HTML Character Codes and Symbols

In this tutorial, we will learn about HTML Character Codes and Symbols with the help of examples.

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

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
∀	`∀`	`∀`	FOR ALL
∂	`∂`	`∂`	PARTIAL
∃	`∃`	`∃`	THERE EXIST
∅	`∅`	`∅`	EMPTY SETS
∇	`∇`	`∇`	NABLA
∈	`∈`	`∈`	IS IN
∉	`∉`	`∉`	NOT IN
∋	`∋`	`&ni;`	CONTAINS
∏	`∏`	`∏`	PRODUCT
∑	`∑`	`∑`	SUM
Α	`Α`	`Α`	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA
Β	`Β`	`Β`	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER BETA
Γ	`Γ`	`Γ`	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER GAMMA
Δ	`Δ`	`Δ`	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER DELTA
Ε	`Ε`	`Ε`	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON
Ζ	`Ζ`	`Ζ`	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ZETA
©	`©`	`©`	COPYRIGHT SIGN
®	`®`	`®`	REGISTERED SIGN
€	`€`	`€`	EURO SIGN
™	`™`	`™`	TRADEMARK
←	`←`	`←`	LEFTWARDS ARROW
↑	`↑`	`↑`	UPWARDS ARROW
→	`→`	`→`	RIGHTWARDS ARROW
↓	`↓`	`↓`	DOWNWARDS ARROW
♠	`♠`	`&spades;`	BLACK SPADE SUIT
♣	`♣`	`&clubs;`	BLACK CLUB SUIT
♥	`♥`	`&hearts;`	BLACK HEART SUIT
♦	`♦`	`&diams;`	BLACK DIAMOND SUIT