Special Character Names
General Symbols
| Code | Name of Symbol |
|---|
| & | amp | ampersand |
| < | lt | less-than sign |
| > | gt | greater-than sign |
| × | times | multiplication sign |
| ÷ | divide | division sign |
| · | middot | middle dot |
| ± | plusmn | plus-or-minus sign |
| ° | deg | degree sign |
| ¼ | frac14 | one quarter |
| ½ | frac12 | one half |
| ¾ | frac34 | three quarters |
| – | ndash | en dash |
| — | mdash | em dash |
| " | quot | quotation mark |
| ‘ | lsquo | left single quotation mark |
| ’ | rsquo | right single quotation mark |
| ‚ | sbquo | single low-9 quotation mark |
| “ | ldquo | left double quotation mark |
| ” | rdquo | right double quotation mark |
| „ | bdquo | double low-9 quotation mark |
| ‹ | lsaquo | single left-pointing angle quotation mark |
| › | rsaquo | single right-pointing angle quotation mark |
| « | laquo | left-pointing double angle quotation mark (guillemet) |
| » | raquo | right-pointing double angle quotation mark (guillemet) |
| † | dagger | dagger |
| ‡ | Dagger | double dagger |
| ‰ | permil | per mille sign |
| ¡ | iexcl | inverted exclamation mark |
| ¿ | iquest | inverted question mark |
| ¢ | cent | cent sign |
| £ | pound | pound sign |
| ¤ | curren | currency sign |
| ¥ | yen | yen sign |
| € | euro | euro sign |
| ¦ | brvbar | broken vertical bar |
| µ | micro | micro sign |
| ¶ | para | paragraph (pilcrow) sign |
| § | sect | section sign |
| © | copy | copyright sign |
| ® | reg | regitered trade mark sign |
| º | ordm | masculine ordinal indicator |
| ª | ordf | feminine ordinal indicator |
| ¬ | not | not sign |
| ¹ | sup1 | superscript digit one |
| ² | sup2 | superscript digit two (squared) |
| ³ | sup3 | superscript digit three (cubed) |
| ¨ | uml | spacing diaeresis |
| ¯ | macr | spacing macron |
| ´ | acute | spacing acute accent |
| ¸ | cedil | spacing cedilla |
| ˆ | circ | modifier letter circumflex accent |
| ˜ | tilde | small tilde |
Letters with Accent Marks
| Capital | | Small | Name of Symbol |
|---|
| À | Agrave | à | agrave | letter A with grave |
| Á | Aacute | á | aacute | letter A with acute |
| Â | Acirc | â | acirc | letter A with circumflex |
| Ã | Atilde | ã | atilde | letter A with tilde |
| Ä | Auml | ä | auml | letter A with diaeresis |
| Å | Aring | å | aring | letter A with ring above |
| Æ | AElig | æ | aelig | ligature AE |
| Ç | Ccedil | ç | ccedil | letter C with cedilla |
| È | Egrave | è | egrave | letter E with grave |
| É | Eacute | é | eacute | letter E with acute |
| Ê | Ecirc | ê | ecirc | letter E with circumflex |
| Ë | Euml | ë | euml | letter E with diaeresis |
| Ì | Igrave | ì | igrave | letter I with grave |
| Í | Iacute | í | iacute | letter I with acute |
| Î | Icirc | î | icirc | letter I with circumflex |
| Ï | Iuml | ï | iuml | letter I with diaeresis |
| Ð | ETH | ð | eth | letter ETH |
| Ñ | Ntilde | ñ | ntilde | letter N with tilde |
| Ò | Ograve | ò | ograve | letter O with grave |
| Ó | Oacute | ó | oacute | letter O with acute |
| Ô | Ocirc | ô | ocirc | letter O with circumflex |
| Õ | Otilde | õ | otilde | letter O with tilde |
| Ö | Ouml | ö | ouml | letter O with diaeresis |
| Ø | Oslash | ø | oslash | letter O with slash |
| Ù | Ugrave | ù | ugrave | letter U with grave |
| Ú | Uacute | ú | uacute | letter U with acute |
| Û | Ucirc | û | ucirc | letter U with circumflex |
| Ü | Uuml | ü | uuml | letter U with diaeresis |
| Ý | Yacute | ý | yacute | letter Y with acute |
| Þ | THORN | þ | thorn | letter THORN |
| | ÿ | yuml | small letter y with diaeresis |
| | ß | szlig | small letter sharp s, ess-zed |
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