HTML symbol codes

Q: What is an HTML entity?

A short code that starts with & and ends with ;, such as &hearts; for ♥ or © for ©. Browsers show the symbol instead of the code.

Q: Should I use named or numeric codes?

Both work in every modern browser. Numeric codes like ♥ exist for every Unicode character, while names exist only for some. In UTF-8 pages you can also paste the symbol itself.

Named HTML entities, decimal and hex codes, and CSS codes for 252 symbols. Click a symbol to copy it, or click a code to copy the code.

Basic Latin

Symbol	Name	Entity	Decimal	Hex	CSS
	quotation mark				`\0022`
	ampersand				`\0026`
	less-than sign				`\003C`
	greater-than sign				`\003E`

Latin 1 Supplement

Symbol	Name	CSS
(blank)	no-break space	`\00A0`
	inverted exclamation mark	`\00A1`
	cent sign	`\00A2`
	pound sign	`\00A3`
	currency sign	`\00A4`
	yen sign	`\00A5`
	broken bar	`\00A6`
	section sign	`\00A7`
	diaeresis	`\00A8`
	copyright sign	`\00A9`
	feminine ordinal indicator	`\00AA`
	left-pointing double angle quotation mark	`\00AB`
	not sign	`\00AC`
(blank)	soft hyphen	`\00AD`
	registered sign	`\00AE`
	macron	`\00AF`
	degree sign	`\00B0`
	plus-minus sign	`\00B1`
	superscript two	`\00B2`
	superscript three	`\00B3`
	acute accent	`\00B4`
	micro sign	`\00B5`
	pilcrow sign	`\00B6`
	middle dot	`\00B7`
	cedilla	`\00B8`
	superscript one	`\00B9`
	masculine ordinal indicator	`\00BA`
	right-pointing double angle quotation mark	`\00BB`
	vulgar fraction one quarter	`\00BC`
	vulgar fraction one half	`\00BD`
	vulgar fraction three quarters	`\00BE`
	inverted question mark	`\00BF`
	capital a with grave	`\00C0`
	capital a with acute	`\00C1`
	capital a with circumflex	`\00C2`
	capital a with tilde	`\00C3`
	capital a with diaeresis	`\00C4`
	capital a with ring above	`\00C5`
	capital ae	`\00C6`
	capital c with cedilla	`\00C7`
	capital e with grave	`\00C8`
	capital e with acute	`\00C9`
	capital e with circumflex	`\00CA`
	capital e with diaeresis	`\00CB`
	capital i with grave	`\00CC`
	capital i with acute	`\00CD`
	capital i with circumflex	`\00CE`
	capital i with diaeresis	`\00CF`
	capital eth	`\00D0`
	capital n with tilde	`\00D1`
	capital o with grave	`\00D2`
	capital o with acute	`\00D3`
	capital o with circumflex	`\00D4`
	capital o with tilde	`\00D5`
	capital o with diaeresis	`\00D6`
	multiplication sign	`\00D7`
	capital o with stroke	`\00D8`
	capital u with grave	`\00D9`
	capital u with acute	`\00DA`
	capital u with circumflex	`\00DB`
	capital u with diaeresis	`\00DC`
	capital y with acute	`\00DD`
	capital thorn	`\00DE`
	small sharp s	`\00DF`
	small a with grave	`\00E0`
	small a with acute	`\00E1`
	small a with circumflex	`\00E2`
	small a with tilde	`\00E3`
	small a with diaeresis	`\00E4`
	small a with ring above	`\00E5`
	small ae	`\00E6`
	small c with cedilla	`\00E7`
	small e with grave	`\00E8`
	small e with acute	`\00E9`
	small e with circumflex	`\00EA`
	small e with diaeresis	`\00EB`
	small i with grave	`\00EC`
	small i with acute	`\00ED`
	small i with circumflex	`\00EE`
	small i with diaeresis	`\00EF`
	small eth	`\00F0`
	small n with tilde	`\00F1`
	small o with grave	`\00F2`
	small o with acute	`\00F3`
	small o with circumflex	`\00F4`
	small o with tilde	`\00F5`
	small o with diaeresis	`\00F6`
	division sign	`\00F7`
	small o with stroke	`\00F8`
	small u with grave	`\00F9`
	small u with acute	`\00FA`
	small u with circumflex	`\00FB`
	small u with diaeresis	`\00FC`
	small y with acute	`\00FD`
	small thorn	`\00FE`
	small y with diaeresis	`\00FF`

Latin Extended A

Symbol	Name	Entity	Decimal	Hex	CSS
	capital ligature oe				`\0152`
	small ligature oe				`\0153`
	capital s with caron				`\0160`
	small s with caron				`\0161`
	capital y with diaeresis				`\0178`

