These entities were taken directly from the HTML 4.0 specification.
| Mnemonic | Output | Code | Output | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C0 Controls and Basic Latin | ||||
| " | = " | " | = " | quotation mark = APL quote, U+0022 ISOnum |
| & | = & | & | = & | ampersand, U+0026 ISOnum |
| < | = < | < | = < | less-than sign, U+003C ISOnum |
| > | = > | > | = > | greater-than sign, U+003E ISOnum |
| Latin Extended-A | ||||
| Π| = Π| Π| = Π| latin capital ligature OE, U+0152 ISOlat2 |
| œ | = œ | œ | = œ | latin small ligature oe, U+0153 ISOlat2 |
| ligature is a misnomer, this is a separate character in some languages | ||||
| Š | = Š | Š | = Š | latin capital letter S with caron, U+0160 ISOlat2 |
| š | = š | š | = š | latin small letter s with caron, U+0161 ISOlat2 |
| Ÿ | = Ÿ | Ÿ | = Ÿ | latin capital letter Y with diaeresis, U+0178 ISOlat2 |
| Spacing Modifier Letters | ||||
| ˆ | = ˆ | ˆ | = ˆ | modifier letter circumflex accent, U+02C6 ISOpub |
| ˜ | = ˜ | ˜ | = ˜ | small tilde, U+02DC ISOdia |
| General Punctuation | ||||
|   | = |   | = | en space, U+2002 ISOpub |
|   | = |   | = | em space, U+2003 ISOpub |
|   | = |   | = | thin space, U+2009 ISOpub |
| ‌ | = | ‌ | = | zero width non-joiner, U+200C NEW RFC 2070 |
| ‍ | = | ‍ | = | zero width joiner, U+200D NEW RFC 2070 |
| ‎ | = | ‎ | = | left-to-right mark, U+200E NEW RFC 2070 |
| ‏ | = | ‏ | = | right-to-left mark, U+200F NEW RFC 2070 |
| – | = – | – | = – | en dash, U+2013 ISOpub |
| — | = — | — | = — | em dash, U+2014 ISOpub |
| ‘ | = ‘ | ‘ | = ‘ | left single quotation mark, U+2018 ISOnum |
| ’ | = ’ | ’ | = ’ | right single quotation mark, U+2019 ISOnum |
| ‚ | = ‚ | ‚ | = ‚ | single low-9 quotation mark, U+201A NEW |
| “ | = “ | “ | = “ | left double quotation mark, U+201C ISOnum |
| ” | = ” | ” | = ” | right double quotation mark, U+201D ISOnum |
| „ | = „ | „ | = „ | double low-9 quotation mark, U+201E NEW |
| † | = † | † | = † | dagger, U+2020 ISOpub |
| ‡ | = ‡ | ‡ | = ‡ | double dagger, U+2021 ISOpub |
| ‰ | = ‰ | ‰ | = ‰ | per mille sign, U+2030 ISOtech |
| ‹ | = ‹ | ‹ | = ‹ | single left-pointing angle quotation mark, U+2039 ISO proposed |
| lsaquo is proposed but not yet ISO standardized | ||||
| › | = › | › | = › | single right-pointing angle quotation mark, U+203A ISO proposed |
| rsaquo is proposed but not yet ISO standardized | ||||
| € | = € | € | = € | euro sign, U+20AC NEW |