HTML Codes and ASCII Special Characters

Wil
February 7, 2013
12:28 pm
WordPress Tutorials

Here’s a handy HTML code reference to help you include those special characters in your web pages.

The first table contains the common 255 ASCII characters in the English language set. The second table are some additional special characters.

Note that not all browsers will support all the codes, especially the special symbols in the second table. Try and test!

Friendly Code	Numerical Code	Display	Hex	Description
				Horizontal Tab
				Line feed
			20	space
	!	!	21	Exclamation point
"	"	“	22	Double quote
	#	#	23	Number sign
	$	$	24	Dollar sign
	%	%	25	Percent sign
&	&	&	26	ampersand (also called ‘and’ sign)
	'	‘	27	Single quote
	(	(	28	Left parenthesis
	)	)	29	Right parenthesis
	*	*	2A	Asterisk (star)
	+	+	2B	Plus
	,	,	2C	Comma
	-	–	2D	Minus (hyphen)
	.	.	2E	Period
	/	/	2F	Forward slash
	0	0	30	Zero
	1	1	31	One
	2	2	32	Two
	3	3	33	Three
	4	4	34	Four
	5	5	35	Five
	6	6	36	Six
	7	7	37	Seven
	8	8	38	Eight
	9	9	39	Nine
	:	:	3A	Colon
	;	;	3B	Semi-colon
<	<	<	3C	Less-than sign
	=	=	3D	Equal sign
>	>	>	3E	Greater-than sign
	?	?	3F	Question mark
	@	@	40	At-sign
	A	A	41	Capital a
	B	B	42	Capital b
	C	C	43	Capital c
	D	D	44	Capital d
	E	E	45	Capital e
	F	F	46	Capital f
	G	G	47	Capital g
	H	H	48	Capital h
	I	I	49	Capital i
	J	J	4A	Capital j
	K	K	4B	Capital k
	L	L	4C	Capital l
	M	M	4D	Capital m
	N	N	4E	Capital n
	O	O	4F	Capital o
	P	P	50	Capital p
	Q	Q	51	Capital q
	R	R	52	Capital r
	S	S	53	Capital s
	T	T	54	Capital t
	U	U	55	Capital u
	V	V	56	Capital v
	W	W	57	Capital w
	X	X	58	Capital x
	Y	Y	59	Capital y
	Z	Z	5A	Capital z
	[	[	5B	Left square bracket
	\	\	5C	Back slash
	]	]	5D	Right square bracket
	^	^	5E	Caret
	_	_	5F	Underscore
	`	`	60	Grave accent
	a	a	61	Lowercase a
	b	b	62	Lowercase b
	c	c	63	Lowercase c
	d	d	64	Lowercase d
	e	e	65	Lowercase e
	f	f	66	Lowercase f
	g	g	67	Lowercase g
	h	h	68	Lowercase h
	i	i	69	Lowercase i
	j	j	6A	Lowercase j
	k	k	6B	Lowercase k
	l	l	6C	Lowercase l
	m	m	6D	Lowercase m
	n	n	6E	Lowercase n
	o	o	6F	Lowercase o
	p	p	70	Lowercase p
	q	q	71	Lowercase q
	r	r	72	Lowercase r
	s	s	73	Lowercase s
	t	t	74	Lowercase t
	u	u	75	Lowercase u
	v	v	76	Lowercase v
	w	w	77	Lowercase w
	x	x	78	Lowercase x
	y	y	79	Lowercase y
	z	z	7A	Lowercase z
	{	{	7B	Left curly brace
	\|	\|	7C	Vertical bar
	}	}	7D	Right curly brace
&tilde;	~	~	7E	tilde
			7F	Not defined
		€	20AC	Euro
		�		Unknown
&sbquo;		‚	201A	Single low-quote
		ƒ	192	Function symbol (lowercase f with hook)
&dbquo;		„	201E	Double low-quote
		…	2026	Elipsis
&dagger;		†	2020	Dagger
&Dagger;		‡	2021	Double dagger
		ˆ		Hatchek
&permil;		‰	2030	Per million symbol
		Š	160	Capital esh
&lsaquo;		‹		Left single angle quote
		Œ	152	OE ligature
		�		Unknown
		Ž		Capital ž
		�		Unknown
		�		Unknown
‘		‘	2018	Left single-quote
’		’	2019	Right single-quote
“		“	201C	Left double-quote
”		”	201D	Right double-quote
		•	2022	Small bullet
–		–	2013	En dash
