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References : Special characters

This table lists the numeric character references and the character entity references that can be used with the ISO-8859-1 (ISO-Latin-1) character encoding.

Not all browsers are able to display all characters, and some of them can even display characters that are different from those listed in the table. The latest browsers seem to support character references better, but we recommend that you check your documents in several browsers if you want to use such references.

Character Numeric character reference Character entity reference Description
" " " Double quote
& & & Ampersand
< &#60; &lt; Less than
> &#62; &gt; Greater than
  &#160; &nbsp; Non-breaking space
¡ &#161; &iexcl; Inverted exclamation mark
¢ &#162; &cent; Cent sign
£ &#163; &pound; Pound sign
¤ &#164; &curren; Currency sign
¥ &#165; &yen; Yen sign
¦ &#166; &brvbar; or &brkbar; Broken bar
§ &#167; &sect; Section sign
¨ &#168; &uml; or &die; Umlaut or diaeresis
© &#169; &copy; Copyright sign
ª &#170; &ordf; Feminine ordinal
« &#171;   Left angle quotes
¬ &#172; &not; Logical not sign
­ &#173; &shy; Soft hyphen
® &#174; &reg; Registered trademark
¯ &#175; &macr; or &hibar; Spacing macron
° &#176; &deg; Degree sign
± &#177; &plusmn; Plus-minus sign
² &#178; &sup2; Superscript 2
³ &#179; &sup3; Superscript 3
´ &#180; &acute; Acute accent
µ &#181; &micro; Micro sign
&#182; &para; Paragraph sign
· &#183; &middot; Middle dot
¸ &#184; &cedil; Cedilla
¹ &#185; &sup1; Superscript 1
º &#186; &ordm; Masculine ordinal
» &#187; &raquo; Right angle quotes
¼ &#188;   One quarter
½ &#189;   One half
¾ &#190;   Three quarters
¿ &#191; &iquest; Inverted question mark
À &#192; &Agrave; A grave (uppercase)
Á &#193; &Aacute; A acute (uppercase)
 &#194; &Acirc; A circumflex (uppercase)
à &#195; &Atilde; A tilde (uppercase)
Ä &#196; &Auml; A umlaut (uppercase)
Å &#197; &Aring; A ring (uppercase)
Æ &#198; &AElig; AE ligature (uppercase)
Ç &#199; &Ccedil; C cedilla (uppercase)
È &#200; &Egrave; E grave (uppercase)
É &#201; &Eacute; E acute (uppercase)
Ê &#202; &Ecirc; E circumflex (uppercase)
Ë &#203; &Euml; E umlaut (uppercase)
Ì &#204; &Igrave; I grave (uppercase)
Í &#205; &Iacute; I acute (uppercase)
Î &#206; &Icirc; I circumflex (uppercase)
Ï &#207; &Iuml; I umlaut (uppercase)
Ð &#208; &ETH; or &Dstrok; Latin letter ETH (uppercase)
Ñ &#209; &Ntilde; N tilde (uppercase)
Ò &#210; &Ograve; O grave (uppercase)
Ó &#211; &Oacute; O acute (uppercase)
Ô &#212; &Ocirc; O circumflex (uppercase)
Õ &#213; &Otilde; O tilde (uppercase)
Ö &#214; &Ouml; O umlaut (uppercase)
× &#215; &times; Multiplication sign
Ø &#216; &Oslash; O slash
Ù &#217; &Ugrave; U grave (uppercase)
Ú &#218; &Uacute; U acute (uppercase)
Û &#219; &Ucirc; U circumflex (uppercase)
Ü &#220; &Uuml; U umlaut (uppercase)
Ý &#221; &Yacute; Y acute (uppercase)
Þ &#222; &THORN; Latin letter THORN (uppercase)
ß &#223; &szlig; sharp s
à &#224; &agrave; a grave (lowercase)
á &#225; &aacute; a acute (lowercase)
â &#226; &acirc; a circumflex (lowercase)
ã &#227; &atilde; a tilde (lowercase)
ä &#228; &auml; a umlaut (lowercase)
å &#229; &aring; a ring (lowercase)
æ &#230; &aelig; ae ligature (lowercase)
ç &#231; &ccedil; c cedilla (lowercase)
è &#232; &egrave; e grave (lowercase)
é &#233; &eacute; e acute (lowercase)
ê &#234; &ecirc; e circumflex (lowercase)
ë &#235; &euml; e umlaut (lowercase)
ì &#236; &igrave; i grave (lowercase)
í &#237; &iacute; i acute (lowercase)
î &#238; &icirc; i circumflex (lowercase)
ï &#239; &iuml; i umlaut (lowercase)
ð &#240; &eth; Latin letter eth (lowercase)
ñ &#241; &ntilde; n tilde (lowercase)
ò &#242; &ograve; o grave (lowercase)
ó &#243; &oacute; o acute (lowercase)
ô &#244; &ocirc; o circumflex (lowercase)
õ &#245; &otilde; o tilde (lowercase)
ö &#246; &ouml; o umlaut (lowercase)
÷ &#247; &divide; Division sign
ø &#248; &oslash; o slash (lowercase)
ù &#249; &ugrave; u grave (lowercase)
ú &#250; &uacute; u acute (lowercase)
û &#251; &ucirc; u circumflex (lowercase)
ü &#252; &uuml; u umlaut (lowercase)
ý &#253; &yacute; y acute (lowercase)
þ &#254; &thorn; Latin letter thorn (lowercase)
ÿ &#255; &yuml; y umlaut (lowercase)