Glyphs and Symbols

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Special Characters

Glyph Numeric Description
" " quotation mark
& & ampersand
< &#60; less-than sign
> &#62; greater-than sign

Latin-1 entity set for HTML

Glyph Numeric Description
  &#160; no-break space
¡ &#161; inverted exclamation mark
¢ &#162; cent sign
£ &#163; pound sterling sign
¤ &#164; general currency sign
¥ &#165; yen sign
¦ &#166; broken (vertical) bar
§ &#167; section sign
¨ &#168; umlaut (dieresis)
© &#169; copyright sign
ª &#170; ordinal indicator, feminine
« &#171; angle quotation mark, left
¬ &#172; not sign
® &#174; registered sign
¯ &#175; macron
° &#176; degree sign
± &#177; plus-or-minus sign
² &#178; superscript two
³ &#179; superscript three
´ &#180; acute accent
µ &#181; micro sign
&#182; pilcrow (paragraph sign)
· &#183; middle dot
¸ &#184; cedilla
¹ &#185; superscript one
º &#186; ordinal indicator, masculine
» &#187; angle quotation mark, right
¼ &#188; fraction one-quarter
½ &#189; fraction one-half
¾ &#190; fraction three-quarters
¿ &#191; inverted question mark
À &#192; capital A, grave accent
Á &#193; capital A, acute accent
 &#194; capital A, circumflex accent
à &#195; capital A, tilde
Ä &#196; capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark
Å &#197; capital A, ring
Æ &#198; capital AE diphthong (ligature)
Ç &#199; capital C, cedilla
È &#200; capital E, grave accent
É &#201; capital E, acute accent
Ê &#202; capital E, circumflex accent
Ë &#203; capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark
Ì &#204; capital I, grave accent
Í &#205; capital I, acute accent
Î &#206; capital I, circumflex accent
Ï &#207; capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark
Ð &#208; capital Eth, Icelandic
Ñ &#209; capital N, tilde
Ò &#210; capital O, grave accent
Ó &#211; capital O, acute accent
Ô &#212; capital O, circumflex accent
Õ &#213; capital O, tilde
Ö &#214; capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark
× &#215; multiply sign
Ø &#216;

capital O, slash

Ù &#217; capital U, grave accent
Ú &#218; capital U, acute accent
Û &#219; capital U, circumflex accent
Ü &#220; capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark
Ý &#221; capital Y, acute accent
Þ &#222; capital THORN, Icelandic
ß &#223; small sharp s, German (sz ligature)
à &#224; small a, grave accent
á &#225; small a, acute accent
â &#226; small a, circumflex accent
ã &#227; small a, tilde
ä &#228; small a, dieresis or umlaut mark
å &#229; small a, ring
æ &#230; small ae diphthong (ligature)
ç &#231; small c, cedilla
è &#232; small e, grave accent
é &#233; small e, acute accent
ê &#234; small e, circumflex accent
ë &#235; small e, dieresis or umlaut mark
ì &#236; small i, grave accent
í &#237; small i, acute accent
î &#238; small i, circumflex accent
ï &#239; small i, dieresis or umlaut mark
ð &#240; small eth, Icelandic
ñ &#241; small n, tilde
ò &#242; small o, grave accent
ó &#243; small o, acute accent
ô &#244; small o, circumflex accent
õ &#245; small o, tilde
ö &#246; small o, dieresis or umlaut mark
÷ &#247; divide sign
ø &#248; small o, slash
ù &#249; small u, grave accent
ú &#250; small u, acute accent
û &#251; small u, circumflex accent
ü &#252; small u, dieresis or umlaut mark
ý &#253; small y, acute accent
þ &#254; small thorn, Icelandic
ÿ &#255; small y, dieresis or umlaut mark

Latin Extended-A

Glyph Numeric Description
Π&#338; latin capital ligature oe
œ &#339; latin small ligature oe
Š &#352; latin capital letter s with caron
š &#353; latin small letter s with caron
Ÿ &#376; latin capital letter y with diaeresis

Latin Extended-B

Glyph Numeric Description
ƒ &#402; latin small f with hook, a.k.a. function, a.k.a. florin

