UTF-8 entities, ASCII entities, Unicode entities, UTF-8 character encoding, character entity HTML reference.
Fundamentally, computers just deal with numbers. They store letters and other characters by assigning a number for each one. Before Unicode was invented, there were hundreds of different encoding systems for assigning these numbers. These encoding systems also conflicted with one another. That is, two encodings can use the same number for two different characters, or use different numbers for the same character.
Unicode is a standard that provides a unique number for every character, no matter what the platform, no matter what the program, no matter what the language. The Unicode Standard has been adopted by all major industry leaders.
The Unicode Standard is a character coding system designed to support the worldwide interchange, processing, and display of the written texts of the diverse languages and technical disciplines of the modern world. In addition, it supports classical and historical texts of many written languages.
UTF-8 encoding, ASCII encoding, ISO-8859-1 and many more are the encoding systems to encode Unicode characters. UTF-8 can encode any Unicode character. US-ASCII is a name recomended to use for ASCII on the World Wide Web.
HTML 4.01 supports the ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1) character set. The lower part of ISO-8859-1 (codes from 0-127) is the original 7-BIT ASCII standard. Most of these characters can be used without a character reference. The higher part of ISO-8859-1 (codes from 160-255) can all be used using character entity names. From that point upwards unicode entity numeric values should be used.
NCR is decimal HTML Numeric Chracter Reference, like &.
Entity hex value (hexadecimal value) is an expression like U+0026.
To include Unicode character hex values on xhtml web page, substitute "U+" with "x". Sample: write U+20DE like ⃞ and you get ⃞
Hyphen and plus sign. When toggling +/- signs on a web page, the minus from keyboard (hypen actually, -) looks thin and different from the plus sign. The real corresponding sign to use is minus sign (−), an arithmetic operator −. +/−
In scripts you may have to change a chunk .text("-") to .html("−")
Character entity decimal references and entity name equivalents.
Standards compliant broswers should display most, if not all of the listed UTF-8 entities below. Full support of the expanded character list is aided by the use of the special "Arial Unicode MS" font (font-family:"arial unicode MS",arial,geneva,sans-serif;)
Character entity names are case sensitive.
"] [unicode entity numeric value: "]&] [unicode entity numeric value: &]<] [unicode entity numeric value: <]>] [unicode entity numeric value: >] ] [unicode entity numeric value:  ]¡] [unicode entity numeric value: ¡]¢] [unicode entity numeric value: ¢]£] [unicode entity numeric value: £]¤] [unicode entity numeric value: ¤]¥] [unicode entity numeric value: ¥]€] [unicode entity numeric value: €]¦] [unicode entity numeric value: ¦]§] [unicode entity numeric value: §]¨] [unicode entity numeric value: ¨]©] [unicode entity numeric value: ©]ª] [unicode entity numeric value: ª]«] [unicode entity numeric value: «]¬] [unicode entity numeric value: ¬]­] [unicode entity numeric value: ­]®] [unicode entity numeric value: ®]™] [unicode entity numeric value: ™¯] [unicode entity numeric value: ¯]°] [unicode entity numeric value: °]±] [unicode entity numeric value: ±]²] [unicode entity numeric value: ²]³] [unicode entity numeric value: ³]´] [unicode entity numeric value: ´]µ] [unicode entity numeric value: µ]¶] [unicode entity numeric value: ¶]·] [unicode entity numeric value: ·]¸] [unicode entity numeric value: ¸]¹] [unicode entity numeric value: ¹]º] [unicode entity numeric value: º]»] [unicode entity numeric value: »]¼] [unicode entity numeric value: ¼]½] [unicode entity numeric value: ½]¾] [unicode entity numeric value: ¾]¿] [unicode entity numeric value: ¿]×] [unicode entity numeric value: ×]÷] [unicode entity