HTML Character Codes and Symbols

There are various symbols (, ©, ®, etc) that are not present on our keyboard. We use HTML entities to render these symbols on a web browser. For example,

<p>copyright sign &#169;</p>

Browser Output

Copyright symbol using entity

Here, we have added the copyright sign using the entity code &#169;.


Some symbols supported by HTML

We use entity name and entity number to render symbols using HTML. Some of the mathematical, greek, etc symbols supported by HTML are as follows:

Char Number Entity Name
&#8704; &forall; FOR ALL
&#8706; &part; PARTIAL
&#8707; &exist; THERE EXIST
&#8709; &empty; EMPTY SETS
&#8711; &nabla; NABLA
&#8712; &isin; IS IN
&#8713; &notin; NOT IN
&#8715; &ni; CONTAINS
&#8719; &prod; PRODUCT
&#8721; &sum; SUM
Α &#913; &Alpha; GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA
Β &#914; &Beta; GREEK CAPITAL LETTER BETA
Γ &#915; &Gamma; GREEK CAPITAL LETTER GAMMA
Δ &#916; &Delta; GREEK CAPITAL LETTER DELTA
Ε &#917; &Epsilon; GREEK CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON
Ζ &#918; &Zeta; GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ZETA
© &#169; &copy; COPYRIGHT SIGN
® &#174; &reg; REGISTERED SIGN
&#8364; &euro; EURO SIGN
&#8482; &trade; TRADEMARK
&#8592; &larr; LEFTWARDS ARROW
&#8593; &uarr; UPWARDS ARROW
&#8594; &rarr; RIGHTWARDS ARROW
&#8595; &darr; DOWNWARDS ARROW
&#9824; &spades; BLACK SPADE SUIT
&#9827; &clubs; BLACK CLUB SUIT
&#9829; &hearts; BLACK HEART SUIT
&#9830; &diams; BLACK DIAMOND SUIT

Note: We can use either the entity number or the entity code to display the symbol.

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