Large HTML Entities and Unicode Symbols Reference

Basic HTML

Symbol	Description	Named entity	Decimal	Hex	Unicode
&	Ampersand	`&`	`&`	`&`	`U+0026`
<	Less-than	`<`	`<`	`<`	`U+003C`
>	Greater-than	`>`	`>`	`>`	`U+003E`
"	Quotation mark	`"`	`"`	`"`	`U+0022`
'	Apostrophe	`—`	`'`	`'`	`U+0027`
	Non-breaking space	` `	` `	` `	`U+00A0`
©	Copyright	`©`	`©`	`©`	`U+00A9`
®	Registered trademark	`®`	`®`	`®`	`U+00AE`
™	Trademark	`™`	`™`	`™`	`U+2122`
€	Euro	`€`	`€`	`€`	`U+20AC`
£	Pound	`£`	`£`	`£`	`U+00A3`
¥	Yen	`¥`	`¥`	`¥`	`U+00A5`
§	Section	`§`	`§`	`§`	`U+00A7`
¶	Paragraph	`¶`	`¶`	`¶`	`U+00B6`
·	Middle dot	`·`	`·`	`·`	`U+00B7`
…	Ellipsis	`…`	`…`	`…`	`U+2026`
–	En dash	`–`	`–`	`–`	`U+2013`
—	Em dash	`—`	`—`	`—`	`U+2014`
«	Left guillemet	`«`	`«`	`«`	`U+00AB`
»	Right guillemet	`»`	`»`	`»`	`U+00BB`

Checkboxes, Boxes, and Ballot Symbols

Symbol	Description	Named entity	Decimal	Hex	Unicode
☐	Ballot box	`—`	`☐`	`☐`	`U+2610`
☑	Ballot box with check	`—`	`☑`	`☑`	`U+2611`
☒	Ballot box with X	`—`	`☒`	`☒`	`U+2612`
■	Black square	`—`	`■`	`■`	`U+25A0`
□	White square	`—`	`□`	`□`	`U+25A1`
▪	Small black square	`—`	`▪`	`▪`	`U+25AA`
▫	Small white square	`—`	`▫`	`▫`	`U+25AB`
▢	White square with rounded corners	`—`	`▢`	`▢`	`U+25A2`
▣	White square containing black small square	`—`	`▣`	`▣`	`U+25A3`
▤	Square with horizontal fill	`—`	`▤`	`▤`	`U+25A4`
▥	Square with vertical fill	`—`	`▥`	`▥`	`U+25A5`
▦	Square with orthogonal crosshatch	`—`	`▦`	`▦`	`U+25A6`
▧	Square with upper left to lower right fill	`—`	`▧`	`▧`	`U+25A7`
▨	Square with upper right to lower left fill	`—`	`▨`	`▨`	`U+25A8`
▩	Square with diagonal crosshatch fill	`—`	`▩`	`▩`	`U+25A9`

Circles and Dots

Symbol	Description	Named entity	Decimal	Hex	Unicode
○	White circle	`—`	`○`	`○`	`U+25CB`
●	Black circle	`—`	`●`	`●`	`U+25CF`
◌	Dotted circle	`—`	`◌`	`◌`	`U+25CC`
◍	Circle with vertical fill	`—`	`◍`	`◍`	`U+25CD`
◎	Bullseye	`—`	`◎`	`◎`	`U+25CE`
◉	Fisheye	`—`	`◉`	`◉`	`U+25C9`
◐	Circle left half black	`—`	`◐`	`◐`	`U+25D0`
◑	Circle right half black	`—`	`◑`	`◑`	`U+25D1`
◒	Circle lower half black	`—`	`◒`	`◒`	`U+25D2`
◓	Circle upper half black	`—`	`◓`	`◓`	`U+25D3`
◔	Circle upper right quadrant black	`—`	`◔`	`◔`	`U+25D4`
◕	Circle all but upper left quadrant black	`—`	`◕`	`◕`	`U+25D5`
◯	Large circle	`—`	`◯`	`◯`	`U+25EF`
⊙	Circled dot operator	`&odot;`	`⊙`	`⊙`	`U+2299`
⊚	Circled ring operator	`—`	`⊚`	`⊚`	`U+229A`