numeric value: ÷]À] [unicode entity numeric value: À]Á] [unicode entity numeric value: Á]Â] [unicode entity numeric value: Â]Ã] [unicode entity numeric value: Ã]Ä] [unicode entity numeric value: Ä]Å] [unicode entity numeric value: Å]Æ] [unicode entity numeric value: Æ]Ç] [unicode entity numeric value: Ç]È] [unicode entity numeric value: È]É] [unicode entity numeric value: É]Ê] [unicode entity numeric value: Ê]Ë] [unicode entity numeric value: Ë]Ì] [unicode entity numeric value: Ì]Í] [unicode entity numeric value: Í]Î] [unicode entity numeric value: Î]Ï] [unicode entity numeric value: Ï]Ð] [unicode entity numeric value: Ð]Ñ] [unicode entity numeric value: Ñ]Ò] [unicode entity numeric value: Ò]Ó] [unicode entity numeric value: Ó]Ô] [unicode entity numeric value: Ô]Õ] [unicode entity numeric value: Õ]Ö] [unicode entity numeric value: Ö]Ø] [unicode entity numeric value: Ø]Ù] [unicode entity numeric value: Ù]Ú] [unicode entity numeric value: Ú]Û] [unicode entity numeric value: Û]Ü] [unicode entity numeric value: Ü]Ý] [unicode entity numeric value: Ý]Þ] [unicode entity numeric value: Þ]ß] [unicode entity numeric value: ß]à] [unicode entity numeric value: à]á] [unicode entity numeric value: á]â] [unicode entity numeric value: â]ã] [unicode entity numeric value: ã]ä] [unicode entity numeric value: ä]å] [unicode entity numeric value: å]æ] [unicode entity numeric value: æ]ç] [unicode entity numeric value: ç]è] [unicode entity numeric value: è]é] [unicode entity numeric value: é]ê] [unicode entity numeric value: ê]ë] [unicode entity numeric value: ë]ì] [unicode entity numeric value: ì]í] [unicode entity numeric value: í]î] [unicode entity numeric value: î]ï] [unicode entity numeric value: ï]ð] [unicode entity numeric value: ð]ñ] [unicode entity numeric value: ñ]ò] [unicode entity numeric value: ò]ó] [unicode entity numeric value: ó]ô] [unicode entity numeric value: ô]õ] [unicode entity numeric value: õ]ö] [unicode entity numeric value: ö]ø] [unicode entity numeric value: ø]ù] [unicode entity numeric value: ù]ú] [unicode entity numeric value: ú]û] [unicode entity numeric value: û]ü] [unicode entity numeric value: ü]ý] [unicode entity numeric value: ý]þ] [unicode entity numeric value: þ]ÿ] [unicode entity numeric value: ÿ]Œ] [unicode entity numeric value: Œ]œ] [unicode entity numeric value: œ]Š] [unicode entity numeric value: Š]š] [unicode entity numeric value: š]Ÿ] [unicode entity numeric value: Ÿ]ˆ] [unicode entity numeric value: ˆ]&tilde] [unicode entity numeric value: ˜] ] [unicode entity numeric value:  ] ] [unicode entity numeric value:  ]&thinsp] [unicode entity numeric value:  ]‌] [unicode entity numeric value: &8204;]‍] [unicode entity numeric value: ‍]‎] [unicode entity numeric value: ‎]‏] [unicode entity numeric value: ‏]–] [unicode entity numeric value: –]—] [unicode entity numeric value: —]‘] [unicode entity numeric value: ‘]’] [unicode entity numeric value: ’]‚] [unicode entity numeric value: ‚]“] [unicode entity numeric value: “]”] [unicode entity numeric value: ”]„] [unicode entity numeric value: „]†] [unicode entity numeric value: †]‡] [unicode entity numeric value: ‡]‰] [unicode entity numeric value: ‰]‹] [unicode entity numeric value: ‹]›] [unicode entity numeric value: ›]ƒ] [unicode entity numeric value: ƒ]•] [unicode entity numeric value: •]…] [unicode entity numeric value: …]′] [unicode entity numeric value: ′]″] [unicode entity numeric value: ″]‾] [unicode entity numeric value: ‾]⁄] [unicode entity numeric value: ⁄]℘] [unicode entity numeric value: ℘]ℑ] [unicode entity numeric value: ℑ]ℜ] [unicode entity numeric value: ℜ]ℵ] [unicode entity numeric value: ℵ]←] [unicode entity numeric value: ←]↑] [unicode entity numeric value: ↑]→] [unicode entity numeric value: →]↓] [unicode entity numeric value: ℯ]↔] [unicode entity numeric value: ↔]↵] [unicode entity numeric value: ↵]⇐] [unicode entity numeric value: ⇐]⇑] [unicode entity numeric value: ⇑]⇒] [unicode entity numeric value: ⇒]⇓] [unicode entity numeric value: ⇓]⇔] [unicode entity numeric value: ⇔]∀] [unicode entity numeric value: ∀]∂] [unicode entity numeric value: ∂]∃] [unicode entity numeric value: ∃]∅] [unicode entity numeric value: ∅]∇] [unicode entity numeric value: ∇]∈] [unicode entity numeric value: ∈]∉] [unicode entity numeric value: ∉]∋] [unicode entity numeric value: ∋]∏] [unicode entity numeric value: ∏]∑] [unicode entity numeric value: ∑]−] [unicode entity numeric value: −]∗] [unicode entity numeric value: ∗]√] [unicode entity numeric value: √]∝] [unicode entity numeric value: ∝]∞] [unicode entity numeric value: ∞]∠] [unicode entity numeric value: ∠]∧] [unicode entity numeric value: ∧]∨] [unicode entity numeric value: ∨]∩] [unicode entity numeric value: ∩]∪] [unicode entity numeric value: ∪]∫] [unicode entity numeric value: ∫]∴] [unicode entity numeric value: ∴]∼] [unicode entity numeric value: ∼]≅] [unicode entity numeric value: ≅]≈] [unicode entity numeric value: ≈]≠] [unicode entity numeric value: ≠]≡] [unicode entity numeric value: ≡]≤] [unicode entity numeric value: ≤]≥] [unicode entity numeric value: ≥]⊂] [unicode entity numeric value: ⊂]⊃] [unicode entity numeric value: ⊃]⊄] [unicode entity numeric value: ⊄]⊆] [unicode entity numeric value: ⊆]⊇] [unicode entity numeric value: ⊇]⊕] [unicode entity numeric value: ⊕]⊗] [unicode entity numeric value: ⊗]⊥] [unicode entity numeric value: ⊥]⋅] [unicode entity numeric value: ⋅]⌈] [unicode entity numeric value: ⌈]⌉] [unicode entity numeric value: ⌉]⌊] [unicode entity numeric value: ⌊]⌋] [unicode entity numeric value: ⌋]⟨] [unicode entity numeric value: 〈]⟩] [unicode entity numeric value: 〉]◊] [unicode entity numeric value: ◊]℠]℃]℅]℉]№]℗]℞]Ω]℧]☀]☁]☂]☃]☄]★]☆]☇]☈]☉]☊]☋]☌]☍]☎]☏]⃞]☐]☑]☒]☓]☚]☛]☜]☝]☞]☟]☠]☡]☢]☣]☤]☥]☦]☧]☨]☩]☪]☫]☬]☭]☮]☯]☰]☱]☲]☳]☴]☵]☶]☷]☸]☹]☺]☻ ]☽ ]☾ ]☿]♀]♁]♂]♃]♄]♅]♆]♇]♈]♉]♊]♋]♌]♍]♎]♏]♐]♑]♒]♓]♔]♕]♖]♗]♘]♙]♚]♛]♜]♝]♞]♟]♠] [unicode entity numeric value: ♠]♡]♢]♣] [unicode entity numeric value: ♣]♤]♥] [unicode entity numeric value: ♥]♦] [unicode entity numeric value: ♦]♧]♨]♩]♪]♫]♬]♭]♮]♯]✁]✂]✃]✄]✆]✇]✈]✉]✌]✍]✎]✏]Ϩ]✓]✔]𘚥]✖]✗]✘]✝]✞]✟]✠]✡]❛]❜]❝]❞]Α] [unicode entity numeric value: Α]Β] [unicode entity numeric value: Β]Γ] [unicode entity numeric value: Γ]Δ] [unicode entity numeric value: Δ]Ε] [unicode entity numeric value: Ε]Ζ] [unicode entity numeric value: Ζ]Η] [unicode entity numeric value: Η]Θ] [unicode entity numeric value: Θ]Ι] [unicode entity numeric value: Ι]Κ] [unicode entity numeric value: Κ]Λ] [unicode entity numeric value: Λ]Μ] [unicode entity numeric value: Μ]Ν] [unicode entity numeric value: Ν]Ξ] [unicode entity numeric value: Ξ]Ο] [unicode entity numeric value: Ο]Π] [unicode entity numeric value: Π]Ρ] [unicode entity numeric value: Ρ]Σ] [unicode entity numeric value: Σ]Τ] [unicode entity numeric value: Τ]Υ] [unicode entity numeric value: Υ]Φ] [unicode entity numeric value: Φ]Χ] [unicode entity numeric value: Χ]Ψ] [unicode entity numeric value: Ψ]Ω] [unicode entity numeric value: Ω]α] [unicode entity numeric value: α]β] [unicode entity numeric value: β]γ] [unicode entity numeric value: γ]δ] [unicode entity numeric value: δ]ε] [unicode entity numeric value: ε]ζ] [unicode entity numeric value: ζ]η] [unicode entity numeric value: η]θ] [unicode entity numeric value: θ]ι] [unicode entity numeric value: ι]κ] [unicode entity numeric value: κ]λ] [unicode entity numeric value: λ]μ] [unicode entity numeric value: μ]ν] [unicode entity numeric value: ν]ξ] [unicode entity numeric value: ξ]ο] [unicode entity numeric value: ο]π] [unicode entity numeric value: π]ρ] [unicode entity numeric value: ρ]ς] [unicode entity numeric value: ς]σ] [unicode entity numeric value: σ]τ] [unicode entity numeric value: τ]υ] [unicode entity numeric value: υ]φ] [unicode entity numeric value: φ]χ] [unicode entity numeric value: χ]ψ] [unicode entity numeric value: ψ]ω] [unicode entity numeric value: ω]ϑ] [unicode entity numeric value: ϑ]ϒ] [unicode entity numeric value: ϒ]ϖ] [unicode entity numeric value: ϖ]UTF-8 entities, ASCII entities, Unicode entities, UTF-8 character encoding, character entity HTML reference.