Widely Supported HTML4 and Unicode Characters (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2006 Edition)

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Widely Supported HTML4 and Unicode Characters

General Punctuation	Latin Characters	Diacritical Marks and Modifiers	Greek Characters
Logical Symbols	Set Theory	Mathematical Symbols	Polish, Czech, Slovene, etc.
Miscellaneous Technical	General Purpose Symbols	Currency	Cards

General Punctuation
"	"	"	-- quotation mark = apl quote
‘	‘	‘	-- left single quotation mark
’	’	’	-- right single quotation mark
“	“	“	-- left double quotation mark
”	”	”	-- right double quotation mark
–	–	–	-- en dash
—	—	—	-- em dash
…	…	…	-- horizontal ellipsis = three dot leader
•	•	•	-- bullet = black small circle
§	§	§	-- section sign
¶	¶	¶	-- pilcrow (paragraph sign)
«	«	«	-- angle quotation mark, left
»	»	»	-- angle quotation mark, right
‹	&lsaquo;	‹	-- single left-pointing angle quotation mark
›	&rsaquo;	›	-- single right-pointing angle quotation mark
¡	¡	¡	-- inverted exclamation mark
¿	¿	¿	-- inverted question mark
‚	&sbquo;	‚	-- single low-9 quotation mark
„	&bdquo;	„	-- double low-9 quotation mark
†	&dagger;	†	-- dagger
‡	&Dagger;	‡	-- double dagger
	&ensp;		-- en space
	&emsp;		-- em space
			-- thin space
			-- no-break space
Latin Characters [jump to top]
À	À	À	-- capital A, grave accent
Á	Á	Á	-- capital A, acute accent
Â	Â	Â	-- capital A, circumflex accent
Ã	Ã	Ã	-- capital A, tilde
Ä	Ä	Ä	-- capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark
Å	Å	Å	-- capital A, ring
Æ	Æ	Æ	-- capital AE diphthong (ligature)
Ç	Ç	Ç	-- capital C, cedilla
È	È	È	-- capital E, grave accent
É	É	É	-- capital E, acute accent
Ê	Ê	Ê	-- capital E, circumflex accent
Ë	Ë	Ë	-- capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark
Ì	Ì	Ì	-- capital I, grave accent
Í	Í	Í	-- capital I, acute accent
Î	Î	Î	-- capital I, circumflex accent
Ï	Ï	Ï	-- capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark
Ð	Ð	Ð	-- capital Eth, Icelandic
Ñ	Ñ	Ñ	-- capital N, tilde
Ò	Ò	Ò	-- capital O, grave accent
Ó	Ó	Ó	-- capital O, acute accent
Ô	Ô	Ô	-- capital O, circumflex accent
Õ	Õ	Õ	-- capital O, tilde
Ö	Ö	Ö	-- capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark
Ø	Ø	Ø	-- capital O, slash
Ù	Ù	Ù	-- capital U, grave accent
Ú	Ú	Ú	-- capital U, acute accent
Û	Û	Û	-- capital U, circumflex accent
Ü	Ü	Ü	-- capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark
Ý	Ý	Ý	-- capital Y, acute accent
Þ	Þ	Þ	-- capital THORN, Icelandic
ß	ß	ß	-- small sharp s, German (sz ligature)
à	à	à	-- small a, grave accent
á	á	á	-- small a, acute accent
â	â	â	-- small a, circumflex accent
ã	ã	ã	-- small a, tilde
ä	ä	ä	-- small a, dieresis or umlaut mark
å	å	å	-- small a, ring
æ	æ	æ	-- small ae diphthong (ligature)
ç	ç	ç	-- small c, cedilla
è	è	è	-- small e, grave accent
é	é	é	-- small e, acute accent
ê	ê	ê	-- small e, circumflex accent
ë	ë	ë	-- small e, dieresis or umlaut mark
ì	ì	ì	-- small i, grave accent
í	í	í	-- small i, acute accent
î	î	î	-- small i, circumflex accent
