HTML Special Characters
HTML Special Characters
The following table gives the names and numeric codes for representing selected special characters in HTML. Use either the name or code within an XHTML document.
| Character | Name | Code | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| " | " | " | Quote |
| & | & | & | Ampersand |
| ' | ' | Apostrophe | |
| < | < | < | Less than |
| > | > | > | Greater than |
| ™ | ™ | ™ | Trademark |
| |   | Non-breaking space | |
| ¢ | ¢ | ¢ | Cents |
| ¦ | ¦ | ¦ | Broken vertical bar |
| § | § | § | Section |
| © | © | © | Copyright |
| « | « | « | Left angle quote |
| » | » | » | Right angle quote |
| ¬ | ¬ | ¬ | Not sign |
| ® | ® | ® | Registered trademark |
| ° | ° | ° | Degree |
| ± | ± | ± | Plus/minus |
| ¶ | ¶ | ¶ | Paragraph |
| · | · | · | Middle dot |
| • | • | • | Bullet |
| ¼ | ¼ | ¼ | Fraction one-quarter |
| ½ | ½ | ½ | Fraction one-half |
| ¾ | ¾ | ¾ | Fraction three-quarters |
| ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | Division |
| × | × | × | Multiplication |
| ø | ø | ø | Small o-slash |
| Ø | Ø | Ø | Large O-slash |
| – | – | En dash | |
| — | — | Em dash |