
Useful XHTML Character Entities
Useful reference table when developing XHTML or #Java Server Faces (JSF) of facelets…
nbsp |   | no-break space = non-breaking space, | |
iexcl | ¡ | ¡ | inverted exclamation mark, U+00A1 ISOnum |
cent | ¢ | ¢ | cent sign, U+00A2 ISOnum |
pound | £ | £ | pound sign, U+00A3 ISOnum |
curren | ¤ | ¤ | currency sign, U+00A4 ISOnum |
yen | ¥ | ¥ | yen sign = yuan sign, U+00A5 ISOnum |
brvbar | ¦ | ¦ | broken bar = broken vertical bar, |
sect | § | § | section sign, U+00A7 ISOnum |
uml | ¨ | ¨ | diaeresis = spacing diaeresis, |
copy | © | © | copyright sign, U+00A9 ISOnum |
ordf | ª | ª | feminine ordinal indicator, U+00AA ISOnum |
laquo | « | « | left-pointing double angle quotation mark |
not | ¬ | ¬ | not sign, U+00AC ISOnum |
shy | | ­ | soft hyphen = discretionary hyphen, |
reg | ® | ® | registered sign = registered trade mark sign, |
macr | ¯ | ¯ | macron = spacing macron = overline |
deg | ° | ° | degree sign, U+00B0 ISOnum |
plusmn | ± | ± | plus-minus sign = plus-or-minus sign, |
sup2 | ² | ² | superscript two = superscript digit two |
sup3 | ³ | ³ | superscript three = superscript digit three |
acute | ´ | ´ | acute accent = spacing acute, |
micro | µ | µ | micro sign, U+00B5 ISOnum |
para | ¶ | ¶ | pilcrow sign = paragraph sign, |
middot | · | · | middle dot = Georgian comma |
cedil | ¸ | ¸ | cedilla = spacing cedilla, U+00B8 ISOdia |
sup1 | ¹ | ¹ | superscript one = superscript digit one, |
ordm | º | º | masculine ordinal indicator, |
raquo | » | » | right-pointing double angle quotation mark |
frac14 | ¼ | ¼ | vulgar fraction one quarter |
frac12 | ½ | ½ | vulgar fraction one half |
frac34 | ¾ | ¾ | vulgar fraction three quarters |
iquest | ¿ | ¿ | inverted question mark |
Agrave | À | À | latin capital letter A with grave |
Aacute | Á | Á | latin capital letter A with acute, |
Acirc | Â | Â | latin capital letter A with circumflex, |
Atilde | Ã | Ã | latin capital letter A with tilde, |
Auml | Ä | Ä | latin capital letter A with diaeresis, |
Aring | Å | Å | latin capital letter A with ring above |
AElig | Æ | Æ | latin capital letter AE |
Ccedil | Ç | Ç | latin capital letter C with cedilla, |
Egrave | È | È | latin capital letter E with grave, |
Eacute | É | É | latin capital letter E with acute, |
Ecirc | Ê | Ê | latin capital letter E with circumflex, |
Euml | Ë | Ë | latin capital letter E with diaeresis, |
Igrave | Ì | Ì | latin capital letter I with grave, |
Iacute | Í | Í | latin capital letter I with acute, |
Icirc | Î | Î | latin capital letter I with circumflex, |
Iuml | Ï | Ï | latin capital letter I with diaeresis, |
ETH | Ð | Ð | latin capital letter ETH, U+00D0 ISOlat1 |
Ntilde | Ñ | Ñ | latin capital letter N with tilde, |
Ograve | Ò | Ò | latin capital letter O with grave, |
Oacute | Ó | Ó | latin capital letter O with acute, |
Ocirc | Ô | Ô | latin capital letter O with circumflex, |
Otilde | Õ | Õ | latin capital letter O with tilde, |
Ouml | Ö | Ö | latin capital letter O with diaeresis, |
times | × | × | multiplication sign, U+00D7 ISOnum |
Oslash | Ø | Ø | latin capital letter O with stroke |
Ugrave | Ù | Ù | latin capital letter U with grave, |
Uacute | Ú | Ú | latin capital letter U with acute, |
