.1; use ” for compat.
149	•	•	•	-NS4 -OP3 +OP5.1; use • for compat.
150	–	–	–	-NS4 -OP3 +OP5.1; use – for compat.
151	—	—	—	-NS4 -OP3 +OP5.1; use — for compat.
152	˜	‾	&oline;	-NS4 -OP3 OP5.1=numeric code only +OP7
153	™	™	™	Trademark. +MZ -NS4 +OP5.1 For compat. use "™" or "<SUP>(TM)</SUP>" to simulate a trademark symbol.
154	š	š	&scaron;	-NS4 -OP3 +OP5.1
155	›	›	&rsaquo;	-NS4 -OP3 +OP5.1
156	œ	œ	&oelig;	-NS4
157		N/A	N/A	Not used. -HD1.8 -IE5.5 -MZ -NS4 -OP7
158	ž	N/A	N/A	-HD1.8 +MZ -NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
159	Ÿ	Ÿ	&Yuml;	-NS4 -OP3 +OP5.1
160				Non-breaking space
161	¡	¡	¡	Inverted exclamation
162	¢	¢	¢	Cent sign.
163	£	£	£	Pound Sterling.
164	¤	¤	¤	General currency.
165	¥	¥	¥	Yen.
166	¦	¦	¦
167	§	§	§	Section.
168	¨	¨	&die;	Umlaut. &die; or &um; -IE4 -IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
169	©	©	©	Copyright.
170	ª	ª	ª
171	«	«	«	Left chevron; left guillemot.
172	¬	¬	¬
173				-OP5.1
174	®	®	®	Registered. +OP5.1
175	¯	¯	¯
176	°	°	°
177	±	±	±
178	²	²	²
179	³	³	³
180	´	´	´
181	µ	µ	µ
182	¶	¶	¶
183	·	·	·
184	¸	¸	¸
185	¹	¹	¹
186	º	º	º
187	»	»	»	Right chevron; right guillemot.
188	¼	¼	¼
189	½	½	½
190	¾	¾	¾
191	¿	¿	¿	Inverted question mark.

Characters

ANSI	Sym	&	&Code	Description
192	À	À	À	Capital A, grave accent
193	Á	Á	Á	Capital A, acute accent
194	Â	Â	Â	Capital A, circumflex
195	Ã	Ã	Ã	Capital A, tilde
196	Ä	Ä	Ä	Capital A, dieresis/umlaut
197	Å	Å	Å	Capital A, ring
198	Æ	Æ	Æ	Capital AE ligature
199	Ç	Ç	Ç	Capital C, cedilla
200	È	È	È	Capital E, grave accent
201	É	É	É	Capital E, acute accent
202	Ê	Ê	Ê	Capital E, circumflex
203	Ë	Ë	Ë	Capital E, dieresis/umlaut
204	Ì	Ì	Ì	Capital I, grave accent
205	Í	Í	Í	Capital I, acute accent
206	Î	Î	Î	Capital I, circumflex
207	Ï	Ï	Ï	Capital I, dieresis/umlaut
208	Ð	Ð	Ð	Capital Eth, Icelandic
209	Ñ	Ñ	Ñ	Capital N, tilde
210	Ò	Ò	Ò	Capital O, grave accent
211	Ó	Ó	Ó	Capital O, acute accent
212	Ô	Ô	Ô	Capital O, circumflex
213	Õ	Õ	Õ	Capital O, tilde
214	Ö	Ö	Ö	Capital O, dieresis /umlaut
216	Ø	Ø	Ø	Capital O, slash
217	Ù	Ù	Ù	Capital U, grave accent
218	Ú	Ú	Ú	Capital U, acute accent
219	Û	Û	Û	Capital U, circumflex
220	Ü	Ü	Ü	Capital U, dieresis/umlaut
221	Ý	Ý	Ý	Capital Y, acute accent
222	Þ	Þ	Þ	Capital Thorn, Icelandic
223	ß	ß	ß	Small sharp s, German sz
224	à	à	à	Small a, grave accent
225	á	á	á	Small a, acute accent
226	â	â	â	Small a, circumflex
227	ã	ã	ã	Small a, tilde
228	ä	ä	ä	Small a, dieresis/umlaut
229	å	å	å	Small a, ring
230	æ	æ	æ	Small ae ligature
231	ç	ç	ç	Small c, cedilla
232	è	è	è	Small e, grave accent
233	é	é	é	Small e, acute accent
234	ê	ê	ê	Small e, circumflex
235	ë	ë	ë	Small e, dieresis/umlaut
236	ì	ì	ì	Small i, grave accent
237	í	í	í	Small i, acute accent
238	î	î	î	Small i, circumflex
239	ï	ï	ï	Small i, dieresis/umlaut
240	ð	ð	ð	Small eth, Icelandic
241	ñ	ñ	ñ	Small n, tilde
242	ò	ò	ò	Small o, grave accent
243	ó	ó	ó	Small o, acute accent
244	ô	ô	ô	Small o, circumflex
245	õ	õ	õ	Small o, tilde
246	ö	ö	ö	Small o, dieresis/umlaut
247	÷	÷	÷
248	ø	ø	ø	Small o, slash
249	ù	ù	ù	Small u, grave accent
250	ú	ú	ú	Small u, acute accent
251	û	û	û	Small u, circumflex
252	ü	ü	ü	Small u, dieresis/umlaut
253	ý	ý	ý	Small y, acute accent
254	þ	þ	þ	Small thorn, Icelandic
255	ÿ	ÿ	ÿ	Small y, dieresis/umlaut

