HTML Codes for Punctuation and Other Characters

HTML codes to put punctuation characters on your Web page

The following list includes the HTML codes for punctuation characters not in the standard character set. Not all browsers support all the codes, so be sure to test your HTML codes before you use them.

Some punctuation characters are part of the Unicode character set, so you need to declare that in the head of your documents:

<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />

See the Punctuation Codes | HTML Country Codes | HTML Language Codes | HTML Codes and Special Characters

How to Use HTML Codes for Special Characters

Characters for Specific Languages and Uses:
Czech, Slovak, and Slovenian | French | German | Greek | Hawaiian | Italian | Polish | Romanian | Russian (Cyrillic) | Spanish | Turkish |
Currency Codes | Mathematical Codes | Punctuation Codes | Pronunciation Codes | Diacritics Codes | ASCII Codes Sub-Set

Display	Friendly Code	Numerical Code	Hex Code	Description
						Horizontal Tab
		
		Line Feed
		 	 	Space
!	!	!	!	Exclamation Point
"	"	"	"	Double Quote
#	#	#	#	Number Sign
&	&	&	&	Ampersand
'	'	'	'	Single Quote
(	(	(	(	Left Parenthesis
)	)	)	)	Right Parenthesis
*	*	*	*	Asterisk (Star)
,	,	,	,	Comma
-	-	-	-	Hyphen
.	.	.	.	Period
/	/	/	/	Forward Slash
:	:	:	:	Colon
;	;	&#59;	&#x3B;	Semi-Colon
?	?	?	?	Question Mark
@	@	@	@	At Sign
[	[	[	[	Left Square Bracket
\	\	\	\	Back Slash
]	]	]	]	Right Square Bracket
^	^	^	^	Caret
_	_	_	_	Underscore
{	{	{	{	Left Curly Brace
|	|	|	|	Vertical Bar
}	}	}	}	Right Curly Brace
~	˜	~	~	Vertical Bar
‚	‚	‚	‚	Single Low Quote
„	&dbquo;	„	„	Double Low Quote
…		…	…	Elipsis
†	†	†	†	Dagger
‡	‡	‡	‡	Double Dagger
‹	‹	‹	‹	Left Single Angle Quote
‘	‘	‘	‘	Left Single Quote
’	’	’	’	Right Single Quote
“	“	“	“	Left Double Quote
”	”	”	”	Right Double Quote
•		•	•	Small Bullet
–	–	–	–	En Dash
—	—	—	—	Em Dash
™	™	™	™	Trademark
›	›	›	›	Right Single Angle Quote
	 	 	 	Non-Breaking Space
¡	¡	¡	¡	Inverted Exclamation Point
¦	¦	¦	¦	Broken Vertical Bar
©	©	©	©	Copyright
ª	ª	ª	ª	Feminine Ordinal Indicator
«	«	«	«	Left Angle Quote
¬	¬	¬	¬	Not Sign
­	­	­	­	Soft Hyphen
®	®	®	®	Registered Symbol
°	°	°	°	Degree
²	²	²	²	Superscript 2
³	³	³	³	Superscript 3
µ	µ	µ	µ	Micro Sign
¶	¶	¶	¶	Pilcrow (Paragraph Sign)
·	·	·	·	Middle Dot
¹	¹	¹	¹	Superscript 1
º	º	º	º	Masculine Ordinal Indicator
»	»	»	»	Right Angle Quote
¿	¿	¿	¿	Inverted Question Mark
℅		℅	℅	Care Of
ⁿ		ⁿ	ⁿ	Superscript N
§	§	§	§	Section Mark
¨	¿	¿	¿	Inverted Question Mark
―		―	―	Horizontal Bar
‣		‣	‣	Triangle Bullet
‾	‾	‾	‾	Overline
‼		‼	‼	Double Exclamation Point
№		№	№	Number Word

Other Character Codes

Note: not all of these characters will display on every browser, be sure to test before you rely on them for your Web site.

Display	Friendly Code	Numerical Code	Hex Code	Description
♠	♠	♠	♠	Spade card suit
♣	♣	♣	♣	Clubs card suit
♦	♦	♦	♦	Diamonds card suit
♥	♥	♥	♥	Hearts card suit
←	←	←	←	Left arrow
→	→	→	→	Right arrow
↑	↑	↑	↑	Up arrow
↓	↓	↓	↓	Down arrow
♀		♀	♀	Female Indicator
♂		♂	♂	Male Indicator
♩		♩	♩	Quarter Note
♪		♪	♪	Eighth Note
♬		♬	♬	Two Eighth Notes
♭		♭	♭	Flat
♯		♯	♯	Sharp

Jennifer Kyrnin