Ucirc | Û | Û | latin capital letter U with circumflex, |
Uuml | Ü | Ü | latin capital letter U with diaeresis, |
Yacute | Ý | Ý | latin capital letter Y with acute, |
THORN | Þ | Þ | latin capital letter THORN, |
szlig | ß | ß | latin small letter sharp s = ess-zed, |
agrave | à | à | latin small letter a with grave |
aacute | á | á | latin small letter a with acute, |
acirc | â | â | latin small letter a with circumflex, |
atilde | ã | ã | latin small letter a with tilde, |
auml | ä | ä | latin small letter a with diaeresis, |
aring | å | å | latin small letter a with ring above |
aelig | æ | æ | latin small letter ae |
ccedil | ç | ç | latin small letter c with cedilla, |
egrave | è | è | latin small letter e with grave, |
eacute | é | é | latin small letter e with acute, |
ecirc | ê | ê | latin small letter e with circumflex, |
euml | ë | ë | latin small letter e with diaeresis, |
igrave | ì | ì | latin small letter i with grave, |
iacute | í | í | latin small letter i with acute, |
icirc | î | î | latin small letter i with circumflex, |
iuml | ï | ï | latin small letter i with diaeresis, |
eth | ð | ð | latin small letter eth, U+00F0 ISOlat1 |
ntilde | ñ | ñ | latin small letter n with tilde, |
ograve | ò | ò | latin small letter o with grave, |
oacute | ó | ó | latin small letter o with acute, |
ocirc | ô | ô | latin small letter o with circumflex, |
otilde | õ | õ | latin small letter o with tilde, |
ouml | ö | ö | latin small letter o with diaeresis, |
divide | ÷ | ÷ | division sign, U+00F7 ISOnum |
oslash | ø | ø | latin small letter o with stroke, |
ugrave | ù | ù | latin small letter u with grave, |
uacute | ú | ú | latin small letter u with acute, |
ucirc | û | û | latin small letter u with circumflex, |
uuml | ü | ü | latin small letter u with diaeresis, |
yacute | ý | ý | latin small letter y with acute, |
thorn | þ | þ | latin small letter thorn, |
yuml | ÿ | ÿ | latin small letter y with diaeresis, |
fnof | | ƒ | latin small f with hook = function |
Alpha | Α | Α | greek capital letter alpha, U+0391 |
Beta | Β | Β | greek capital letter beta, U+0392 |
Gamma | Γ | Γ | greek capital letter gamma, |
Delta | Δ | Δ | greek capital letter delta, |
Epsilon | Ε | Ε | greek capital letter epsilon, U+0395 |
Zeta | Ζ | Ζ | greek capital letter zeta, U+0396 |
Eta | Η | Η | greek capital letter eta, U+0397 |
Theta | Θ | Θ | greek capital letter theta, |
Iota | Ι | Ι | greek capital letter iota, U+0399 |
Kappa | Κ | Κ | greek capital letter kappa, U+039A |
Lambda | Λ | Λ | greek capital letter lambda, |
Mu | Μ | Μ | greek capital letter mu, U+039C |
Nu | Ν | Ν | greek capital letter nu, U+039D |
Xi | Ξ | Ξ | greek capital letter xi, U+039E ISOgrk3 |
Omicron | Ο | Ο | greek capital letter omicron, U+039F |
Pi | Π | Π | greek capital letter pi, U+03A0 ISOgrk3 |
Rho | Ρ | Ρ | greek capital letter rho, U+03A1 |
Sigma | Σ | Σ | greek capital letter sigma, |
Tau | Τ | Τ | greek capital letter tau, U+03A4 |
Upsilon | Υ | Υ | greek capital letter upsilon, |
Phi | Φ | Φ | greek capital letter phi, |
Chi | Χ | Χ | greek capital letter chi, U+03A7 |
Psi | Ψ | Ψ | greek capital letter psi, |
Omega | Ω | Ω | greek capital letter omega, |
