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HTML Entities Reference

Common HTML character entities with names, decimal and hex codes.

Last updated: 2026-08-27

characterentityNamedecimalhexdescription
&&&&Ampersand
<&lt;&#60;&#x3C;Less than
>&gt;&#62;&#x3E;Greater than
"&quot;&#34;&#x22;Quotation mark
'&apos;&#39;&#x27;Apostrophe
&nbsp;&#160;&#xA0;Non-breaking space
©&copy;&#169;&#xA9;Copyright
®&reg;&#174;&#xAE;Registered trademark
™&trade;&#8482;&#x2122;Trademark
€&euro;&#8364;&#x20AC;Euro sign
£&pound;&#163;&#xA3;Pound sign
¥&yen;&#165;&#xA5;Yen sign
¢&cent;&#162;&#xA2;Cent sign
°&deg;&#176;&#xB0;Degree
±&plusmn;&#177;&#xB1;Plus-minus
×&times;&#215;&#xD7;Multiplication
÷&divide;&#247;&#xF7;Division
→&rarr;&#8594;&#x2192;Right arrow
←&larr;&#8592;&#x2190;Left arrow
↑&uarr;&#8593;&#x2191;Up arrow
↓&darr;&#8595;&#x2193;Down arrow
—&bull;&#8226;&#x2022;Bullet
—&hellip;&#8230;&#x2026;Horizontal ellipsis
—&mdash;&#8212;&#x2014;Em dash
—&ndash;&#8211;&#x2013;En dash
—&ldquo;&#8220;&#x201C;Left double quote
—&rdquo;&#8221;&#x201D;Right double quote
—&lsquo;&#8216;&#x2018;Left single quote
—&rsquo;&#8217;&#x2019;Right single quote

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are HTML entities and why are they used?
HTML entities are special codes used to represent characters that are reserved in HTML (like <, >, &) or characters that cannot be easily typed (like ©, ™, €). They use the format &name; or &#number; to ensure characters display correctly and avoid parsing errors.
What is the difference between named and numeric HTML entities?
Named entities use descriptive names (e.g., &copy; for ©) and are easier to read. Numeric entities use Unicode code points in decimal (&#169;) or hexadecimal (&#xA9;) format. Numeric entities can represent any Unicode character, while named entities cover only a subset.