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Symbol Entities in HTML & XHTML

Example Named Entity Numeric Entity Description
ƒ ƒ ƒ Latin small f with hook
Α Α Α Greek capital letter alpha
Β Β Β Greek capital letter beta
Γ Γ Γ Greek capital letter gamma
Δ Δ Δ Greek capital letter delta
Ε Ε Ε Greek capital letter epsilon
Ζ Ζ Ζ Greek capital letter zeta
Η Η Η Greek capital letter eta
Θ Θ Θ Greek capital letter theta
Ι Ι Ι Greek capital letter iota
Κ Κ Κ Greek capital letter kappa
Λ Λ Λ Greek capital letter lambda
Μ Μ Μ Greek capital letter mu
Ν Ν Ν Greek capital letter nu
Ξ Ξ Ξ Greek capital letter xi
Ο Ο Ο Greek capital letter omicron
Π Π Π Greek capital letter pi
Ρ Ρ Ρ Greek capital letter rho
Note: There’s no Sigmaf, ” final sigma”, ΢ defined in iso-grk
Σ Σ Σ Greek capital letter sigma
Τ Τ Τ Greek capital letter tau
Υ Υ Υ Greek capital letter upsilon
Φ Φ Φ Greek capital letter phi
Χ Χ Χ Greek capital letter chi
Ψ Ψ Ψ Greek capital letter psi
Ω Ω Ω Greek capital letter omega
α α α Greek small letter alpha
β β β Greek small letter beta
γ γ γ Greek small letter gamma
δ δ δ Greek small letter delta
ε ε ε Greek small letter epsilon
ζ ζ ζ Greek small letter zeta
η η η Greek small letter eta
θ θ θ Greek small letter theta
ι ι ι Greek small letter iota
κ κ κ Greek small letter kappa
λ λ λ Greek small letter lambda
μ μ μ Greek small letter mu
ν ν ν Greek small letter nu
ξ ξ ξ Greek small letter xi
ο ο ο Greek small letter omicron
π π π Greek small letter pi
ρ ρ ρ Greek small letter rho
ς ς ς Greek small letter final sigma
σ σ σ Greek small letter sigma
τ τ τ Greek small letter tau
υ υ υ Greek small letter upsilon
φ φ φ Greek small letter phi
χ χ χ Greek small letter chi
ψ ψ ψ Greek small letter psi
ω ω ω Greek small letter omega
ϑ ϑ ϑ Greek small letter theta symbol
ϒ ϒ ϒ Greek upsilon with hook symbol
ϖ ϖ ϖ pi symbol
• • bullet
… … horizontal ellipsis
′ ′ prime
″ ″ double prime
‾ ‾ overline
⁄ ⁄ fraction slash
℘ ℘ script capital
ℑ ℑ blackletter capital I
ℜ ℜ blackletter capital R
™ ™ trade mark sign
ℵ ℵ alef symbol
← ← leftward arrow
↑ ↑ upward arrow
→ → rightward arrow
↓ ↓ downward arrow
↔ ↔ left right arrow
↵ ↵ downward arrow with corner leftward
⇐ ⇐ leftward double arrow
⇑ ⇑ upward double arrow
⇒ ⇒ rightward double arrow
⇓ ⇓ downward double arrow
⇔ ⇔ left-right double arrow
∀ ∀ for all
∂ ∂ partial differential
∃ ∃ there exists
∅ ∅ empty set
∇ ∇ nabla
∈ ∈ element of
∉ ∉ not an element of
∋ ∋ contains as member
∏ ∏ n-ary product
∑ ∑ n-ary summation
− − minus sign
∗ ∗ asterisk operator
√ √ square root
∝ ∝ proportional to
∞ ∞ infinity
∠ ∠ angle
∧ ∧ logical and
∨ ∨ logical or
∩ ∩ intersection
∪ ∪ union
∫ ∫ integral
∴ ∴ therefore
∼ ∼ tilde operator
≅ ≅ approximately equal to
≈ ≈ almost equal to
≠ ≠ not equal to
≡ ≡ identical to
≤ ≤ less-than or equal to
≥ ≥ greater-than or equal to
⊂ ⊂ subset of
⊃ ⊃ superset of
⊄ ⊄ not a subset of
Note: ⊅ , ⊅ “not a superset of” is not defined.
⊆ ⊆ subset of or equal to
⊇ ⊇ superset of or equal to
⊕ ⊕ circled plus
⊗ ⊗ circled times
⊥ ⊥ up tack
⋅ ⋅ dot operator
⌈ ⌈ left ceiling
⌉ ⌉ right ceiling
⌊ ⌊ left floor
⌋ ⌋ right floor
⟨ 〈 left-pointing angle bracket
⟩ 〉 right-pointing angle bracket
◊ ◊ lozenge
♠ ♠ black (solid) spade suit
♣ ♣ black (solid) club suit
♥ ♥ black (solid) heart suit
♦ ♦ black (solid) diamond suit

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