Geometric Shapes

Symbol	Description	Named entity	Decimal	Hex	Unicode
▲	Black up-pointing triangle	`—`	`▲`	`▲`	`U+25B2`
△	White up-pointing triangle	`—`	`△`	`△`	`U+25B3`
▶	Black right-pointing triangle	`—`	`▶`	`▶`	`U+25B6`
▷	White right-pointing triangle	`—`	`▷`	`▷`	`U+25B7`
▼	Black down-pointing triangle	`—`	`▼`	`▼`	`U+25BC`
▽	White down-pointing triangle	`—`	`▽`	`▽`	`U+25BD`
◀	Black left-pointing triangle	`—`	`◀`	`◀`	`U+25C0`
◁	White left-pointing triangle	`—`	`◁`	`◁`	`U+25C1`
◆	Black diamond	`—`	`◆`	`◆`	`U+25C6`
◇	White diamond	`—`	`◇`	`◇`	`U+25C7`
◈	White diamond containing black small diamond	`—`	`◈`	`◈`	`U+25C8`
★	Black star	`—`	`★`	`★`	`U+2605`
☆	White star	`—`	`☆`	`☆`	`U+2606`
✦	Black four pointed star	`—`	`✦`	`✦`	`U+2726`
✧	White four pointed star	`—`	`✧`	`✧`	`U+2727`
⬟	Black pentagon	`—`	`⬟`	`⬟`	`U+2B1F`
⬠	White pentagon	`—`	`⬠`	`⬠`	`U+2B20`
⬢	Black hexagon	`—`	`⬢`	`⬢`	`U+2B22`
⬡	White hexagon	`—`	`⬡`	`⬡`	`U+2B21`

Arrows

Symbol	Description	Named entity	Decimal	Hex	Unicode
←	Left arrow	`←`	`←`	`←`	`U+2190`
↑	Up arrow	`↑`	`↑`	`↑`	`U+2191`
→	Right arrow	`→`	`→`	`→`	`U+2192`
↓	Down arrow	`↓`	`↓`	`↓`	`U+2193`
↔	Left-right arrow	`↔`	`↔`	`↔`	`U+2194`
↕	Up-down arrow	`—`	`↕`	`↕`	`U+2195`
↖	North west arrow	`—`	`↖`	`↖`	`U+2196`
↗	North east arrow	`—`	`↗`	`↗`	`U+2197`
↘	South east arrow	`—`	`↘`	`↘`	`U+2198`
↙	South west arrow	`—`	`↙`	`↙`	`U+2199`
↩	Leftwards arrow with hook	`—`	`↩`	`↩`	`U+21A9`
↪	Rightwards arrow with hook	`—`	`↪`	`↪`	`U+21AA`
↺	Counterclockwise open circle arrow	`—`	`↺`	`↺`	`U+21BA`
↻	Clockwise open circle arrow	`—`	`↻`	`↻`	`U+21BB`
⇒	Right double arrow	`⇒`	`⇒`	`⇒`	`U+21D2`
⇐	Left double arrow	`⇐`	`⇐`	`⇐`	`U+21D0`
⇔	Left right double arrow	`⇔`	`⇔`	`⇔`	`U+21D4`
⇑	Up double arrow	`—`	`⇑`	`⇑`	`U+21D1`
⇓	Down double arrow	`—`	`⇓`	`⇓`	`U+21D3`
➜	Heavy round-tipped rightwards arrow	`—`	`➜`	`➜`	`U+279C`

Math Operators and Relations

Symbol	Description	Named entity	Decimal	Hex	Unicode
±	Plus-minus	`±`	`±`	`±`	`U+00B1`
×	Multiplication	`×`	`×`	`×`	`U+00D7`
÷	Division	`÷`	`÷`	`÷`	`U+00F7`
¬	Not sign	`¬`	`¬`	`¬`	`U+00AC`
∑	Summation	`∑`	`∑`	`∑`	`U+2211`
∏	Product	`∏`	`∏`	`∏`	`U+220F`
∫	Integral	`∫`	`∫`	`∫`	`U+222B`
∞	Infinity	`∞`	`∞`	`∞`	`U+221E`
√	Square root	`√`	`√`	`√`	`U+221A`
∝	Proportional to	`&prop;`	`∝`	`∝`	`U+221D`
≈	Almost equal	`≈`	`≈`	`≈`	`U+2248`
≠	Not equal	`≠`	`≠`	`≠`	`U+2260`
≡	Identical to	`&equiv;`	`≡`	`≡`	`U+2261`
≤	Less than or equal	`≤`	`≤`	`≤`	`U+2264`
≥	Greater than or equal	`≥`	`≥`	`≥`	`U+2265`
∈	Element of	`∈`	`∈`	`∈`	`U+2208`
∉	Not an element of	`∉`	`∉`	`∉`	`U+2209`
∩	Intersection	`∩`	`∩`	`∩`	`U+2229`
∪	Union	`∪`	`∪`	`∪`	`U+222A`
∂	Partial differential	`∂`	`∂`	`∂`	`U+2202`

