HTML character entities
Prefer UTF-8 characters in modern pages; entities still help inside attributes and legacy content.
| Character | Entity | Name |
|---|---|---|
| < | < | Less than |
| > | > | Greater than |
| & | & | Ampersand |
| " | " | Double quote |
| ' | ' | Apostrophe |
| | Non-breaking space | |
| © | © | Copyright |
| ® | ® | Registered |
| ™ | ™ | Trademark |
| € | € | Euro |
| £ | £ | Pound |
| ¥ | ¥ | Yen |
| – | – | En dash |
| — | — | Em dash |
| … | … | Ellipsis |
| × | × | Multiplication |
| ÷ | ÷ | Division |
| ° | ° | Degree |
Notes
- Numeric forms like   also work.
- Don’t double-escape already-encoded content.
Frequently asked questions
- When should I use instead of a normal space?
- Use where you don’t want a line break, such as between a number and its unit or between a title and a name.
- Do I need © or can I just type ©?
- With UTF-8 encoding you can type © directly; © is mainly useful in legacy encodings or attribute contexts.
- What is the entity for the < character?
- Use < so the browser doesn’t treat it as the start of a tag.