Greek

Glyph Numeric Description
Α &#913; greek capital letter alpha
Β &#914; greek capital letter beta
Γ &#915; greek capital letter gamma
Δ &#916; greek capital letter delta
Ε &#917; greek capital letter epsilon
Ζ &#918; greek capital letter zeta
Η &#919; greek capital letter eta
Θ &#920; greek capital letter theta
Ι &#921; greek capital letter iota
Κ &#922; greek capital letter kappa
Λ &#923; greek capital letter lambda
Μ &#924; greek capital letter mu
Ν &#925; greek capital letter nu
Ξ &#926; greek capital letter xi
Ο &#927; greek capital letter omicron
Π &#928; greek capital letter pi
Ρ &#929; greek capital letter rho
Σ &#931; greek capital letter sigma
Τ &#932; greek capital letter tau
Υ &#933; greek capital letter upsilon
Φ &#934; greek capital letter phi
Χ &#935; greek capital letter chi
Ψ &#936; greek capital letter psi
Ω &#937; greek capital letter omega
α &#945; greek small letter alpha
β &#946; greek small letter beta
γ &#947; greek small letter gamma
δ &#948; greek small letter delta
ε &#949; greek small letter epsilon
ζ &#950; greek small letter zeta
η &#951; greek small letter eta
θ &#952; greek small letter theta
ι &#953; greek small letter iota
κ &#954; greek small letter kappa
λ &#955; greek small letter lambda
μ &#956; greek small letter mu
ν &#957; greek small letter nu
ξ &#958; greek small letter xi
ο &#959; greek small letter omicron
π &#960; greek small letter pi
ρ &#961; greek small letter rho
ς &#962; greek small letter final sigma
σ &#963; greek small letter sigma
τ &#964; greek small letter tau
υ &#965; greek small letter upsilon
φ &#966; greek small letter phi
χ &#967; greek small letter chi
ψ &#968; greek small letter psi
ω &#969; greek small letter omega
ϑ &#977; greek small letter theta symbol
ϒ &#978; greek upsilon with hook symbol
ϖ &#982; greek pi symbol

Punctuation

Glyph Numeric Description
&#8211; en dash
&#8212; em dash
&#8216; left single quotation mark
&#8217; right single quotation mark
&#8218; single low-9 quotation mark
&#8220; left double quotation mark
&#8221; right double quotation mark
&#8222; double low-9 quotation mark
&#8224; dagger
&#8225; double dagger
&#8240; per mille sign
&#8249; single left-pointing angle quotation mark
&#8250; single right-pointing angle quotation mark

General Punctuation

Glyph Numeric Description
&#8226; bullet, a.k.a. black small circle
&#8230; horizontal ellipsis, a.k.a. three dot leader
&#8242; prime, a.k.a. minutes, a.k.a. feet
&#8243; double prime, a.k.a. seconds, a.k.a. inches
&#8254; overline, a.k.a. spacing overscore
&#8260; fraction slash

Letterlike Symbols

Glyph Numeric Description
&#8472; script capital P, a.k.a. power set, a.k.a. Weierstrass p
&#8465; blackletter capital I, a.k.a. imaginary part
&#8476; blackletter capital R, a.k.a. real part symbol
&#8482; trade mark sign
&#8501; alef symbol, a.k.a. first transfinite cardinal

Arrows

Glyph Numeric Description
&#8592; leftwards arrow
&#8593; upwards arrow
&#8594; rightwards arrow
&#8595; downwards arrow
&#8596; left right arrow
&#8629; downwards arrow with corner leftwards, a.k.a. carriage return
&#8656; leftwards double arrow
can be used for ‘is implied by’
&#8657; upwards double arrow
&#8658; rightwards double arrow
&#8659; downwards double arrow
&#8660; left right double arrow

Mathematical Operators

Looking for something else? We have a more extensive list of math glyphs available.
Glyph Numeric Description
&#8704; for all
&#8706; partial differential
&#8707; there exists
&#8709; empty set, a.k.a. null set, a.k.a. diameter
&#8711; nabla, a.k.a. backward difference
&#8712; element of
&#8713; not an element of
&#8715; contains as member
&#8719; n-ary product, a.k.a. product sign
&#8721; n-ary sumation
&#8722; minus sign
&#8727; asterisk operator
&#8730; square root, a.k.a. radical sign
&#8733; proportional to
&#8734; infinity
&#8736; angle
&#8869; logical and, a.k.a. wedge
&#8870; logical or, a.k.a. vee
&#8745; intersection, a.k.a. cap
&#8746; union, a.k.a. cup
&#8747; integral
&#8756; therefore
&#8764; tilde operator
&#8773; approximately equal to
&#8776; almost equal to, a.k.a. asymptotic to
&#8800; not equal to
&#8801; identical to
&#8804; less-than or equal to
&#8805; greater-than or equal to
&#8834; subset of
&#8835; superset of note that nsup
&#8836; not a subset of
&#8838; subset of or equal to
&#8839; superset of or equal to
&#8853; circled plus, a.k.a. direct sum
&#8855; circled times, a.k.a. vector product
&#8869; up tack, a.k.a. orthogonal to, a.k.a. perpendicular
&#8901; dot operator

Miscellaneous Technical

Glyph Numeric Description
&#8968; left ceiling, a.k.a. apl upstile
&#8969; right ceiling
&#8970; left floor, a.k.a. apl downstile
&#8971; right floor
&#9001; left-pointing angle bracket
&#9002; right-pointing angle bracket

Geometric Shapes

Glyph Numeric Description
&#9674; lozenge

Miscellaneous Symbols

Glyph Numeric Description
&#9824; black spade suit
&#9827; black club suit, a.k.a. shamrock
&#9829; black heart suit, a.k.a. valentine
&#9830; black diamond suit