This list is derived from "ISO 8879:1986//ENTITIES Numeric and Special Graphic//EN".
Name Example Syntax Description lt < < Less than sign gt > > Greater than sign amp & & Ampersand quot " " Double quote sign
This list is derived from "ISO 8879:1986//ENTITIES Added Latin 1//EN".
Name Example Syntax Description Aacute Á Á Capital A, acute accent Agrave À À Capital A, grave accent Acirc   Capital A, circumflex accent Atilde à à Capital A, tilde Aring Å Å Capital A, ring Auml Ä Ä Capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark AElig Æ Æ Capital AE dipthong (ligature) Ccedil Ç Ç Capital C, cedilla Eacute É É Capital E, acute accent Egrave È È Capital E, grave accent Ecirc Ê Ê Capital E, circumflex accent Euml Ë Ë Capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark Iacute Í Í Capital I, acute accent Igrave Ì Ì Capital I, grave accent Icirc Î Î Capital I, circumflex accent Iuml Ï Ï Capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark ETH Ð Ð Capital Eth, Icelandic Ntilde Ñ Ñ Capital N, tilde Oacute Ó Ó Capital O, acute accent Ograve Ò Ò Capital O, grave accent Ocirc Ô Ô Capital O, circumflex accent Otilde Õ Õ Capital O, tilde Ouml Ö Ö Capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark Oslash Ø Ø Capital O, slash Uacute Ú Ú Capital U, acute accent Ugrave Ù Ù Capital U, grave accent Ucirc Û Û Capital U, circumflex accent Uuml Ü Ü Capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark Yacute Ý Ý Capital Y, acute accent THORN Þ Þ Capital THORN, Icelandic szlig ß ß Small sharp s, German (sz ligature) aacute á á Small a, acute accent agrave à à Small a, grave accent acirc â â Small a, circumflex accent atilde ã ã Small a, tilde auml ä ä Small a, dieresis or umlaut mark aelig æ æ Small ae dipthong (ligature) ccedil ç ç Small c, cedilla eacute é é Small e, acute accent egrave è è Small e, grave accent ecirc ê ê Small e, circumflex accent euml ë ë Small e, dieresis or umlaut mark iacute í í Small i, acute accent igrave ì ì Small i, grave accent icirc î î Small i, circumflex accent iuml ï ï Small i, dieresis or umlaut mark eth ð ð Small eth, Icelandic ntilde ñ ñ Small n, tilde oacute ó ó Small o, acute accent ograve ò ò Small o, grave accent ocirc ô ô Small o, circumflex accent otilde õ õ Small o, tilde ouml ö ö Small o, dieresis or umlaut mark oslash ø ø Small o, slash uacute ú ú Small u, acute accent ugrave ù ù Small u, grave accent ucirc û û Small u, circumflex accent uuml ü ü Small u, dieresis or umlaut mark yacute ý ý Small y, acute accent thorn þ þ Small thorn, Icelandic yuml ÿ ÿ Small y, dieresis or umlaut mark
Ref Example Description
�- Unused
	 Horizontal tab
Line feed
- Unused
  Space
! ! Exclamation mark
" " Quotation mark
# # Number sign
$ $ Dollar sign
% % Percent sign
& & Ampersand
' ' Apostrophe
( ( Left parenthesis
) ) Right parenthesis
* * Asterisk
+ + Plus sign
, , Comma
- - Hyphen
. . Period (fullstop)
/ / Solidus (slash)
0 - 9 Digits 0-9
: : Colon
; ; Semi-colon
< < Less than
= = Equals aign
> > Greater than
? ? Question mark
@ @ Commercial at
A-Z Letters A-Z
[ [ Left square bracket
\ \ Reverse solidus (backslash)
] ] Right square bracket
^ ^ Power of
_ _ Horizontal bar
` ` Acute accent
a-z Letters a-z
{ { Left curly brace
| | Vertical bar
} } Right curly brace
~ ~ Tilde
-   Unused
¡ ¡ Inverted exclamation
¢ ¢ Cent sign
£ £ Pound sterling
¤ ¤ General currency sign
¥ ¥ Yen sign
¦ ¦ Broken vertical bar
§ § Section sign
¨ ¨ Umlaut (dieresis)
© © Copyright
ª ª Feminine ordinal
« « Left angle quote, guillemotleft
¬ ¬ Not sign
­ Soft hyphen
® ® Registered trademark
¯ ¯ Macron accent
° ° Degree sign
± ± Plus or minus
² ² Superscript two
³ ³ Superscript three
´ ´ Acute accent
µ µ Micro sign
¶ ¶ Paragraph sign
· · Middle dot
¸ ¸ Cedilla
¹ ¹ Superscript one
º º Masculine ordinal
» » Right angle quote, guillemotright
¼ ¼ Fraction one-fourth
½ ½ Fraction one-half
¾ ¾ Fraction three-fourths
¿ ¿ Inverted question mark
À Capital A, acute accent
Á Capital A, grave accent
 Capital A, circumflex accent
à Capital A, tilde
Ä Capital A, ring
Å Capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark
Æ Capital AE dipthong (ligature)
Ç Capital C, cedilla
È Capital E, acute accent
É Capital E, grave accent
Ê Capital E, circumflex accent
Ë Capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark
Ì Capital I, acute accent
Í Capital I, grave accent
Î Capital I, circumflex accent
Ï Capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark
Ð Capital Eth, Icelandic
Ñ Capital N, tilde
Ò Capital O, acute accent
Ó Capital O, grave accent
Ô Capital O, circumflex accent
Õ Capital O, tilde
Ö Capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark
× × Multiply sign
Ø Capital O, slash
Ù Capital U, acute accent
Ú Capital U, grave accent
Û Capital U, circumflex accent
Ü Capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark
Ý Capital Y, acute accent
Þ Capital THORN, Icelandic
ß ß Small sharp s, German (sz ligature)
à Small a, acute accent
á Small a, grave accent
â Small a, circumflex accent
ã Small a, tilde
ä Small a, tilde
å Small a, dieresis or umlaut mark
æ Small ae dipthong (ligature)
ç Small c, cedilla
è Small e, acute accent
é Small e, grave accent
ê Small e, circumflex accent
ë Small e, dieresis or umlaut mark
ì Small i, acute accent
í Small i, grave accent
î Small i, circumflex accent
ï Small i, dieresis or umlaut mark
ð Small eth, Icelandic
ñ Small n, tilde
ò Small o, acute accent
ó Small o, grave accent
ô Small o, circumflex accent
õ Small o, tilde
ö Small o, dieresis or umlaut mark
÷ ÷ Division sign
ø Small o, slash
ù Small u, acute accent
ú Small u, grave accent
û Small u, circumflex accent
ü Small u, dieresis or umlaut mark
ý Small y, acute accent
þ Small thorn, Icelandic
ÿ Small y, dieresis or umlaut mark
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