Sometimes it is necessary to use a phrase, for example, in French or German on the website page or to display an example of HTML code on the page. For this purpose, the braces characters, opening "<" and closing ">" are used. They define the first and last character of the tag. For example, to display the "greater-than" sign or the opening "<" brace, the "<" character is used. Each character has its &-ASCII code, which has a specific &#**** format, where **** is a numeric character. Pointing a &-ASCII code, the appropriate symbol will be output on the page. Also, some characters have &-Name codes, which have the &**** formats where **** is an alphabetic names of characters. Below are the tables with the most frequently used characters:
Special Characters
Common Name |
ISO Latin-1 Numeric Entity |
&-ASCII |
&-Name |
Quotation mark |
" |
" |
" |
Ampersand |
& |
& |
& |
Non-breaking space |
|
  |
|
Inverted exclamation point |
¡ |
¡ |
&ixcl; |
Cent |
¢ |
¢ |
¢ |
Pound sterling |
£ |
£ |
£ |
General currency |
¤ |
¤ |
¤ |
Yen sign |
¥ |
¥ |
¥ |
Broken vertical bar |
¦ |
¦ |
¦ |
Section sign |
§ |
§ |
§ |
Dieresis |
¨ |
¨ |
¨ |
Copyright |
© |
© |
© |
Feminine ordinal |
ª |
ª |
ª |
Left guillemot |
« |
« |
« |
Not sig |
¬ |
¬ |
¬ |
Soft hyphen |
- |
­ |
­ |
Registered trademark |
® |
® |
® |
Macron |
¯ |
¯ |
¯ |
Degree sign |
° |
° |
° |
Plus or minus |
± |
± |
± |
Superscript 2 |
² |
² |
² |
Superscript 3 |
³ |
³ |
³ |
Acute accent |
´ |
´ |
&acuate; |
Mu |
µ |
µ |
µ |
Pilcrow |
¶ |
¶ |
¶ |
Middle dot |
· |
· |
· |
Cedilla |
¸ |
¸ |
¸ |
Superscript 1 |
¹ |
¹ |
¹ |
Masculine ordinal |
º |
º |
º |
Right guillemot |
» |
» |
» |
Fraction one-fourth |
¼ |
¼ |
¼ |
Fraction one-half |
½ |
½ |
½ |
Fraction three-fourths |
¾ |
¾ |
¾ |
Inverted question mark |
¿ |
¿ |
¿ |
UPPERCASE LATIN-1 CHARACTERS
Name |
Character |
&-ASCII |
&-Name |
Capital A, grave accent |
À |
À |
À |
Capital A, acute accent |
Á |
Á |
Á |
Capital A, circumflex accent |
 |
 |
 |
Capital A, tilde |
à |
à |
à |
Capital A, dieresis |
Ä |
Ä |
Ä |
Capital A, ring |
Å |
Å |
Å |
Capital AE diphthong |
Æ |
Æ |
Æ |
Capital C, cedilla |
Ç |
Ç |
Ç |
Capital E, grave accent |
È |
È |
È |
Capital E, acute accent |
É |
É |
É |
Capital E, circumflex accent |
Ê |
Ê |
Ê |
Capital E, dieresis |
Ë |
Ë |
Ë |
Capital I, grave accent |
Ì |
Ì |
Ì |
Capital I, acute accent |
Í |
Í |
Í |
Capital I, circumflex accent |
Î |
Î |
Î |
Capital I, dieresis |
Ï |
Ï |
Ï |
Capital Eth |
Ð |
Ð |
Ð |
Capital N, tilde |
Ñ |
Ñ |
Ñ |
Capital O, grave accent |
Ò |
Ò |
Ò |
Capital O, acute accent |
Ó |
Ó |
Ó |
Capital O, circumflex accent |
Ô |
Ô |
Ô |
Capital O, tilde |
Õ |
Õ |
Õ |
Capital O, dieresis |
Ö |
Ö |
Ö |
Multiply sign |
× |
× |
× |
Capital O, slash |
Ø |
Ø |
Ø |
Capital U, grave accent |
Ù |
Ù |
Ù |
Capital U, acute accent |
Ú |
Ú |
Ú |
Capital U, circumflex accent |
Û |
Û |
Û |
Capital U, dieresis |
Ü |
Ü |
Ü |
Capital Y, acute accent |
Ý |
Ý |
Ý |
Capital Thorn |
Þ |
Þ |
Þ |
German sz ligature |
ß |
ß |
ß |
LOWERCASE LATIN-1 CHARACTERS
Name |
Character |
&-ASCII |
&-Name |
Lowercase a, grave accent |
à |
à |
à |
Lowercase a, acute accent |
á |
á |
á |
Lowercase a, circumflex accent |
â |
â |
â |
Lowercase a, tilde |
ã |
ã |
ã |
Lowercase a, dieresis |
ä |
ä |
ä |
Lowercase a, ring |
å |
å |
å |
Lowercase ae ligature |
æ |
æ |
æ |
Lowercase c, cedilla |
ç |
ç |
ç |
Lowercase e, grave accent |
è |
è |
è |
Lowercase e, acute accent |
é |
é |
é |
Lowercase e, circumflex accent |
ê |
ê |
ê |
Lowercase e, dieresis |
ë |
ë |
ë |
Lowercase i, grave accent |
ì |
ì |
ì |
Lowercase i, acute accent |
í |
í |
í |
Lowercase i, circumflex accent |
î |
î |
î |
Lowercase i, dieresis |
ï |
ï |
ï |
Lowercase eth |
ð |
ð |
ð |
Lowercase n, tilde |
ñ |
ñ |
ñ |
Lowercase o, grave accent |
ò |
ò |
ò |
Lowercase o, acute accent |
ó |
ó |
ó |
Lowercase o, circumflex accent |
ô |
ô |
ô |
Lowercase o, tilde |
õ |
õ |
õ |
Lowercase o, dieresis |
ö |
ö |
ö |
Division sign |
÷ |
÷ |
÷ |
Lowercase o, slash |
ø |
ø |
ø |
Lowercase u, grave accent |
ù |
ù |
ù |
Lowercase u, acute accent |
ú |
ú |
ú |
Lowercase u, circumflex accent |
û |
û |
û |
Lowercase u, dieresis |
ü |
ü |
ü |
Lowercase y, acute accent |
ý |
ý |
ý |
Lowercase thorn |
þ |
þ |
þ |
Lowercase y, dieresis |
ÿ |
ÿ |
ÿ |