ARCHIVED - ISO-8859-1 Character entities

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The following table lists the character entities that may be used with the ISO-8859-1 character set.

A named entity in the XHTML character-entity sequence (&name;) can be used to define a character for display by the browser. Alternatively, the numeric entity (&#nnn;) can be used to specifically define an XHTML character entity.

To ensure that documents are fully compliant with the XHTML 1.0 Strict specification and are supported by all browsers, use only the named or numeric character entities listed in the table.

Character entities

Numeric entity	Named entity	Character	Description
` `			Space
`!`		!	Exclamation point
`"`	`"`	"	Double quotes
`#`		#	Number symbol
`$`		$	Dollar symbol
`%`		%	Percent symbol
`&`	`&`	&	Ampersand
`'`		'	Apostrophe
`(`		(	Opening parenthesis
`)`		)	Closing parenthesis
`*`		*	Asterisk
`+`		+	Plus sign
`,`		,	Comma
`-`		-	Minus sign; hyphen
`.`		.	Period
`/`		/	Slash; oblique sign
`0`		0	Zero
`1`		1	One
`2`		2	Two
`3`		3	Three
`4`		4	Four
`5`		5	Five
`6`		6	Six
`7`		7	Seven
`8`		8	Eight
`9`		9	Nine
`:`		:	Colon
`;`		;	Semicolon
`<`	`<`	<	"Less than" symbol
`=`		=	Equal sign
`>`	`>`	>	"Greater than" symbol
`?`		?	Question mark
`@`		@	"At" sign
`A`		A	Upper-case "A"
`B`		B	Upper-case "B"
`C`		C	Upper-case "C"
`D`		D	Upper-case "D"
`E`		E	Upper-case "E"
`F`		F	Upper-case "F"
`G`		G	Upper-case "G"
`H`		H	Upper-case "H"
`I`		I	Upper-case "I"
`J`		J	Upper-case "J"
`K`		K	Upper-case "K"
`L`		L	Upper-case "L"
`M`		M	Upper-case "M"
`N`		N	Upper-case "N"
`O`		O	Upper-case "O"
`P`		P	Upper-case "P"
`Q`		Q	Upper-case "Q"
`R`		R	Upper-case "R"
`S`		S	Upper-case "S"
`T`		T	Upper-case "T"
`U`		U	Upper-case "U"
`V`		V	Upper-case "V"
`W`		W	Upper-case "W"
`X`		X	Upper-case "X"
`Y`		Y	Upper-case "Y"
`Z`		Z	Upper-case "Z"
`[`		[	Opening square bracket
`\`		\	Backslash
`]`		]	Closing square bracket
`^`		^	Caret
`_`		_	Underscore
```		`	Grave accent, no letter
`a`		a	Lower-case "a"
`b`		b	Lower-case "b"
`c`		c	Lower-case "c"
`d`		d	Lower-case "d"
`e`		e	Lower-case "e"
`f`		f	Lower-case "f"
`g`		g	Lower-case "g"
`h`		h	Lower-case "h"
`i`		i	Lower-case "i"
`j`		j	Lower-case "j"
`k`		k	Lower-case "k"
`l`		l	Lower-case "l"
`m`		m	Lower-case "m"
`n`		n	Lower-case "n"
`o`		o	Lower-case "o"
`p`		p	Lower-case "p"
`q`		q	Lower-case "q"
`r`		r	Lower-case "r"
`s`		s	Lower-case "s"
`t`		t	Lower-case "t"
`u`		u	Lower-case "u"
`v`		v	Lower-case "v"
`w`		w	Lower-case "w"
`x`		x	Lower-case "x"
`y`		y	Lower-case "y"
`z`		z	Lower-case "z"
`{`		{	Opening brace
`\|`		\|	Vertical bar
`}`		}	Closing brace
`~`		~	Equivalency symbol
` `	` `		Non-breaking space
`¡`	`¡`	¡	Inverted exclamation mark
`¢`	`¢`	¢	Cent symbol
`£`	`£`	£	Pound symbol
`¤`	`¤`	¤	Currency symbol
`¥`	`¥`	¥	Japanese yen symbol; Chinese yuan symbol
`¦`	`¦`	¦	Broken vertical bar
`§`	`§`	§	Section symbol
`¨`	`¨`	¨	Umlaut, no letter
`©`	`©`	©	Copyright symbol
`ª`	`ª`	ª	Feminine ordinal indicator
