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Refer to the tables below when adding special HTML characters:
See also wikipedia:List of XML and HTML character entity references.
Common Special Characters
| Entity | Code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| & | & | ampersand |
| — | — | Long dash |
| – | – | Medium dash (also used as negative sign) |
| » | » | Right-pointing "quote" |
| « | « | Left-pointing "quote" |
Arrows
| Entity | Code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| → ⇒ | → ⇒ | right arrow |
| ← ⇐ | ← ⇐ | left arrow |
| ↔ ⇔ | ↔ ⇔ | "horizontal" arrow (left and right) |
| ↑ ⇑ | ↑ ⇑ | up arrow |
| ↓ ⇓ | ↓ ⇓ | down arrow |
| ↖ | ↖ | northwest arrow |
| ↗ | ↗ | notheast arrow |
| ↘ | ↘ | southeast arrow |
| ↙ | ↙ | southwest arrow |
| ↵ | ↵ | carriage return arrow |
Mathematical Operators
For a complete list, see Wikipedia:Table of mathematical symbols
| Entity | Code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| < | < | Less than |
| ≤ | ≤ | Less than or equal to |
| ≥ | ≥ | Greater than or equal to |
| > | > | Greater than |
| · | · | Middle Dot Multiplication sign |
| × | × | Multiplication |
| ÷ | ÷ | Division |
| ∴ | ∴ | Therefore |
| ∞ | ∞ | Infinity |
| ± | ± | Plus or Minus |
| ≈ | ≈ | Approximately |
| ≡ | ≡ | Equivalent |
| ∃ | ∃ | There exists |
| ¬ | ¬ | Not |
| ∧ | ∧ | And |
| ∨ | ∨ | Or |
Units
| Entity | Code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ° | ° | Degree sign |
| µ | µ | Micro units sign, not mu (μ) |
Greek Letters
| Entity | Code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Α α | Α α | alpha (capital and lowercase) |
| Β β | Β β | beta (capital and lowercase) |
| Γ γ | Γ γ | gamma (capital and lowercase) |
| Δ δ | Δ δ | delta (capital and lowercase) |
| Ε ε | Ε ε | epsilon (capital and lowercase) |
| Ζ ζ | Ζ ζ | zeta (capital and lowercase) |
| Η η | Η η | eta (capital and lowercase) |
| Θ θ | Θ θ | theta (capital and lowercase) |
| Ι ι | Ι ι | iota (capital and lowercase) |
| Κ κ | Κ κ | kappa (capital and lowercase) |
| Λ λ | Λ λ | lambda (capital and lowercase) |
| Μ μ | Μ &mu | mu (capital and lowercase) |
| Ν ν | Ν &nu | nu (capital and lowercase) |
| Ξ ξ | Ξ &xi | xi (capital and lowercase) |
| Ο ο | Ο &omicron | omicron (capital and lowercase) |
| Π π | Π &pi | pi (capital and lowercase) |
| Ρ ρ | Ρ &rho | rho (capital and lowercase) |
| Σ σ | Σ &sigma | sigma (capital and lowercase) |
| Τ τ | Τ &tau | tau (capital and lowercase) |
| Υ υ | Υ &upsilon | upsilon (capital and lowercase) |
| Φ φ | Φ &phi | phi (capital and lowercase) |
| Χ χ | Χ &chi | chi (capital and lowercase) |
| Ψ ψ | Ψ &psi | psi (capital and lowercase) |
| Ω ω | &Omegai; &omega | omega (capital and lowercase) |
Miscellaneous
| Entity | Code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ℰ | ℰ | Electromotive Force (emf) |