Special Codes
The following list includes the HTML codes for many of the ASCII symbols used on Web pages. The first section includes the first 255 character codes and their related HTML codes. Then, at the bottom you'll find some other symbols and the HTML codes to create them. Not all browsers support all the codes, so be sure to test your HTML codes before you use them.
| Name Code | Number Code | Glyph | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| † | - | † | dagger |
| ‡ | - | ‡ | double dagger |
| ♠ | - | ♠ | black spade suit |
| ♣ | - | ♣ | black club suit |
| ♥ | - | ♥ | black heart suit |
| ‾ | - | ‾ | overline (overscore) |
| ← | - | ← | leftward arrow |
| ↑ | - | ↑ | upward arrow |
| → | - | → | rightward arrow |
| ↓ | - | ↓ | downward arrow |
| ™ | - | ™ | trademark sign |
| Name Code | Number Code | Glyph | Description |
| — | — | — | em dash |
| ¡ | ¡ | ¡ | inverted exclamation |
| ¢ | ¢ | ¢ | cent sign |
| £ | £ | £ | pound sterling |
| ¤ | ¤ | ¤ | general currency sign |
| ¥ | ¥ | ¥ | yen sign |
| ¦ or &brkbar; | ¦ | ¦ | broken vertical bar |
| § | § | § | section sign |
| ¨ or ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | umlaut |
| © | © | © | copyright |
| ª | ª | ª | feminine ordinal |
| « | « | « | left angle quote |
| ¬ | ¬ | ¬ | not sign |
| ­ | ­ | | soft hyphen |
| ® | ® | ® | registered trademark |
| ¯ or &hibar; | ¯ | ¯ | macron accent |
| Name Code | Number Code | Glyph | Description |
| ° | ° | ° | degree sign |
| ± | ± | ± | plus or minus |
| ² | ² | ² | superscript two |
| ³ | ³ | ³ | superscript three |
| ´ | ´ | ´ | acute accent |
| µ | µ | µ | micro sign |
| ¶ | ¶ | ¶ | paragraph sign |
| · | · | · | middle dot |
| ¸ | ¸ | ¸ | cedilla |
| ¹ | ¹ | ¹ | superscript one |
| º | º | º | masculine ordinal |
| » | » | » | right angle quote |
| ¼ | ¼ | ¼ | one-fourth |
| ½ | ½ | ½ | one-half |
| ¾ | ¾ | ¾ | three-fourths |
| ¿ | ¿ | ¿ | inverted question mark |
| À | À | À | uppercase A, grave accent |
| Á | Á | Á | uppercase A, acute accent |
| Â | Â | Â | uppercase A, circumflex accent |
| Name Code | Number Code | Glyph | Description |
| Ã | Ã | Ã | uppercase A, tilde |
| Ä | Ä | Ä | uppercase A, umlaut |
| Å | Å | Å | uppercase A, ring |
| Æ | Æ | Æ | uppercase AE |
| Ç | Ç | Ç | uppercase C, cedilla |
| È | È | È | uppercase E, grave accent |
| É | É | É | uppercase E, acute accent |
| Ê | Ê | Ê | uppercase E, circumflex accent |
| Ë | Ë | Ë | uppercase E, umlaut |
| Ì | Ì | Ì | uppercase I, grave accent |
| Í | Í | Í | uppercase I, acute accent |
| Î | Î | Î | uppercase I, circumflex accent |
| Ï | Ï | Ï | uppercase I, umlaut |
| Ð | Ð | Ð | uppercase Eth, Icelandic |
| Ñ | Ñ | Ñ | uppercase N, tilde |
| Ò | Ò | Ò | uppercase O, grave accent |
| Ó | Ó | Ó | uppercase O, acute accent |
| Ô | Ô | Ô | uppercase O, circumflex accent |
| Õ | Õ | Õ | uppercase O, tilde |
| Name Code | Number Code | Glyph | Description |
| Ö | Ö | Ö | uppercase O, umlaut |
| × | × | × | multiplication sign |
| Ø | Ø | Ø | uppercase O, slash |
| Ù | Ù | Ù | uppercase U, grave accent |
| Ú | Ú | Ú | uppercase U, acute accent |
| Û | Û | Û | uppercase U, circumflex accent |
| Ü | Ü | Ü | uppercase U, umlaut |
| Ý | Ý | Ý | uppercase Y, acute accent |
| Þ | Þ | Þ | uppercase THORN, Icelandic |
| ß | ß | ß | lowercase sharps, German |
| à | à | à | lowercase a, grave accent |
| á | á | á | lowercase a, acute accent |
| â | â | â | lowercase a, circumflex accent |
| ã | ã | ã | lowercase a, tilde |
| ä | ä | ä | lowercase a, umlaut |
| å | å | å | lowercase a, ring |
| æ | æ | æ | lowercase ae |
| ç | ç | ç | lowercase c, cedilla |
| è | è | è | lowercase e, grave accent |
| Name Code | Number Code | Glyph | Description |
| é | é | é | lowercase e, acute accent |
| ê | ê | ê | lowercase e, circumflex accent |
| ë | ë | ë | lowercase e, umlaut |
| ì | ì | ì | lowercase i, grave accent |
| í | í | í | lowercase i, acute accent |
| î | î | î | lowercase i, circumflex accent |
| ï | ï | ï | lowercase i, umlaut |
| ð | ð | ð | lowercase eth, Icelandic |
| ñ | ñ | ñ | lowercase n, tilde |
| ò | ò | ò | lowercase o, grave accent |
| ó | ó | ó | lowercase o, acute accent |
| ô | ô | ô | lowercase o, circumflex accent |
| õ | õ | õ | lowercase o, tilde |
| ö | ö | ö | lowercase o, umlaut |
| ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | division sign |
| ø | ø | ø | lowercase o, slash |
| ù | ù | ù | lowercase u, grave accent |
| ú | ú | ú | lowercase u, acute accent |
| û | û | û | lowercase u, circumflex accent |
| Name Code | Number Code | Glyph | Description |
| ü | ü | ü | lowercase u, umlaut |
| ý | ý | ý | lowercase y, acute accent |
| þ | þ | þ | lowercase thorn, Icelandic |
| ÿ | ÿ | ÿ | lowercase y, umlaut |