Latin Extended B

Symbol	Name	Entity	Decimal	Hex	CSS
	small f with hook				`\0192`

Spacing Modifier Letters

Symbol	Name	Entity	Decimal	Hex	CSS
	modifier circumflex accent				`\02C6`
	small tilde				`\02DC`

Greek And Coptic

Symbol	Name	Entity	Decimal	Hex	CSS
	greek capital alpha				`\0391`
	greek capital beta				`\0392`
	greek capital gamma				`\0393`
	greek capital delta				`\0394`
	greek capital epsilon				`\0395`
	greek capital zeta				`\0396`
	greek capital eta				`\0397`
	greek capital theta				`\0398`
	greek capital iota				`\0399`
	greek capital kappa				`\039A`
	greek capital lamda				`\039B`
	greek capital mu				`\039C`
	greek capital nu				`\039D`
	greek capital xi				`\039E`
	greek capital omicron				`\039F`
	greek capital pi				`\03A0`
	greek capital rho				`\03A1`
	greek capital sigma				`\03A3`
	greek capital tau				`\03A4`
	greek capital upsilon				`\03A5`
	greek capital phi				`\03A6`
	greek capital chi				`\03A7`
	greek capital psi				`\03A8`
	greek capital omega				`\03A9`
	greek small alpha				`\03B1`
	greek small beta				`\03B2`
	greek small gamma				`\03B3`
	greek small delta				`\03B4`
	greek small epsilon				`\03B5`
	greek small zeta				`\03B6`
	greek small eta				`\03B7`
	greek small theta				`\03B8`
	greek small iota				`\03B9`
	greek small kappa				`\03BA`
	greek small lamda				`\03BB`
	greek small mu				`\03BC`
	greek small nu				`\03BD`
	greek small xi				`\03BE`
	greek small omicron				`\03BF`
	greek small pi				`\03C0`
	greek small rho				`\03C1`
	greek small final sigma				`\03C2`
	greek small sigma				`\03C3`
	greek small tau				`\03C4`
	greek small upsilon				`\03C5`
	greek small phi				`\03C6`
	greek small chi				`\03C7`
	greek small psi				`\03C8`
	greek small omega				`\03C9`
	greek theta symbol				`\03D1`
	greek upsilon with hook symbol				`\03D2`
	greek pi symbol				`\03D6`

General Punctuation

Symbol	Name	CSS
(blank)	en space	`\2002`
(blank)	em space	`\2003`
(blank)	thin space	`\2009`
(blank)	zero width non-joiner	`\200C`
(blank)	zero width joiner	`\200D`
(blank)	left-to-right mark	`\200E`
(blank)	right-to-left mark	`\200F`
	en dash	`\2013`
	em dash	`\2014`
	left single quotation mark	`\2018`
	right single quotation mark	`\2019`
	single low-9 quotation mark	`\201A`
	left double quotation mark	`\201C`
	right double quotation mark	`\201D`
	double low-9 quotation mark	`\201E`
	dagger	`\2020`
	double dagger	`\2021`
	bullet	`\2022`
	horizontal ellipsis	`\2026`
	per mille sign	`\2030`
	prime	`\2032`
	double prime	`\2033`
	single left-pointing angle quotation mark	`\2039`
	single right-pointing angle quotation mark	`\203A`
	overline	`\203E`
	fraction slash	`\2044`

Currency Symbols

Symbol	Name	Entity	Decimal	Hex	CSS
	euro sign				`\20AC`

Letterlike Symbols

Symbol	Name	Entity	Decimal	Hex	CSS
	black-letter capital I				`\2111`
	script capital P				`\2118`
	black-letter capital R				`\211C`
	trade mark sign				`\2122`
	alef symbol				`\2135`

Arrows

Symbol	Name	Entity	Decimal	Hex	CSS
	leftwards arrow				`\2190`
	upwards arrow				`\2191`
	rightwards arrow				`\2192`
	downwards arrow				`\2193`
	left right arrow				`\2194`
	downwards arrow with corner leftwards				`\21B5`
	leftwards double arrow				`\21D0`
	upwards double arrow				`\21D1`
	rightwards double arrow				`\21D2`
	downwards double arrow				`\21D3`
	left right double arrow				`\21D4`

Mathematical Operators

Symbol	Name	Entity	Decimal	Hex	CSS
	for all				`\2200`
	partial differential				`\2202`
	there exists				`\2203`
	empty set				`\2205`
	nabla				`\2207`
	element of				`\2208`
	not an element of				`\2209`
	contains as member				`\220B`
	n-ary product				`\220F`
	n-ary summation				`\2211`
	minus sign				`\2212`
	asterisk operator				`\2217`
	square root				`\221A`
	proportional to				`\221D`
	infinity				`\221E`
	angle				`\2220`
	logical and				`\2227`
	logical or				`\2228`
	intersection				`\2229`
	union				`\222A`
	integral				`\222B`
	therefore				`\2234`
	tilde operator				`\223C`
	approximately equal to				`\2245`
	almost equal to				`\2248`
	not equal to				`\2260`
	identical to				`\2261`
	less-than or equal to				`\2264`
	greater-than or equal to				`\2265`
	subset of				`\2282`
	superset of				`\2283`
	not a subset of				`\2284`
	subset of or equal to				`\2286`
	superset of or equal to				`\2287`
	circled plus				`\2295`
	circled times				`\2297`
	up tack				`\22A5`
	dot operator				`\22C5`

