HTML 4.01 supports the ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1) character set.
Most of these characters can be used without a
character reference.
The higher part of ISO-8859-1 (codes from 160-255) can all be
used using character entity names.
Note that the entity names are case sensitive.
ASCII Entities with new Entity Names
| Result |
Description |
Entity Name |
Entity Number |
| " |
quotation mark |
" |
" |
| ' |
apostrophe |
' (does not work in IE) |
' |
| & |
ampersand |
& |
& |
| < |
less-than |
< |
< |
| > |
greater-than |
> |
> |
ISO 8859-1 Symbol Entities
| Result |
Description |
Entity Name |
Entity Number |
| |
non-breaking space |
|
  |
| ¡ |
inverted exclamation mark |
¡ |
¡ |
| ¤ |
currency |
¤ |
¤ |
| ¢ |
cent |
¢ |
¢ |
| £ |
pound |
£ |
£ |
| ¥ |
yen |
¥ |
¥ |
| ¦ |
broken vertical bar |
¦ |
¦ |
| § |
section |
§ |
§ |
| ¨ |
spacing diaeresis |
¨ |
¨ |
| © |
copyright |
© |
© |
| ª |
feminine ordinal indicator |
ª |
ª |
| « |
angle quotation mark (left) |
« |
« |
| ¬ |
negation |
¬ |
¬ |
| |
soft hyphen |
­ |
­ |
| ® |
registered trademark |
® |
® |
| ™ |
trademark |
™ |
™ |
| ¯ |
spacing macron |
¯ |
¯ |
| ° |
degree |
° |
° |
| ± |
plus-or-minus |
± |
± |
| ² |
superscript 2 |
² |
² |
| ³ |
superscript 3 |
³ |
³ |
| ´ |
spacing acute |
´ |
´ |
| µ |
micro |
µ |
µ |
| ¶ |
paragraph |
¶ |
¶ |
| · |
middle dot |
· |
· |
| ¸ |
spacing cedilla |
¸ |
¸ |
| ¹ |
superscript 1 |
¹ |
¹ |
| º |
masculine ordinal indicator |
º |
º |
| » |
angle quotation mark (right) |
» |
» |
| ¼ |
fraction 1/4 |
¼ |
¼ |
| ½ |
fraction 1/2 |
½ |
½ |
| ¾ |
fraction 3/4 |
¾ |
¾ |
| ¿ |
inverted question mark |
¿ |
¿ |
| × |
multiplication |
× |
× |
| ÷ |
division |
÷ |
÷ |
ISO 8859-1 Character Entities
| Result |
Description |
Entity Name |
Entity Number |
| À |
capital a, grave accent |
À |
À |
| Á |
capital a, acute accent |
Á |
Á |
| Â |
capital a, circumflex accent |
 |
 |
| Ã |
capital a, tilde |
à |
à |
| Ä |
capital a, umlaut mark |
Ä |
Ä |
| Å |
capital a, ring |
Å |
Å |
| Æ |
capital ae |
Æ |
Æ |
| Ç |
capital c, cedilla |
Ç |
Ç |
| È |
capital e, grave accent |
È |
È |
| É |
capital e, acute accent |
É |
É |
| Ê |
capital e, circumflex accent |
Ê |
Ê |
| Ë |
capital e, umlaut mark |
Ë |
Ë |
| Ì |
capital i, grave accent |
Ì |
Ì |
| Í |
capital i, acute accent |
Í |
Í |
| Î |
capital i, circumflex accent |
Î |
Î |
| Ï |
capital i, umlaut mark |
Ï |
Ï |
| Ð |
capital eth, Icelandic |
Ð |
Ð |
| Ñ |
capital n, tilde |
Ñ |
Ñ |
| Ò |
capital o, grave accent |
Ò |
Ò |
| Ó |
capital o, acute accent |
Ó |
Ó |
| Ô |
capital o, circumflex accent |
Ô |
Ô |
| Õ |
capital o, tilde |
