How To › Web Design & Dev HTML Codes and Special Characters HTML codes to add special characters on your web page Share Pin Email Print Gary Conner/Getty Images Web Design & Dev HTML Basics CSS by Jeremy Girard Author, educator, and director of marketing/head of web design and development at Envision Technology Advisors. Updated November 17, 2018 When you are coding a web page, you often need to use characters that are not found on a keyboard. To add these characters to your page, you cannot simply type them out. Instead, you have to code that character using an ​HTML special character. In other instances, certain characters are reserved in HTML, like the "less than" and "greater than" arrows that make up all HTML elements, or the ampersand symbol. Even though these characters are on your keyboard, you still would encode these in your HTML so that your document knows how to properly render them on the screen. HTML Codes for Web Pages The following list includes the HTML codes for many of the special character symbols used on web pages. To use these codes, you could write the special character out by hand, using either the friendly code, the numerical code, or even the hex code. You could also just find the character you need from the list below and paste in the code for it into your HTML document. You should use the Unicode character set and define that in the head of your document. You define this character set by putting this line in the of your document. Character Friendly Code Numerical Code Hex Code Description A A A A Capital A a a a a Lowercase A À À À À Capital A-grave à à à à Lowercase A-grave Á Á Á Á Capital A-acute á á á á Lowercase A-acute     Capital A-circumflex â â â â Lowercase A-circumflex à à à à Capital A-tilde ã ã ã ã Lowercase A-tilde Ä Ä Ä Ä Capital A-umlaut ä ä ä ä Lowercase A-umlaut Å Å Å Å Capital A-ring å å å å Lowercase A-umlaut Ā Ā Ā Capital A-macron ā ā ā Lowercase A-macron Ă Ă Ă Capital A-breve ă ă ă Lowercase A-breve Ą Ą Ą Capital A-ogonek ą ą ą Lowercase A-ogonek Ǟ Ǟ Ǟ Capital A-diaeresis and macron ǟ ǟ ǟ Lowercase A-diaeresis and macron Ǻ Ǻ Ǻ Capital A-acute ring ǻ ǻ ǻ Lowercase A-acute ring Æ Æ Æ Æ Capital AE Ligature æ æ æ æ Lowercase AE Ligature Ǽ Ǽ Ǽ Capital AE Ligature-acute ǽ ǽ ǽ Lowercase AE Ligature-acute B B B B Capital B b b b b Lowercase B Ḃ Ḃ Ḃ Capital B-dot ḃ ḃ ḃ Lowercase B-dot C C C C Capital C c c c c Lowercase C Ć Ć Ć Capital C-acute ć ć ć Lowercase C-acute Ç Ç Ç Ç Capital C-cedilla ç ç ç ç Lowercase C-cedilla Č Č Č Capital C-hachek č č č Lowercase C-hachek Ĉ Ĉ Ĉ Capital C-circumflex ĉ ĉ ĉ Lowercase C-circumflex Ċ Ċ Ċ Capital C-dot ċ ċ ċ Lowercase C-dot D D D D Capital D d d d d Lowercase D Ḑ Ḑ Ḑ Capital D-cedilla ḑ ḑ ḑ Lowercase D-cedilla Ď Ď Ď Capital D-hachek ď ď ď Lowercase D-hachek Ḋ Ḋ Ḋ Capital D-dot ḋ ḋ ḋ Lowercase D-dot Đ Đ Đ Capital D-stroke đ đ đ Lowercase D-stroke Ð Ð Ð Ð Capital Eth (Icelandic) ð ð ð ð Lowercase Eth (Icelandic) DZ or Dz DZ or &498; DZ or Dz Capital DZ Ligature dz dz dz Lowercase DZ Ligature DŽ or Dž DŽ or Dž DŽ or Dž Capital DZ-hachek dž dž dž Lowercase DZ-hachek E