HTML Entities Reference

Named entities, numeric codes, and Unicode characters

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Reserved HTML Characters

CharNamed entityNumericDescription
&&&Ampersand — must be escaped in HTML
<&lt;&#60;Less-than sign
>&gt;&#62;Greater-than sign
"&quot;&#34;Double quotation mark
'&apos;&#39;Single quotation mark / apostrophe

Whitespace & Formatting

CharNamed entityNumericDescription
·&nbsp;&#160;Non-breaking space
­&shy;&#173;Soft hyphen (optional line break)
&#8203;Zero-width space
&#8194;En space
&#8195;Em space

Punctuation & Typography

CharNamed entityNumericDescription
©&copy;&#169;Copyright
®&reg;&#174;Registered trademark
&trade;&#8482;Trademark
°&deg;&#176;Degree sign
·&middot;&#183;Middle dot
&bull;&#8226;Bullet
&hellip;&#8230;Horizontal ellipsis
&mdash;&#8212;Em dash
&ndash;&#8211;En dash
"&ldquo;&#8220;Left double quotation mark
"&rdquo;&#8221;Right double quotation mark
'&lsquo;&#8216;Left single quotation mark
'&rsquo;&#8217;Right single quotation mark
«&laquo;&#171;Left-pointing double angle quote
»&raquo;&#187;Right-pointing double angle quote
&para;&#182;Pilcrow / paragraph sign
§&sect;&#167;Section sign
&dagger;&#8224;Dagger
&Dagger;&#8225;Double dagger

Math & Currency

CharNamed entityNumericDescription
×&times;&#215;Multiplication sign
÷&divide;&#247;Division sign
±&plusmn;&#177;Plus-minus sign
=&equals;&#61;Equals sign
&ne;&#8800;Not equal to
&le;&#8804;Less than or equal to
&ge;&#8805;Greater than or equal to
½&frac12;&#189;Vulgar fraction one half
¼&frac14;&#188;Vulgar fraction one quarter
¾&frac34;&#190;Vulgar fraction three quarters
&infin;&#8734;Infinity
&radic;&#8730;Square root
$&#36;Dollar sign
&euro;&#8364;Euro sign
£&pound;&#163;Pound sterling
¥&yen;&#165;Yen sign
¢&cent;&#162;Cent sign

Arrows

CharNamed entityNumericDescription
&larr;&#8592;Leftward arrow
&rarr;&#8594;Rightward arrow
&uarr;&#8593;Upward arrow
&darr;&#8595;Downward arrow
&harr;&#8596;Left-right arrow
&lArr;&#8656;Leftward double arrow
&rArr;&#8658;Rightward double arrow
&hArr;&#8660;Left-right double arrow

Use the HTML Escape tool to automatically escape or unescape HTML entities in any text.

Online HTML Escape & Unescape Tool

io9.me HTML Escape Tool converts special characters like angle brackets, ampersands, and quotation marks into their HTML entity equivalents. Use it to safely embed user-generated content in HTML, prevent XSS vulnerabilities, or display code snippets in web pages.

Features

  • Escape HTML — convert < > & " and other characters to entities
  • Unescape HTML — decode entities back to readable characters
  • Multiple modes — minimal escaping, all named entities, or numeric entities
  • Full HTML entity reference table with search
  • Copy result with one click

How to use

  1. Paste HTML or text into the input area.
  2. Click Escape to convert special characters, or Unescape to decode entities.
  3. Copy the result from the output area.

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