ï	ï	ï	-- small i, dieresis or umlaut mark
ð	ð	ð	-- small eth, Icelandic
ñ	ñ	ñ	-- small n, tilde
ò	ò	ò	-- small o, grave accent
ó	ó	ó	-- small o, acute accent
ô	ô	ô	-- small o, circumflex accent
õ	õ	õ	-- small o, tilde
ö	ö	ö	-- small o, dieresis or umlaut mark
ø	ø	ø	-- small o, slash
ù	ù	ù	-- small u, grave accent
ú	ú	ú	-- small u, acute accent
û	û	û	-- small u, circumflex accent
ü	ü	ü	-- small u, dieresis or umlaut mark
ý	ý	ý	-- small y, acute accent
þ	þ	þ	-- small thorn, Icelandic
ÿ	ÿ	ÿ	-- small y, dieresis or umlaut mark
Œ	&OElig;	Œ	-- latin capital ligature oe
œ	&oelig;	œ	-- latin small ligature oe
Š	&Scaron;	Š	-- latin capital lr s with caron
š	&scaron;	š	-- latin small r s with caron
Ÿ	&Yuml;	Ÿ	-- latin capital letter y with diaeresis
Diacritical Marks and Modifiers: Fixed Diacritical Marks [jump to top]
´	´	´	-- acute accent
¨	¨	¨	-- umlaut (dieresis)
¯	¯	¯	-- macron
¸	¸	¸	-- cedilla
ˆ	&circ;	ˆ	-- modifier letter circumflex accent
˜	&tilde;	˜	-- small tilde
Diacritical Marks and Modifiers: Modifier Letters [jump to top]
See http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/combining_diacritical_marks.html See Unicode Code Chart U0300.pdf
ò	̀	̀	-- Combining Grave Accent
ó	́	́	-- Combining Acute Accent
ô	̂	̂	-- Combining Circumflex Accent
õ	̃	̃	-- Combining Tilde
ö	̈	̈	-- Combining Diaeresis
ỏ	̉	̉	-- Combining Hook Above
ő	̋	̋	-- Combining Double Acute Accent
ǒ	̌	̌	-- Combining Caron
Greek Characters [jump to top]
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
Η	Η	Η	-- greek capital letter eta
Θ	Θ	Θ	-- greek capital letter theta
Ι	Ι	Ι	-- greek capital letter iota
Κ	Κ	Κ	-- greek capital letter kappa
Λ	Λ	Λ	-- greek capital letter lambda
Μ	Μ	Μ	-- greek capital letter mu
Ν	Ν	Ν	-- greek capital letter nu
Ξ	Ξ	Ξ	-- greek capital letter xi
Ο	Ο	Ο	-- greek capital letter omicron
Π	Π	Π	-- greek capital letter pi
Ρ	Ρ	Ρ	-- greek capital letter rho
Σ	Σ	Σ	-- greek capital letter sigma
Τ	Τ	Τ	-- greek capital letter tau
Υ	Υ	Υ	-- greek capital letter upsilon
Φ	Φ	Φ	-- greek capital letter phi
Χ	Χ	Χ	-- greek capital letter chi
Ψ	Ψ	Ψ	-- greek capital letter psi
Ω	Ω	Ω	-- greek capital letter omega
α	α	α	-- greek small letter alpha
β	β	β	-- greek small letter beta
γ	γ	γ	-- greek small letter gamma
δ	δ	δ	-- greek small letter delta
ε	ε	ε	-- greek small letter epsilon
ζ	ζ	ζ	-- greek small letter zeta
η	η	η	-- greek small letter eta
θ	θ	θ	-- greek small letter theta
ι	ι	ι	-- greek small letter iota
κ	κ	κ	-- greek small letter kappa
λ	λ	λ	-- greek small letter lambda
μ	μ	μ	-- greek small letter mu
ν	ν	ν	-- greek small letter nu
ξ	ξ	ξ	-- greek small letter xi
ο	ο	ο	-- greek small letter omicron
π	π	π	-- greek small letter pi
ρ	ρ	ρ	-- greek small letter rho
ς	&sigmaf;	ς	-- greek small letter final sigma
σ	σ	σ	-- greek small letter sigma
τ	τ	τ	-- greek small letter tau
υ	υ	υ	-- greek small letter upsilon
φ	φ	φ	-- greek small letter phi
χ	χ	χ	-- greek small letter chi
ψ	ψ	ψ	-- greek small letter psi
ω	ω	ω	-- greek small letter omega
Logical Symbols [jump to top]
≠	≠	≠	-- not equal to
&	&	&	-- ampersand
¬	¬	¬	-- not sign
∼	&sim;	∼	-- tilde operator = varies with = similar to
→	→	→	-- rightwards arrow
←	←	←	-- leftwards arrow
↔	↔	↔	-- left right arrow
≡	&equiv;	≡	-- identical to
∀	∀	∀	-- for all
∃	∃	∃	-- there exists
□		□	-- box = necessarily
◊	&loz;	◊	-- lozenge = possibly
⇒	⇒	⇒	-- rightwards double arrow
⇔	⇔	⇔	-- left right double arrow
∴	&there4;	∴	-- therefore
⊥	&perp;	⊥	-- up tack = orthogonal to = perpendicular
Set Theory [jump to top]
∈	∈	∈	-- element of
∋	&ni;	∋	-- contains as member
∩	∩	∩	-- intersection = cap
∪	∪	∪	-- union = cup
⊂	⊂	⊂	-- subset of
⊃	⊃	⊃	-- superset of
⊆	&sube;	⊆	-- subset of or equal to
⊇	&supe;	⊇	-- superset of or equal to
Mathematical Symbols [jump to top]
−	−	−	-- minus sign
±	±	±	-- plus-or-minus sign
×	×	×	-- multiply sign
÷	÷	÷	-- divide sign
<	<	<	-- less-than sign
>	>	>	-- greater-than sign
≤	≤	≤	-- less-than or equal to
≥	≥	≥	-- greater-than or equal to
¼	¼	¼	-- fraction one-quarter
½	½	½	-- fraction one-half
¾	¾	¾	-- fraction three-quarters
¹	¹	¹	-- superscript one
²	²	²	-- superscript two
³	³	³	-- superscript three
°	°	°	-- degree sign
·	·	·	-- middle dot
ƒ	&fnof;	ƒ	-- latin small f with hook = function = florin
′	′	′	-- prime = minutes = feet
″	″	″	-- double prime = seconds = inches
‾	&oline;	‾	-- overline = spacing overscore
⁄	&frasl;	⁄	-- fraction slash
∂	∂	∂	-- partial differential
∑	∑	∑	-- n-ary sumation
∇	∇	∇	-- nabla = backward difference
√	√	√	-- square root = radical sign
∝	&prop;	∝	-- proportional to
∞	∞	∞	-- infinity
∠	&ang;	∠	-- angle
∫	∫	∫	-- integral
≈	≈	≈	-- almost equal to = asymptotic to
⊕	&oplus;	⊕	-- circled plus = direct sum
‰	&permil;	‰	-- per mille sign
Polish, Czech, Slovene, etc. [jump to top]
Ą	Ą	Ą	-- upper case A ogonek
ą	ą	ą	-- lower case a ogonek
Ć	Ć	Ć	-- upper case C acute
ć	ć	ć	-- lower case c acute
Ę	Ę	Ę	-- upper case E ogonek
ę	ę	ę	-- lower case e ogonek
Ł	Ł	Ł	-- upper case L slash
ł	ł	ł	-- lower case l slash
Ń	Ń	Ń	-- upper case N acute
ń	ń	ń	-- lower case n acute
Ś	Ś	Ś	-- upper case S acute
ś	ś	ś	-- lower case s acute
Ź	Ź	Ź	-- upper case Z acute
ź	ź	ź	-- lower case z acute
Ż	Ż	Ż	-- upper case Z dot
ż	ż	ż	-- lower case z dot
Č	Č	Č	-- upper case C caron
č	č	č	-- lower case c caron
Ř	Ř	Ř	-- upper case R caron
ř	ř	ř	-- lower case r caron
Š	Š	Š	-- upper case S caron
š	š	š	-- lower case s caron
Ž	Ž	Ž	-- upper case Z caron
ž	ž	ž	-- lower case r caron
Miscellaneous Technical [jump to top]
↑	↑	↑	-- upwards arrow
↓	↓	↓	-- downwards arrow
General Purpose Symbols [jump to top]
ª	ª	ª	-- ordinal indicator, feminine
º	º	º	-- ordinal indicator, masculine
¦	¦	¦	-- broken (vertical) bar
©	©	©	-- copyright sign
®	®	®	-- registered sign
™	™	™	-- trade mark sign
µ	µ	µ	-- micro sign
Currency [jump to top]
¢	¢	¢	-- cent sign
£	£	£	-- pound sterling sign
¤	¤	¤	-- general currency sign
¥	¥	&#y165;	-- yen sign
€	€	€	-- euro sign
Playing Cards [jump to top]
♠	&spades;	♠	-- black spade suit
♣	&clubs;	♣	-- black club suit = shamrock
♥	&hearts;	♥	-- black heart suit = valentine
♦	&diams;	♦	-- black diamond suit