Greek Letters

Symbol	Description	Named entity	Decimal	Hex	Unicode
Α	Greek capital alpha	`Α`	`Α`	`Α`	`U+0391`
Β	Greek capital beta	`Β`	`Β`	`Β`	`U+0392`
Γ	Greek capital gamma	`Γ`	`Γ`	`Γ`	`U+0393`
Δ	Greek capital delta	`Δ`	`Δ`	`Δ`	`U+0394`
Θ	Greek capital theta	`Θ`	`Θ`	`Θ`	`U+0398`
Λ	Greek capital lambda	`Λ`	`Λ`	`Λ`	`U+039B`
Π	Greek capital pi	`Π`	`Π`	`Π`	`U+03A0`
Σ	Greek capital sigma	`Σ`	`Σ`	`Σ`	`U+03A3`
Φ	Greek capital phi	`Φ`	`Φ`	`Φ`	`U+03A6`
Ω	Greek capital omega	`Ω`	`Ω`	`Ω`	`U+03A9`
α	Greek small alpha	`α`	`α`	`α`	`U+03B1`
β	Greek small beta	`β`	`β`	`β`	`U+03B2`
γ	Greek small gamma	`γ`	`γ`	`γ`	`U+03B3`
δ	Greek small delta	`δ`	`δ`	`δ`	`U+03B4`
θ	Greek small theta	`θ`	`θ`	`θ`	`U+03B8`
λ	Greek small lambda	`λ`	`λ`	`λ`	`U+03BB`
π	Greek small pi	`π`	`π`	`π`	`U+03C0`
σ	Greek small sigma	`σ`	`σ`	`σ`	`U+03C3`
φ	Greek small phi	`φ`	`φ`	`φ`	`U+03C6`
ω	Greek small omega	`ω`	`ω`	`ω`	`U+03C9`

Card Suits, Music, and Misc Symbols

Symbol	Description	Named entity	Decimal	Hex	Unicode
♠	Spade suit	`&spades;`	`♠`	`♠`	`U+2660`
♥	Heart suit	`&hearts;`	`♥`	`♥`	`U+2665`
♦	Diamond suit	`&diams;`	`♦`	`♦`	`U+2666`
♣	Club suit	`&clubs;`	`♣`	`♣`	`U+2663`
♪	Eighth note	`—`	`♪`	`♪`	`U+266A`
♫	Beamed eighth notes	`—`	`♫`	`♫`	`U+266B`
☀	Sun	`—`	`☀`	`☀`	`U+2600`
☁	Cloud	`—`	`☁`	`☁`	`U+2601`
☂	Umbrella	`—`	`☂`	`☂`	`U+2602`
☃	Snowman	`—`	`☃`	`☃`	`U+2603`
☎	Telephone	`—`	`☎`	`☎`	`U+260E`
☕	Hot beverage	`—`	`☕`	`☕`	`U+2615`
☘	Shamrock	`—`	`☘`	`☘`	`U+2618`
☠	Skull and crossbones	`—`	`☠`	`☠`	`U+2620`
☮	Peace symbol	`—`	`☮`	`☮`	`U+262E`

Box Drawing

Symbol	Description	Named entity	Decimal	Hex	Unicode
─	Light horizontal	`—`	`─`	`─`	`U+2500`
│	Light vertical	`—`	`│`	`│`	`U+2502`
┌	Light down and right	`—`	`┌`	`┌`	`U+250C`
┐	Light down and left	`—`	`┐`	`┐`	`U+2510`
└	Light up and right	`—`	`└`	`└`	`U+2514`
┘	Light up and left	`—`	`┘`	`┘`	`U+2518`
├	Light vertical and right	`—`	`├`	`├`	`U+251C`
┤	Light vertical and left	`—`	`┤`	`┤`	`U+2524`
┬	Light down and horizontal	`—`	`┬`	`┬`	`U+252C`
┴	Light up and horizontal	`—`	`┴`	`┴`	`U+2534`
┼	Light vertical and horizontal	`—`	`┼`	`┼`	`U+253C`
═	Double horizontal	`—`	`═`	`═`	`U+2550`
║	Double vertical	`—`	`║`	`║`	`U+2551`
╔	Double down and right	`—`	`╔`	`╔`	`U+2554`
╗	Double down and left	`—`	`╗`	`╗`	`U+2557`
╚	Double up and right	`—`	`╚`	`╚`	`U+255A`
╝	Double up and left	`—`	`╝`	`╝`	`U+255D`
╠	Double vertical and right	`—`	`╠`	`╠`	`U+2560`
╣	Double vertical and left	`—`	`╣`	`╣`	`U+2563`
╬	Double vertical and horizontal	`—`	`╬`	`╬`	`U+256C`

Circled Numbers

Symbol	Description	Named entity	Decimal	Hex	Unicode
①	Circled digit one	`—`	`①`	`①`	`U+2460`
②	Circled digit two	`—`	`②`	`②`	`U+2461`
③	Circled digit three	`—`	`③`	`③`	`U+2462`
④	Circled digit four	`—`	`④`	`④`	`U+2463`
⑤	Circled digit five	`—`	`⑤`	`⑤`	`U+2464`
⑥	Circled digit six	`—`	`⑥`	`⑥`	`U+2465`
⑦	Circled digit seven	`—`	`⑦`	`⑦`	`U+2466`
⑧	Circled digit eight	`—`	`⑧`	`⑧`	`U+2467`
⑨	Circled digit nine	`—`	`⑨`	`⑨`	`U+2468`
⑩	Circled number ten	`—`	`⑩`	`⑩`	`U+2469`
⓪	Circled digit zero	`—`	`⓪`	`⓪`	`U+24EA`

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