Unicode

ANSI	Sym	&	&Code	Description
338	Œ	Œ	&OElig;	-IE5.5 (OP5.1, MZ=character code only) OP7
352	Š	Š	&Scaron;
353	š	š	&scaron;
376	Ÿ	Ÿ	&Yuml;	Same as 159
402	ƒ	ƒ	&fnof;
710	ˆ	ˆ	&circ;
732	˜	˜	&tilde;
913	Α	Α	Α	-NS4 -OP5.11 OP7
914	Β	Β	Β	-NS4 -OP5.11 OP7
915	Γ	Γ	Γ	-NS4 -OP5.11 OP7
916	Δ	Δ	Δ	-NS4 -OP5.11 OP7
917	Ε	Ε	Ε	-NS4 -OP5.11 OP7
918	Ζ	Ζ	Ζ	-NS4 -OP5.11 OP7
919	Η	Η	Η	-NS4 -OP5.11 OP7
920	Θ	Θ	Θ	-NS4 -OP5.11 OP7
921	Ι	Ι	Ι	-NS4 -OP5.11 OP7
922	Κ	Κ	Κ	-NS4 -OP5.11 OP7
923	Λ	Λ	Λ	-NS4 -OP5.11 OP7
924	Μ	Μ	Μ	-NS4 -OP5.11 OP7
925	Ν	Ν	Ν	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
926	Ξ	Ξ	Ξ	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
927	Ο	Ο	Ο	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
928	Π	Π	Π	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
929	Ρ	Ρ	Ρ	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
931	Σ	Σ	Σ	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
932	Τ	Τ	Τ	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
933	Υ	Υ	Υ	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
934	Φ	Φ	Φ	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
935	Χ	Χ	Χ	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
936	Ψ	Ψ	Ψ	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
937	Ω	Ω	Ω	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
945	α	α	α	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
946	β	β	β	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
947	γ	γ	γ	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
948	δ	δ	δ	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
949	ε	ε	ε	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
950	ζ	ζ	ζ	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
951	η	η	η	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
952	θ	θ	θ	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
953	ι	ι	ι	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
954	κ	κ	κ	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
955	λ	λ	λ	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
956	μ	μ	μ	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
957	ν	ν	ν	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
958	ξ	ξ	ξ	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
959	ο	ο	ο	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
960	π	π	π	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
961	ρ	ρ	ρ	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
962	ς	ς	&sigmaf;	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
963	σ	σ	σ	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
964	τ	τ	τ	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
965	υ	υ	υ	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
966	φ	φ	φ	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
967	χ	χ	χ	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
968	ψ	ψ	ψ	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
969	ω	ω	ω	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
977	ϑ	ϑ	&thetasym;	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP7
978	ϒ	ϒ	&upsih;	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP7
982	ϖ	ϖ	ϖ	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP7
8194			&ensp;	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
8195			&emsp;	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
8201				-NS4 -OP7 -IE5.5
8204	‌	‌	&zwnj;	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
8205	‍	‍	&zwj;	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
8206	‎	‎	&lrm;	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
8207	‏	‏	&rlm;	-NS4 -NS6 -OP5.1 OP7
8211	–	–	–	Same as 150
8212	—	—	—	Same as 151
8216	‘	‘	‘	Same as 145
8217	’	’	’	Same as 146
8218	‚	‚	&sbquo;
8220	“	“	“	Same as 147
8221	”	”	”	Same as 148
8222	„	„	&bdquo;	-NS4
8224	†	†	&dagger;	Same as 134
8225	‡	‡	&Dagger;	Same as 135
8226	•	•	•	Same as 149
8230	…	…	…	Same as 133
8240	‰	‰	&permil;	Same as 137
8242	′	′	′	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
8243	″	″	″	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
8249	‹	‹	&lsaquo;
8250	›	›	&rsaquo;
