HTML entities are strigns inside HTML code that start with ampersand & and end with semicolon ;. They allow you to add wide variety of characters to your HTML code.
For example < and > characters are reserved in HTML because they are used to enclose HTML tags. But if you need to display one of them on the page you can use > to display > and < for <.
HTML entities can be referenced by name, like we did with > and <, but they also have numeric references: hexadecimal and decimal.
For examle > can also be referenced as > and < can be referenced as <.
Some of the entities don’t have named reference and can only be referenced by their decimal or hexadecimal reference. Like for example celsius sign ℃
Here is a list of some popular HTML entities:
| Character | Entity | Hexadecimal | Decimal | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| © | © |
© |
© |
COPYRIGHT SIGN |
| ® |
®®
|
® |
® |
REGISTERED SIGN |
| ™ | ™ |
™ |
™ |
TRADE MARK SIGN |
| > | > |
> |
> |
GREATER-THAN SIGN |
| < | < |
< |
< |
LESS-THAN SIGN |
| ; | ; |
; |
; |
SEMICOLON |
| & | & |
& |
& |
AMPERSAND |
| ” | " |
" |
" |
QUOTATION MARK |
| # | # |
# |
# |
NUMBER SIGN |
| ★ |
★★
|
★ |
★ |
BLACK STAR |
| ☆ | ☆ |
☆ |
☆ |
WHITE STAR |
| ✂ | ✂ |
✂ |
BLACK SCISSORS | |
| ✓ |
✓✓
|
✓ |
✓ |
CHECK MARK |
| ✗ | ✗ |
✗ |
✗ |
BALLOT X |
| ✩ | ✩ |
✩ |
STRESS OUTLINED WHITE STAR | |
| ✪ | ✪ |
✪ |
CIRCLED WHITE STAR | |
| ❞ | ❞ |
❞ |
HEAVY DOUBLE COMMA QUOTATION MARK ORNAMENT | |
| ❤ | ❤ |
❤ |
HEAVY BLACK HEART | |
| ← |
←←←←←
|
← |
← |
LEFTWARDS ARROW |
| ↑ |
↑↑↑↑
|
↑ |
↑ |
UPWARDS ARROW |
| → |
→→→→→
|
→ |
→ |
RIGHTWARDS ARROW |
| ↓ |
↓↓↓↓
|
↓ |
↓ |
DOWNWARDS ARROW |
| € | € |
€ |
€ |
EURO SIGN |
| ▶ | ▶ |
▶ |
BLACK RIGHT-POINTING TRIANGLE | |
| ▽ |
▽▽
|
▽ |
▽ |
WHITE DOWN-POINTING TRIANGLE |
| ◉ | ◉ |
◉ |
FISHEYE | |
| ∑ | ∑ ∑ |
∑ |
∑ |
N-ARY SUMMATION |
| ℹ | ℹ |
ℹ |
INFORMATION SOURCE | |
| № | № |
№ |
№ |
NUMERO SIGN |
| ℗ | ℗ |
℗ |
℗ |
SOUND RECORDING COPYRIGHT |
| ℃ | ℃ |
℃ |
DEGREE CELSIUS | |
| ℉ | ℉ |
℉ |
DEGREE FAHRENHEIT |
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