—		—	2014	Em dash
&tilde		˜		Tilde
™		™	2122	Trademark
		š	161	Lowercase esh
&rsaquo;		›		Right single angle quote
		œ	153	oe ligature
		�		Unknown
		ž		Lowercase ž
&Yuml;		Ÿ	178	Uppercase y-umlaut
			A0	Non-breaking space
¡	¡	¡	A1	Inverted exclamation point
¢	¢	¢	A2	Cent
£	£	£	A3	Pound currency sign
¤	¤	¤	A4	Currency sign
¥	¥	¥	A5	Yen currency sign
¦	¦	¦	A6	Broken vertical bar
§	§	§	A7	Section symbol
¨	¨	¨	A8	Umlaut (Diaeresis)
©	©	©	A9	Copyright
ª	ª	ª	AA	Feminine ordinal indicator (superscript lowercase a)
«	«	«	AB	Left angle quote
¬	¬	¬	AC	Not sign
			AD	Soft hyphen
®	®	®	AE	Registered sign
¯	¯	¯	AF	Macron
°	°	°	B0	Degree sign
±	±	±	B1	Plus/minus sign
²	²	²	B2	Superscript 2
³	³	³	B3	Superscript 3
	´	´	B4	Acute accent
µ	µ	µ	B5	Micro sign
¶	¶	¶	B6	Pilcrow sign (paragraph)
·	·	·	B7	Middle dot
¸	¸	¸	B8	Cedilla
¹	¹	¹	B9	Superscript 1
º	º	º	BA	Masculine ordinal indicator (superscript o)
»	»	»	BB	Right angle quote
¼	¼	¼	BC	One quarter fraction
½	½	½	BD	One half fraction
¾	¾	¾	BE	Three quarters fraction
¿	¿	¿	BF	Inverted question mark
À	À	À	C0	A grave accent
Á	Á	Á	C1	A accute accent
Â	Â	Â	C2	A circumflex
Ã	Ã	Ã	C3	A tilde
Ä	Ä	Ä	C4	A umlaut
Å	Å	Å	C5	A ring
Æ	Æ	Æ	C6	AE ligature
Ç	Ç	Ç	C7	C cedilla
È	È	È	C8	E grave
É	É	É	C9	E acute
Ê	Ê	Ê	CA	E circumflex
Ë	Ë	Ë	CB	E umlaut
Ì	Ì	Ì	CC	I grave
Í	Í	Í	CD	I acute
Î	Î	Î	CE	I circumflex
Ï	Ï	Ï	CF	I umlaut
Ð	Ð	Ð	D0	Eth
Ñ	Ñ	Ñ	D1	N tilde (enye)
Ò	Ò	Ò	D2	O grave
Ó	Ó	Ó	D3	O acute
Ô	Ô	Ô	D4	O circumflex
Õ	Õ	Õ	D5	O tilde
Ö	Ö	Ö	D6	O umlaut
×	×	×	D7	Multiplication sign
Ø	Ø	Ø	D8	O slash
Ù	Ù	Ù	D9	U grave
Ú	Ú	Ú	DA	U acute
Û	Û	Û	DB	U circumflex
Ü	Ü	Ü	DC	U umlaut
Ý	Ý	Ý	DD	Y acute
Þ	Þ	Þ	DE	Thorn
ß	ß	ß	DF	SZ ligature
à	à	à	E0	a grave
á	á	á	E1	a acute
â	â	â	E2	a circumflex
ã	ã	ã	E3	a tilde
ä	ä	ä	E4	a umlaut
å	å	å	E5	a ring
æ	æ	æ	E6	ae ligature
ç	ç	ç	E7	c cedilla
è	è	è	E8	e grave
é	é	é	E9	e acute
ê	ê	ê	EA	e circumflex
ë	ë	ë	EB	e umlaut
ì	ì	ì	EC	i grave
í	í	í	ED	i acute
î	î	î	EE	i circumflex
ï	ï	ï	EF	i umlaut
ð	ð	ð	F0	eth
ñ	ñ	ñ	F1	n tilde
ò	ò	ò	F2	o grave
ó	ó	ó	F3	o acute
ô	ô	ô	F4	o circumflex
õ	õ	õ	F5	o tilde
ö	ö	ö	F6	o umlaut
÷	÷	÷	F7	Division symbol
ø	ø	ø	F8	o slash
ù	ù	ù	F9	u grave
ú	ú	ú	FA	u acute
û	û	û	FB	u circumflex
ü	ü	ü	FC	u umlaut
ý	ý	ý	FD	y acute
þ	þ	þ	FE	thorn
ÿ	ÿ	ÿ	FF	y umlaut

Friendly Code	Display	Description
&spades;	♠	Spade card suit
&clubs;	♣	Clubs card suit
&diams;	♦	Diamonds card suit
&hearts;	♥	Hearts card suit
&oline;	‾	Overline
←	←	Left arrow
→	→	Right arrow
↑	↑	Up arrow
↓	↓	Down arrow

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Wil

Wil is a dad, WordPress consultant, WordPress developer, business coach and mentor. He co-organizes the WordPress Sydney meetup group and has been on the organising committee for WordCamp Sydney since 2014. He speaks at many special events and contributes to the WordPress open source project. His likes are chillies, craft beer and electrogravitics.

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