8253	‽	‽	‽	-IE +MZ -NS -OP; Interrobang, Unicode 203D, is a combination exclamation mark and question mark
8254	‾	‾	&oline;	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
8260	⁄	⁄	&frasl;	-NS4
8364	€	€	€	Usually same as 128
8465	ℑ	ℑ	&image;	-IE5.5 -NS4
8472	℘	℘	&weierp;	-IE5.5
8476	ℜ	&Real;	&Real;	-IE5.5; MZ=character code only
8482	™	™	™	Same as 153
8501	ℵ	ℵ	&alefsym;	-IE5.5 -NS4 -OP7
8592	←	←	←	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
8593	↑	↑	↑	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
8594	→	→	→	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
8595	↓	↓	↓	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
8596	↔	↔	↔	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
8629	↵	↵	&crarr;	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP7
8656	⇐	⇐	⇐	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP7
8657	⇑	⇑	&uArr;	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP7
8658	⇒	⇒	⇒	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP7
8659	⇓	⇓	&dArr;	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP7
8660	⇔	⇔	⇔	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP7
8704	∀	∀	∀	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP7
8706	∂	∂	∂	+MZ -NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
8707	∃	∃	∃	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP7
8709	∅	∅	∅	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP7
8711	∇	∇	∇	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP7
8712	∈	∈	∈	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP7
8713	∉	∉	∉	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP7
8715	∋	∋	&ni;	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP7
8719	∏	∏	∏	+MZ -NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
8722	−	−	−	+MZ -NS4 +OP5.1 ∑
8727	∗	∗	&lowast;	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP7
8730	√	√	√	+MZ -NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
8733	∝	∝	&prop;	+MZ -NS4 -OP7
8734	∞	∞	∞	-NS4 -OP7
8736	∠	∠	&ang;	-IE5.5 -NS4 -OP7
8745	∩	∩	∩	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
8746	∪	∪	∪	-IE5.5 -NS4 -OP7
8747	∫	∫	∫	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
8756	∴	∴	&there4;	-IE5.5 -NS4 -OP7
8764	∼	∼	&sim;	-IE5.5 -NS4 -OP7
8769	≁	∧	&and;	-IE5.5 -NS4 -OP5.1 &perp;
8773	≅	≅	&cong;	-IE5.5 -NS4 -OP7
8776	≈	≈	≈	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
8800	≠	≠	≠	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
8801	≡	≡	&equiv;	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
8804	≤	≤	≤	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
8805	≥	≥	≥	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
8834	⊂	⊂	⊂	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP7
8835	⊃	⊃	⊃	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP7
8836	⊄	⊄	&nsub;	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP7
8838	⊆	⊆	&sube;	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP7
8839	⊇	⊇	&supe;	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP7
8853	⊕	⊕	&oplus;	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP7
8855	⊗	⊗	&otimes;	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP7
8869	⊥	⊥	&perp;	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP7
8870	⊦	∨	&or;	-IE5.5 -NS4 -OP7 MZ=supports &or;, not numeric value
8901	⋅	⋅	⋅	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP7
8968	⌈	⌈	&lceil;	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP7
8969	⌉	⌉	&rceil;	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP7
8970	⌊	⌊	&lfloor;	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP7
8971	⌋	⌋	&rfloor;	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP7
9001	〈	⟨	&lang;	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP7
9002	〉	⟩	&rang;	-IE5.5 +MZ -NS4 -OP7
9674	◊	◊	&loz;	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
9824	♠	♠	&spades;	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
9827	♣	♣	&clubs;	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
9829	♥	♥	&hearts;	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7
9830	♦	♦	&diams;	-NS4 -OP5.1 OP7