Miscellaneous Technical

Symbol	Name	Entity	Decimal	Hex	CSS
	left ceiling				`\2308`
	right ceiling				`\2309`
	left floor				`\230A`
	right floor				`\230B`
	left-pointing angle bracket				`\2329`
	right-pointing angle bracket				`\232A`

Geometric Shapes

Symbol	Name	Entity	Decimal	Hex	CSS
	lozenge				`\25CA`

Miscellaneous Symbols

Symbol	Name	Entity	Decimal	Hex	CSS
	black spade suit				`\2660`
	black club suit				`\2663`
	black heart suit				`\2665`
	black diamond suit				`\2666`

Popular symbols without a named entity

These have no name in HTML, so use the numeric code.

Name	Entity	CSS
Leo	–	`\264C`
check mark	–	`\2713`
lightning bolt	–	`\1F5F2`
envelope	–	`\2709`
black telephone	–	`\260E`
airplane	–	`\2708`
heart outline	–	`\2661`
red heart	–	`\2764`
black star	–	`\2605`
white star	–	`\2606`
flower	–	`\273F`
sun	–	`\2600`
crescent moon	–	`\263E`
cloud	–	`\2601`
umbrella	–	`\2602`
snowflake	–	`\2744`
yin yang	–	`\262F`
peace	–	`\262E`
latin cross	–	`\271D`
male (Mars)	–	`\2642`
female (Venus)	–	`\2640`
male and female	–	`\26A5`
beamed eighth notes	–	`\266B`
eighth note	–	`\266A`
quarter note	–	`\2669`
heavy check mark	–	`\2714`
heavy multiplication x	–	`\2716`
multiplication x	–	`\2715`
ballot x	–	`\2717`
black rightwards arrowhead	–	`\27A4`
right arrow	–	`\1F86A`
left arrow	–	`\1F868`
up arrow	–	`\1F869`
down arrow	–	`\1F86B`
clockwise arrow (reload)	–	`\27F3`
anticlockwise arrow (undo)	–	`\27F2`
black up-pointing triangle	–	`\25B2`
black square	–	`\25A0`
black circle	–	`\25CF`
white circle	–	`\25CB`
circled white bullet	–	`\29BE`
medium white circle	–	`\26AA`
white chess queen (crown)	–	`\2655`
black chess queen (crown)	–	`\265B`
white chess king (crown)	–	`\2654`
black chess rook	–	`\265C`
black chess knight	–	`\265E`
universal recycling	–	`\2672`
recycling	–	`\267B`
warning sign	–	`\26A0`
skull and crossbones	–	`\2620`
white smiling face	–	`\263A`
black smiling face	–	`\263B`
white frowning face	–	`\2639`
smiley (katakana tsu)	–	`\30C4`
small tsu smiley	–	`\30C3`
postal mark face	–	`\3020`
keyboard	–	`\2328`
black scissors	–	`\2702`
lower right pencil	–	`\270E`
real numbers	–	`\211D`
black four pointed star	–	`\2726`
white four pointed star	–	`\2727`
star operator	–	`\22C6`
ring above	–	`\02DA`
ocean wave	–	`\A540`
wind	–	`\0F04`
left angel wing	–	`\131A9`
right angel wing	–	`\131AA`

How to use HTML symbol codes

Write the entity or numeric code straight into your HTML, for example <p>I &hearts; Unicode</p>. Named entities are easier to read; numeric codes such as ♥ work for every character, including the ones on our symbol keyboard.

If your page is saved as UTF-8 (the default for modern sites), you can also paste the symbol itself. Codes are still handy in email templates, CMS fields that strip special characters, and when you want the source to stay plain ASCII. To find the code of any character, use the Unicode lookup.

Frequently asked questions

What is an HTML entity?

A short code that starts with & and ends with ;, such as &hearts; for ♥ or © for ©. Browsers show the symbol instead of the code.

Should I use named or numeric codes?

Both work in every modern browser. Numeric codes like ♥ exist for every Unicode character, while names exist only for some. In UTF-8 pages you can also paste the symbol itself.

How do I add a symbol with CSS?

Use the CSS code in the content property of a pseudo-element, for example content: "\2665"; for a heart.