alpha | α | α | greek small letter alpha, |
beta | β | β | greek small letter beta, U+03B2 ISOgrk3 |
gamma | γ | γ | greek small letter gamma, |
delta | δ | δ | greek small letter delta, |
epsilon | ε | ε | greek small letter epsilon, |
zeta | ζ | ζ | greek small letter zeta, U+03B6 ISOgrk3 |
eta | η | η | greek small letter eta, U+03B7 ISOgrk3 |
theta | θ | θ | greek small letter theta, |
iota | ι | ι | greek small letter iota, U+03B9 ISOgrk3 |
kappa | κ | κ | greek small letter kappa, |
lambda | λ | λ | greek small letter lambda, |
mu | μ | μ | greek small letter mu, U+03BC ISOgrk3 |
nu | ν | ν | greek small letter nu, U+03BD ISOgrk3 |
xi | ξ | ξ | greek small letter xi, U+03BE ISOgrk3 |
omicron | ο | ο | greek small letter omicron, U+03BF NEW |
pi | π | π | greek small letter pi, U+03C0 ISOgrk3 |
rho | ρ | ρ | greek small letter rho, U+03C1 ISOgrk3 |
sigmaf | ς | ς | greek small letter final sigma, |
sigma | σ | σ | greek small letter sigma, |
tau | τ | τ | greek small letter tau, U+03C4 ISOgrk3 |
upsilon | υ | υ | greek small letter upsilon, |
phi | φ | φ | greek small letter phi, U+03C6 ISOgrk3 |
chi | χ | χ | greek small letter chi, U+03C7 ISOgrk3 |
psi | ψ | ψ | greek small letter psi, U+03C8 ISOgrk3 |
omega | ω | ω | greek small letter omega, |
thetasym | ϑ | ϑ | greek small letter theta symbol, |
upsih | ϒ | ϒ | greek upsilon with hook symbol, |
piv | ϖ | ϖ | greek pi symbol, U+03D6 ISOgrk3 |
bull | | • | bullet = black small circle, |
hellip | … | horizontal ellipsis = three dot leader, | |
prime | ′ | ′ | prime = minutes = feet, U+2032 ISOtech |
Prime | ″ | ″ | double prime = seconds = inches, |
oline | ‾ | ‾ | overline = spacing overscore, |
frasl | ⁄ | ⁄ | fraction slash, U+2044 NEW |
weierp | ℘ | ℘ | script capital P = power set |
image | ℑ | ℑ | blackletter capital I = imaginary part, |
real | ℜ | ℜ | blackletter capital R = real part symbol, |
trade | | ™ | trade mark sign, U+2122 ISOnum |
alefsym | ℵ | ℵ | alef symbol = first transfinite cardinal, |
larr | ← | ← | leftwards arrow, U+2190 ISOnum |
uarr | ↑ | ↑ | upwards arrow, U+2191 ISOnum–> |
rarr | → | → | rightwards arrow, U+2192 ISOnum |
darr | ↓ | ↓ | downwards arrow, U+2193 ISOnum |
harr | ↔ | ↔ | left right arrow, U+2194 ISOamsa |
crarr | ↵ | ↵ | downwards arrow with corner leftwards |
lArr | ⇐ | ⇐ | leftwards double arrow, U+21D0 ISOtech |
uArr | ⇑ | ⇑ | upwards double arrow, U+21D1 ISOamsa |
rArr | ⇒ | ⇒ | rightwards double arrow, |
dArr | ⇓ | ⇓ | downwards double arrow, U+21D3 ISOamsa |
hArr | ⇔ | ⇔ | left right double arrow, |
forall | ∀ | ∀ | for all, U+2200 ISOtech |
part | ∂ | ∂ | partial differential, U+2202 ISOtech |
exist | ∃ | ∃ | there exists, U+2203 ISOtech |
empty | ∅ | ∅ | empty set = null set = diameter, |
nabla | ∇ | ∇ | nabla = backward difference, |
isin | ∈ | ∈ | element of, U+2208 ISOtech |
notin | ∉ | ∉ | not an element of, U+2209 ISOtech |
ni | ∋ | ∋ | contains as member, U+220B ISOtech |
prod | ∏ | ∏ | n-ary product = product sign, |
sum | ∑ | ∑ | n-ary sumation, U+2211 ISOamsb |
minus | − | − | minus sign, U+2212 ISOtech |
lowast | ∗ | ∗ | asterisk operator, U+2217 ISOtech |
radic | √ | √ | square root = radical sign, |