Special Characters

Symbol	&Code	Notes
&archive;	&archive;	?
&audio;	&audio;	?
&binary.document;	&binary.document;	?
&uuencoded.document;	&uuencoded.document;	?
&binhex.document;	&binhex.document;	?
&compressed.document;	&compressed.document;	?
&text.document;	&&text.document;	?
&document;	&document;	?
&unknown.document;	&unknown.document;	?
&calculator;	&calculator;	?
&caution;	&caution;	?
&clock;	&clock;	?
&disk.drive;	&disk.drive;	?
&diskette;	&diskette;	?
&display;	&display;	?
&fax;	&fax;	?
&filing.cabinet;	&filing.cabinet;	?
&film;	&film;	?
&fixed.disk;	&fixed.disk;	?
&folder;	&folder;	?
&form;	&form;	?
&ftp;	&ftp;	?
&glossary;	&glossary;	?
&gopher;	&gopher;	?
&home;	&&home;	?
ℑ	&image;	Same as 8465 (IE, MZ, wrong character)
&index;	&index;	?
&mail;	&mail;	?
&mail.in;	&mail.in;	?
&mail.out;	&mail.out;	?
↦	&map;	?
&mouse;	&mouse;	?
¬ebook;	&notebook;	?
&parent;	&parent;	?
&next;	&next;	?
&previous;	&previous;	?
&printer;	&printer;	?
&summary;	&summary;	?
&telnet;	&telnet;	?
&tn3270;	&tn3270;	?
&toc;	&toc;	?
&trash;	&trash;	?
&telephone;	&telephone;	?
&cd.rom;	&cd.rom;	?
&cd.i;	&cd.i;	?
&keyboard;	&keyboard;	?
&stop;	&stop;	?
&network;	&network;	?
&smiley;	&smiley;	?
&sadsmiley;	&sadsmiley;	?
&new;	&new;	?
&play.start;	&play.start;	?
&play.stop;	&play.stop;	?
&play.pause;	&play.pause;	?
&play.fast.forward;	&play.fast.forward;	?
&play.fast.reverse;	&play.fast.reverse;	?
&work;	&work;	?
&www;	&www;	?
&html;	&html;	?

About

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Symbols Used

HD: HTML Doc (no Unicode in PDF)
IE: Internet Explorer
MZ: Mozilla, Firefox, Netscape 6, 7.x (most Gecko-based output platforms)
NS: Netscape Navigator 4.x
OP: Opera

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