`«`	`«`	«	Opening double chevron
`¬`	`¬`	¬	Optional hyphen
`®`	`®`	®	Registered symbol
`¯`	`¯`	¯	Macron
`°`	`°`	°	Degree symbol
`±`	`±`	±	Plus/minus symbol
`²`	`²`	²	Superscript 2
`³`	`³`	³	Superscript 3
`´`	`´`	´	Acute accent, no letter
`µ`	`µ`	µ	Micron
`¶`	`¶`	¶	Paragraph symbol
`·`	`·`	·	Middle dot
`¸`	`¸`	¸	Cedilla
`¹`	`¹`	¹	Superscript 1
`º`	`º`	º	Masculine ordinal indicator
`»`	`»`	»	Closing double chevron
`¼`	`¼`	¼	One-quarter fraction
`½`	`½`	½	One-half fraction
`¾`	`¾`	¾	Three-quarters fraction
`¿`	`¿`	¿	Inverted question mark
`À`	`À`	À	Upper-case "A" with grave accent
`Á`	`Á`	Á	Upper-case "A" with acute accent
`Â`	`Â`	Â	Upper-case "A" with circumflex
`Ã`	`Ã`	Ã	Upper-case "A" with tilde
`Ä`	`Ä`	Ä	Upper-case "A" with umlaut
`Å`	`Å`	Å	Upper-case "A" with ring
`Æ`	`Æ`	Æ	Upper-case "AE" ligature
`Ç`	`Ç`	Ç	Upper-case "C" with cedilla
`È`	`È`	È	Upper-case "E" with grave accent
`É`	`É`	É	Upper-case "E" with acute accent
`Ê`	`Ê`	Ê	Upper-case "E" with circumflex
`Ë`	`Ë`	Ë	Upper-case "E" with umlaut
`Ì`	`Ì`	Ì	Upper-case "I" with grave accent
`Í`	`Í`	Í	Upper-case "I" with acute accent
`Î`	`Î`	Î	Upper-case "I" with circumflex
`Ï`	`Ï`	Ï	Upper-case "I" with umlaut
`Ð`	`Ð`	Ð	Capital "ETH"
`Ñ`	`Ñ`	Ñ	Upper-case "N" with tilde
`Ó`	`Ó`	Ó	Upper-case "O" with acute accent
`Ô`	`Ô`	Ô	Upper-case "O" with circumflex
`Õ`	`Õ`	Õ	Upper-case "O" with tilde
`Ö`	`Ö`	Ö	Upper-case "O" with umlaut
`×`	`×`	×	Multiplication symbol
`Ø`	`Ø`	Ø	Upper-case "O" with oblique stroke
`Ù`	`Ù`	Ù	Upper-case "U" with grave accent
`Ú`	`Ú`	Ú	Upper-case "U" with acute accent
`Û`	`Û`	Û	Upper-case "U" with circumflex
`Ü`	`Ü`	Ü	Upper-case "U" with umlaut
`Ý`	`Ý`	Ý	Upper-case "Y" with acute accent
`Þ`	`Þ`	Þ	Capital "THORN"
`ß`	`ß`	ß	"sz" ligature
`à`	`à`	à	Lower-case "a" with grave accent
`á`	`á`	á	Lower-case "a" with acute accent
`â`	`â`	â	Lower-case "a" with circumflex
`ã`	`ã`	ã	Lower-case "a" with tilde
`ä`	`ä`	ä	Lower-case "a" with umlaut
`å`	`å`	å	Lower-case "a" with ring
`æ`	`æ`	æ	Lower-case "ae" ligature
`ç`	`ç`	ç	Lower-case "c" with cedilla
`è`	`è`	è	Lower-case "e" with grave accent
`é`	`é`	é	Lower-case "e" with acute accent
`ê`	`ê`	ê	Lower-case "e" with circumflex
`ë`	`ë`	ë	Lower-case "e" with umlaut
`ì`	`ì`	ì	Lower-case "i" with grave accent
`í`	`í`	í	Lower-case "i" with acute accent
`î`	`î`	î	Lower-case "i" with circumflex
`ï`	`ï`	ï	Lower-case "i" with umlaut
`ð`	`ð`	ð	Lower-case "eth"
`ñ`	`ñ`	ñ	Lower-case "n" with tilde
`ò`	`ò`	ò	Lower-case "o" with grave accent
`ó`	`ó`	ó	Lower-case "o" with acute accent
`ô`	`ô`	ô	Lower-case "o" with circumflex
`õ`	`õ`	õ	Lower-case "o" with tilde
`ö`	`ö`	ö	Lower-case "o" with umlaut
`÷`	`÷`	÷	Division symbol
`ø`	`ø`	ø	Lower-case "o" with oblique stroke
`ù`	`ù`	ù	Lower-case "u" with grave accent
`ú`	`ú`	ú	Lower-case "u" with acute accent
`û`	`û`	û	Lower-case "u" with circumflex
`ü`	`ü`	ü	Lower-case "u" with umlaut
`ý`	`ý`	ý	Lower-case "y" with acute accent
`þ`	`þ`	þ	Lower-case "thorn"
`ÿ`	`ÿ`	ÿ	Lower-case "y" with umlaut