prop | ∝ | ∝ | proportional to, U+221D ISOtech |
infin | ∞ | ∞ | infinity, U+221E ISOtech |
ang | ∠ | ∠ | angle, U+2220 ISOamso |
and | ∧ | ∧ | logical and = wedge, U+2227 ISOtech |
or | ∨ | ∨ | logical or = vee, U+2228 ISOtech |
cap | ∩ | ∩ | intersection = cap, U+2229 ISOtech |
cup | ∪ | ∪ | union = cup, U+222A ISOtech |
int | ∫ | ∫ | integral, U+222B ISOtech |
there4 | ∴ | ∴ | therefore, U+2234 ISOtech |
sim | ∼ | ∼ | tilde operator = varies with = similar |
cong | ≅ | ≅ | approximately equal to, U+2245 ISOtech |
asymp | ≈ | ≈ | almost equal to = asymptotic to, |
ne | ≠ | ≠ | not equal to, U+2260 ISOtech |
equiv | ≡ | ≡ | identical to, U+2261 ISOtech |
le | ≤ | ≤ | less-than or equal to, U+2264 ISOtech |
ge | ≥ | ≥ | greater-than or equal to, |
sub | ⊂ | ⊂ | subset of, U+2282 ISOtech |
sup | ⊃ | ⊃ | superset of, U+2283 ISOtech |
nsub | ⊄ | ⊄ | not a subset of, U+2284 ISOamsn |
sube | ⊆ | ⊆ | subset of or equal to, U+2286 ISOtech |
supe | ⊇ | ⊇ | superset of or equal to, |
oplus | ⊕ | ⊕ | circled plus = direct sum, |
otimes | ⊗ | ⊗ | circled times = vector product, |
perp | ⊥ | ⊥ | up tack = orthogonal to = perpendicular, |
sdot | ⋅ | ⋅ | dot operator, U+22C5 ISOamsb |
lceil | ⌈ | ⌈ | left ceiling = apl upstile, |
rceil | ⌉ | ⌉ | right ceiling, U+2309 ISOamsc |
lfloor | ⌊ | ⌊ | left floor = apl downstile, |
rfloor | ⌋ | ⌋ | right floor, U+230B ISOamsc |
lang | 〈 | 〈 | left-pointing angle bracket = bra, |
rang | 〉 | 〉 | right-pointing angle bracket = ket, |
loz | ◊ | ◊ | lozenge, U+25CA ISOpub |
spades | ♠ | ♠ | black spade suit, U+2660 ISOpub |
clubs | ♣ | ♣ | black club suit = shamrock, |
hearts | ♥ | ♥ | black heart suit = valentine, |
diams | ♦ | ♦ | black diamond suit, U+2666 ISOpub |
quot | " | " | quotation mark = APL quote, |
amp | & | & | ampersand, U+0026 ISOnum |
lt | < | < | less-than sign, U+003C ISOnum |
gt | > | > | greater-than sign, U+003E ISOnum |
OElig | | Œ | latin capital ligature OE, |
oelig | | œ | latin small ligature oe, U+0153 ISOlat2 |
Scaron | | Š | latin capital letter S with caron, |
scaron | | š | latin small letter s with caron, |
Yuml | | Ÿ | latin capital letter Y with diaeresis, |
circ | | ˆ | modifier letter circumflex accent, |
tilde | | ˜ | small tilde, U+02DC ISOdia |
ensp |   | en space, U+2002 ISOpub | |
emsp |   | em space, U+2003 ISOpub | |
thinsp |   | thin space, U+2009 ISOpub | |
zwnj | | ‌ | zero width non-joiner, |
zwj | | ‍ | zero width joiner, U+200D NEW RFC 2070 |
lrm | | ‎ | left-to-right mark, U+200E NEW RFC 2070 |
rlm | | ‏ | right-to-left mark, U+200F NEW RFC 2070 |
ndash | | – | en dash, U+2013 ISOpub |
mdash | | — | em dash, U+2014 ISOpub |
lsquo | | ‘ | left single quotation mark, |
rsquo | | ’ | right single quotation mark, |
sbquo | | ‚ | single low-9 quotation mark, U+201A NEW |
ldquo | | “ | left double quotation mark, |
rdquo | | ” | right double quotation mark, |
bdquo | | „ | double low-9 quotation mark, U+201E NEW |
dagger | | † | dagger, U+2020 ISOpub |
Dagger | | ‡ | double dagger, U+2021 ISOpub |
permil | | ‰ | per mille sign, U+2030 ISOtech |
lsaquo | | ‹ | single left-pointing angle quotation mark, |
rsaquo | | › | single right-pointing angle quotation mark, |
euro | | € | euro sign, U+20AC NEW |