HTML Entities
HTML Entities are used to render a character that would normally be interpreted by the browser.
An entity is a string that begins with the &
character and ends with the ;
character. The characters between &
and ;
represent a unique character or symbol.
Common Entity Codes
Character | Name | Entity Code | Decimal Code |
---|---|---|---|
Non-Breaking Space | |
|
|
" | Quote | " |
" |
‘ | Left Single Quote | ‘ |
‘ |
’ | Right Single Quote | ’ |
’ |
“ | Left Double Quote | “ |
“ |
” | Right Double Quote | ” |
” |
' | Apostrophe | ' |
' |
& | Ampersand | & |
& |
< | Less-Than | < |
< |
> | Greater Than | > |
> |
‐ | Hyphen / Dash | ‐ |
‐ |
– | En Dash | – |
– |
— | Em Dash | — |
— |
© | Copyright Symbol | © |
© |
® | Registered Symbol | ® |
® |
™ | Trade Mark Symbol | ™ |
™ |
№ | Numero Symbol | № |
№ |
Complete List of Entity Codes
See the official W3 list of character identifiers below or visit the page: