HTML Symbols

Symbols or letters that are not present on your keyboard can be added to HTML using entities.

HTML Symbol Entities

HTML entities were described in the previous chapter.

Many mathematical, technical, and currency symbols, are not present on a normal keyboard.

To add such symbols to an HTML page, you can use the entity name or the entity number (a decimal or a hexadecimal reference) for the symbol:

Display the euro sign:

I will display €
I will display €
I will display €

I will display €
I will display €
I will display €

Char	Number	Entity	Description
∀	∀	∀	For all	Try it »
∂	∂	∂	Partial differential	Try it »
∃	∃	∃	There exists	Try it »
∅	∅	∅	Empty sets	Try it »
∇	∇	∇	Nabla	Try it »
∈	∈	∈	Element of	Try it »
∉	∉	∉	Not an element of	Try it »
∋	∋	&ni;	Contains as member	Try it »
∏	∏	∏	N-ary product	Try it »
∑	∑	∑	N-ary summation	Try it »

Char	Number	Entity	Description
Α	Α	Α	GREEK ALPHA	Try it »
Β	Β	Β	GREEK BETA	Try it »
Γ	Γ	Γ	GREEK GAMMA	Try it »
Δ	Δ	Δ	GREEK DELTA	Try it »
Ε	Ε	Ε	GREEK EPSILON	Try it »
Ζ	Ζ	Ζ	GREEK ZETA	Try it »

Char	Number	Entity	Description
©	©	©	COPYRIGHT	Try it »
®	®	®	REGISTERED	Try it »
€	€	€	EURO SIGN	Try it »
™	™	™	TRADEMARK	Try it »
←	←	←	LEFT ARROW	Try it »
↑	↑	↑	UP ARROW	Try it »
→	→	→	RIGHT ARROW	Try it »
↓	↓	↓	DOWN ARROW	Try it »
♠	♠	&spades;	SPADE	Try it »
♣	♣	&clubs;	CLUB	Try it »
♥	♥	&hearts;	HEART	Try it »
♦	♦	&diams;	DIAMOND	Try it »