E E E Capital E e e e e Lowercase E È È È È Capital E-grave è è è è Lowercase E-grave É É É É Capital E-acute é é é é Lowercase E-acute Ě Ě Ě Capital E-hachek ě ě ě Lowercase E-hachek Ê Ê Ê Ê Capital E-circumflex ê ê ê ê Lowercase E-circumflex Ë Ë Ë Ë Capital E-umlaut ë ë ë ë Lowercase E-umlaut Ē Ē Ē Capital E-macron ē ē ē Lowercase E-macron Ĕ Ĕ Ĕ Capital E-breve ĕ ĕ ĕ Lowercase E-breve Ę Ę Ę Capital E-ogonek ę ę ę Lowercase E-ogonek Ė Ė Ė Capital E-dot ė ė ė Lowercase E-dot Ʒ Ʒ Ʒ Capital Ezh ʒ ʒ ʒ Lowercase Ezh Ǯ Ǯ Ǯ Capital Ezh-hachek ǯ ǯ ǯ Lowercase Ezh-hachek F F F F Capital F f f f f Lowercase F Ḟ Ḟ Ḟ Capital F-dot ḟ ḟ ḟ Lowercase F-dot ƒ ƒ ƒ Lowercase F-hook ff ff ff Lowercase FF Ligature fi fi fi Lowercase FI Ligature fl fl fl Lowercase FL Ligature ffi ffi ffi Lowercase FFI Ligature ffl ffl ffl Lowercase FFL Ligature ſt ſt ſt Lowercase FT Ligature G G G G Capital G g g g g Lowercase G Ǵ Ǵ Ǵ Capital G-acute ǵ ǵ ǵ Lowercase G-acute Ģ Ģ Ģ Capital G-cedilla ģ ģ ģ Lowercase G-cedilla Ǧ Ǧ Ǧ Capital G-hachek ǧ ǧ ǧ Lowercase G-hachek Ĝ Ĝ Ĝ Capital G-circumflex ĝ ĝ ĝ Lowercase G-circumflex Ğ Ğ Ğ Capital G-breve ğ ğ ğ Lowercase G-breve Ġ Ġ Ġ Capital G-dot ġ ġ ġ Lowercase G-dot Ǥ Ǥ Ǥ Capital G-stroke ǥ ǥ ǥ Lowercase G-stroke H H H H Capital H h h h h Lowercase H Ĥ Ĥ Ĥ Capital H-circumflex ĥ ĥ ĥ Lowercase H-circumflex Ħ Ħ Ħ Capital H-stroke �� ħ ħ Lowercase H-stroke I I I I Capital I i i i i Lowercase I Ì Ì Ì Ì Capital I-grave ì ì ì ì Lowercase I-grave Í Í Í Í Capital I-acute í í í í Lowercase I-acute Î Î Î Î Capital I-circumflex î î î î Lowercase I-circumflex Ĩ Ĩ Ĩ Capital I-tilde ĩ ĩ ĩ Lowercase I-tilde Ï Ï Ï Ï Capital I-umlaut ï ï ï ï Lowercase I-umlaut Ī Ī Ī Capital I-macron ī ī ī Lowercase I-macron Ĭ Ĭ Ĭ Capital I-breve ĭ ĭ ĭ Lowercase I-breve Į Į Į Capital I-ogonek į į į Lowercase I-ogonek İ İ İ Capital I-dot ı ı ı Lowercase I-dotless IJ IJ IJ Capital IJ Ligature ij ij ij Lowercase IJ Ligature J J J J Capital J j j j j Lowercase J Ĵ Ĵ Ĵ Capital J-circumflex ĵ ĵ ĵ Lowercase J-circumflex K K K K Capital K k k k k Lowercase K Ḱ Ḱ Ḱ Capital K-acute ḱ ḱ ḱ Lowercase K-acute Ķ Ķ Ķ Capital K-cedilla ķ ķ ķ Lowercase K-cedilla Ǩ Ǩ Ǩ Capital K-hachek ǩ ǩ ǩ Lowercase K-hachek ĸ ĸ ĸ Small Capital K L L L L Capital L l l l l Lowercase L Ĺ Ĺ Ĺ Capital L-acute ĺ ĺ ĺ Lowercase L-acute Ļ Ļ Ļ Capital L-cedilla ļ ļ ļ Lowercase L-cedilla Ľ Ľ Ľ Capital L-hachek ľ ľ ľ Lowercase L-hachek Ŀ Ŀ Ŀ Capital L-middle dot ŀ ŀ ŀ Lowercase L-middle dot Ł Ł Ł Capital L-stroke ł ł ł Lowercase L-stroke LJ or Lj LJ or Lj LJ or Lj Capital LJ Ligature lj lj lj Lowercase LJ Ligature M M M M Capital M m m m m Lowercase M Ṁ Ṁ Ṁ Capital M-dot ṁ ṁ ṁ Lowercase M-dot N N N N Capital N n n n n Lowercase N Ń Ń Ń Capital N-acute ń ń ń Lowercase N-acute Ņ Ņ Ņ Capital N-cedilla ņ ņ ņ Lowercase N-cedilla Ň Ň Ň Capital N-hachek ň ň ň Lowercase N-hachek Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Capital N-tilde ñ ñ ñ ñ Lowercase N-tilde ʼn ʼn ʼn Lowercase N-apostrophe (before) Ŋ Ŋ Ŋ Capital Eng ŋ ŋ ŋ Lowercase Eng NJ or Nj NJ or Nj NJ or Nj Capital NJ Ligature nj nj nj Lowercase NJ Ligature O O O O Capital O o o o o Lowercase O Ò Ò Ò Ò Capital O-grave ò ò ò ò Lowercase O-grave Ó Ó Ó Ó Capital O-acute ó ó ó ó Lowercase O-acute Ô Ô Ô Ô Capital O-circumflex ô ô ô ô Lowercase O-circumflex Õ Õ Õ Õ Capital O-tilde õ õ õ õ Lowercase O-tilde Ö Ö Ö Ö Capital O-umlaut ö ö ö ö Lowercase O-umlaut Ō Ō Ō Capital O-macron ō ō ō Lowercase O-macron Ŏ Ŏ Ŏ Capital O-breve ŏ ŏ ŏ Lowercase O-breve Ø Ø Ø Ø Capital O-slash ø ø ø ø Lowercase O-slash Ő Ő Ő Capital O-double acute ő ő ő Lowercase O-double acute Ǿ Ǿ Ǿ Capital O-acute slash ǿ ǿ ǿ Lowercase O-acute slash Œ Œ Œ Œ Capital OE Ligature œ œ œ œ Lowercase OE Ligature P P P P Capital P p p p p Lowercase P Ṗ Ṗ Ṗ Capital P-dot ṗ ṗ ṗ Lowercase P-dot Q Q Q Q Capital Q q q q q Lowercase Q R R R R Capital R r r r r Lowercase R Ŕ Ŕ Ŕ Capital R-acute ŕ ŕ ŕ Lowercase R-acute Ŗ Ŗ Ŗ Capital R-cedilla ŗ ŗ ŗ Lowercase R-cedilla Ř Ř Ř Capital R-hachek ř ř ř Lowercase R-hachek ɼ ɼ ɼ Lowercase R-Long leg S S S S Capital S s s s s Lowercase S Ś Ś Ś Capital S-acute ś ś ś Lowercase S-acute Ş Ş Ş Capital S-cedilla ş ş ş Lowercase S-cedilla Š Š Š Capital S-hachek š š š Lowercase S-hachek Ŝ Ŝ Ŝ Capital S-circumflex ŝ ŝ ŝ Lowercase S-circumflex Ṡ Ṡ Ṡ Capital S-dot ṡ ṡ ṡ Lowercase S-dot ſ ſ ſ Lowercase S-long ß ß ß ß Lowercase SZ Ligature T T T T Capital T t t t t Lowercase T Ţ Ţ Ţ Capital T-cedilla ţ ţ ţ Lowercase T-cedilla Ť Ť Ť Capital T-hachek ť ť ť Lowercase T-hachek Ṫ Ṫ Ṫ Capital T-dot ṫ ṫ ṫ Lowercase T-dot Ŧ Ŧ Ŧ Capital T-stroke ŧ ŧ ŧ Lowercase T-stroke Þ Þ Þ Þ Capital Thorn þ þ þ þ Lowercase Thorn U U U U Capital U u u u u Lowercase U Ù Ù Ù Ù Capital U-grave ù ù ù ù Lowercase U-grave Ú Ú Ú Ú Capital U-acute ú ú ú ú Lowercase U-acute Û Û Û Û Capital U-circumflex û û û û Lowercase U-circumflex Ũ Ũ Ũ Capital U-tilde ũ ũ ũ Lowercase U-tilde Ü Ü Ü Ü Capital U-umlaut ü ü ü ü Lowercase U-umlaut Ů Ů Ů Capital U-ring ů ů ů Lowercase U-ring Ū Ū Ū Capital U-macron ū ū ū Lowercase U-macron Ŭ Ŭ Ŭ Capital U-breve ŭ ŭ ŭ Lowercase U-breve Ų Ų Ų Capital U-ogonek ų ų ų Lowercase U-ogonek Ű Ű Ű Capital U-double acute ű ű ű Lowercase U-double acute V V V V Capital V v v v v Lowercase V W W W W Capital W w w w w Lowercase W Ẁ Ẁ Ẁ Capital W-grave ẁ ẁ ẁ Lowercase W-grave Ẃ Ẃ Ẃ Capital W-acute ẃ ẃ ẃ Lowercase W-acute Ŵ Ŵ Ŵ Capital W-circumflex ŵ ŵ ŵ Lowercase W-circumflex Ẅ Ẅ Ẅ Capital W-umlaut ẅ ẅ ẅ Lowercase W-umlaut X X X X Capital X x x x x Lowercase X Y Y Y Y Capital Y y y y y Lowercase Y Ỳ Ỳ Ỳ Capital Y-grave ỳ ỳ ỳ Lowercase Y-grave Ý Ý Ý Ý Capital Y-acute ý ý ý ý Lowercase Y-acute Ŷ Ŷ Ŷ Capital Y-circumflex ŷ ŷ ŷ Lowercase Y-circumflex Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Capital Y-umlaut ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ Lowercase Y-umlaut Z Z Z Z Capital Z z z z z Lowercase Z Ź Ź Ź Capital Z-acute ź ź ź Lowercase Z-acute Ž Ž Ž Capital Z-hachek ž ž ž Lowercase Z-hachek Ż Ż Ż Capital Z-dot ż ż ż Lowercase Z-dot Characters for Specific Languages and Uses Czech and SlovenianFrenchGermanGreekPolishRomanianRussian (Cyrillic)SpanishTurkishPunctuation Codes Edited by Jeremy Girard Continue Reading