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Note: This table is accurate as of 20 February 1996.
Text Numeric
Entity Entity Symbol Description
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� -
 not used
	 Horizontal tab
Line feed
 -
 not used
Carriage Return
 -
 not used
  Space
! ! Exclamation mark
" " " Quotation mark
# # Number sign
$ $ Dollar sign
% % Percent sign
& & & Ampersand
' ' Apostrophe
( ( Left parenthesis
) ) Right parenthesis
* * Asterisk
+ + Plus sign
, , Comma
- - Hyphen
. . Period (fullstop)
/ / Solidus (slash)
0 0
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 7
8 8
9 9
: : Colon
; ; Semi-colon
< < < Less than
= = Equals sign
> > > Greater than
? ? Question mark
@ @ Commercial at
A A
B B
C C
D D
E E
F F
G G
H H
I I
J J
K K
L L
M M
N N
O O
P P
Q Q
R R
S S
T T
U U
V V
W W
X X
Y Y
Z Z
[ [ Left square bracket
\ \ Reverse solidus (backslash)
] ] Right square bracket
^ ^ Caret
_ _ Horizontal bar (underscore)
` ` Acute accent
a a
b b
c c
d d
e e
f f
g g
h h
i i
j j
k k
l l
m m
n n
o o
p p
q q
r r
s s
t t
u u
v v
w w
x x
y y
z z
{ { Left curly brace
| | Vertical bar
} } Right curly brace
~ ~ Tilde
 -
Ÿ not used
  non-breaking space
¡ ¡ inverted exclamation
¢ ¢ cent sign
£ £ pound sterling
¤ ¤ general currency sign
¥ ¥ yen sign
¦ ¦ broken vertical bar
§ § section sign
¨ ¨ umlaut (dieresis)
© © copyright
ª ª feminine ordinal
« « left angle quote, guillemotleft
¬ ¬ not sign
­ soft hyphen
® ® registered trademark
¯ ¯ macron accent
° ° degree sign
± ± plus or minus
² ² superscript two
³ ³ superscript three
´ ´ acute accent
µ µ micro sign
¶ ¶ paragraph sign
· · middle dot
¸ ¸ cedilla
¹ ¹ superscript one
º º masculine ordinal
» » right angle quote, guillemotright
¼ ¼ fraction one-fourth
½ ½ fraction one-half
¾ ¾ fraction three-fourths
¿ ¿ inverted question mark
À À À capital A, grave accent
Á Á Á capital A, acute accent
   capital A, circumflex accent
à à à 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
× × multiply sign
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
÷ ÷ division sign
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