Õ |
Õ |
| Ö |
capital o, umlaut mark |
Ö |
Ö |
| Ø |
capital o, slash |
Ø |
Ø |
| Ù |
capital u, grave accent |
Ù |
Ù |
| Ú |
capital u, acute accent |
Ú |
Ú |
| Û |
capital u, circumflex accent |
Û |
Û |
| Ü |
capital u, umlaut mark |
Ü |
Ü |
| Ý |
capital y, acute accent |
Ý |
Ý |
| Þ |
capital THORN, Icelandic |
Þ |
Þ |
| ß |
small sharp s, German |
ß |
ß |
| à |
small a, grave accent |
à |
à |
| á |
small a, acute accent |
á |
á |
| â |
small a, circumflex accent |
â |
â |
| ã |
small a, tilde |
ã |
ã |
| ä |
small a, umlaut mark |
ä |
ä |
| å |
small a, ring |
å |
å |
| æ |
small ae |
æ |
æ |
| ç |
small c, cedilla |
ç |
ç |
| è |
small e, grave accent |
è |
è |
| é |
small e, acute accent |
é |
é |
| ê |
small e, circumflex accent |
ê |
ê |
| ë |
small e, umlaut mark |
ë |
ë |
| ì |
small i, grave accent |
ì |
ì |
| í |
small i, acute accent |
í |
í |
| î |
small i, circumflex accent |
î |
î |
| ï |
small i, umlaut mark |
ï |
ï |
| ð |
small eth, Icelandic |
ð |
ð |
| ñ |
small n, tilde |
ñ |
ñ |
| ò |
small o, grave accent |
ò |
ò |
| ó |
small o, acute accent |
ó |
ó |
| ô |
small o, circumflex accent |
ô |
ô |
| õ |
small o, tilde |
õ |
õ |
| ö |
small o, umlaut mark |
ö |
ö |
| ø |
small o, slash |
ø |
ø |
| ù |
small u, grave accent |
ù |
ù |
| ú |
small u, acute accent |
ú |
ú |
| û |
small u, circumflex accent |
û |
û |
| ü |
small u, umlaut mark |
ü |
ü |
| ý |
small y, acute accent |
ý |
ý |
| þ |
small thorn, Icelandic |
þ |
þ |
| ÿ |
small y, umlaut mark |
ÿ |
ÿ |
Some Other Entities supported by HTML
| Result |
Description |
Entity Name |
Entity Number |
| Π|
capital ligature OE |
Π|
Π|
| œ |
small ligature oe |
œ |
œ |
| Š |
capital S with caron |
Š |
Š |
| š |
small S with caron |
š |
š |
| Ÿ |
capital Y with diaeres |
Ÿ |
Ÿ |
| ˆ |
modifier letter circumflex accent |
ˆ |
ˆ |
| ˜ |
small tilde |
˜ |
˜ |
| |
en space |
  |
  |
| |
em space |
  |
  |
| |
thin space |
  |
  |
| |
zero width non-joiner |
‌ |
‌ |
| |
zero width joiner |
‍ |
‍ |
| |
left-to-right mark |
‎ |
‎ |
| |
right-to-left mark |
‏ |
‏ |
| – |
en dash |
– |
– |
| — |
em dash |
— |
— |
| ‘ |
left single quotation mark |
‘ |
‘ |
| ’ |
right single quotation mark |
’ |
’ |
| ‚ |
single low-9 quotation mark |
‚ |
‚ |
| “ |
left double quotation mark |
“ |
“ |
| ” |
right double quotation mark |
” |
” |
| „ |
double low-9 quotation mark |
„ |
„ |
| † |
dagger |
† |
† |
| ‡ |
double dagger |
‡ |
‡ |
| … |
horizontal ellipsis |
… |
… |
| ‰ |
per mille |
‰ |
‰ |
| ‹ |
single left-pointing angle quotation |
‹ |
‹ |
| › |
single right-pointing angle quotation |
› |
› |
| € |
euro |
€ |
€ |
|
