Html Entities
Published: 2019-03-12 12:01:17

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HTML entities are strigns inside HTML code that start with ampersand `&` and end with semicolon `;`. They allow you to add wide variety of characters to your HTML code.

For example `<` and `>` characters are reserved in HTML because they are used to enclose HTML tags. But if you need to display one of them on the page you can use `&gt;` to display `>` and `&lt;` for `<`.

HTML entities can be referenced by name, like we did with `&gt;` and `&lt`, but they also have numeric references: **hexadecimal** and **decimal**.

For examle `&gt;` can also be referenced as `&#62;` and `&lt;` can be referenced as `&#60;`.

Some of the entities don’t have named reference and can only be referenced by their decimal or hexadecimal reference. Like for example celsius sign `&#8451;`

Here is a list of some popular HTML entities:

| Character | Entity | Hexadecimal | Decimal | Name |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| © | `&copy;` | `&#x000A9;` | `&#169;` | COPYRIGHT SIGN |
| ® | `&reg;``&circledR;` | `&#x000AE;` | `&#174;` | REGISTERED SIGN |
| ™ | `&trade;` | `&#x02122;` | `&#8482;` | TRADE MARK SIGN |
| \> | `&gt;` | `&#x0003E;` | `&#62;` | GREATER-THAN SIGN |
| \< | `&lt;` | `&#x0003C;` | `&#60;` | LESS-THAN SIGN |
| ; | `&semi;` | `&#x0003B;` | `&#59;` | SEMICOLON |
| & | `&amp;` | `&#x00026;` | `&#38;` | AMPERSAND |
| ” | `&quot;` | `&#x00022;` | `&#34;` | QUOTATION MARK |
| # | `&num;` | `&#x00023;` | `&#35;` | NUMBER SIGN |
| ★ | `&starf;``&bigstar;` | `&#x02605;` | `&#9733;` | BLACK STAR |
| ☆ | `&star;` | `&#x02606;` | `&#9734;` | WHITE STAR |
| ✂ | | `&#x02702;` | `&#9986;` | BLACK SCISSORS |
| ✓ | `&check;``&checkmark;` | `&#x02713;` | `&#10003;` | CHECK MARK |
| ✗ | `&cross;` | `&#x02717;` | `&#10007;` | BALLOT X |
| ✩ | | `&#x02729;` | `&#10025;` | STRESS OUTLINED WHITE STAR |
| ✪ | | `&#x0272A;` | `&#10026;` | CIRCLED WHITE STAR |
| ❞ | | `&#x0275E;` | `&#10078;` | HEAVY DOUBLE COMMA QUOTATION MARK ORNAMENT |
| ❤ | | `&#x02764;` | `&#10084;` | HEAVY BLACK HEART |
| ← | `&larr;``&leftarrow;``&LeftArrow;``&slarr;``&ShortLeftArrow;` | `&#x02190;` | `&#8592;` | LEFTWARDS ARROW |
| ↑ | `&uarr;``&uparrow;``&UpArrow;``&ShortUpArrow;` | `&#x02191;` | `&#8593;` | UPWARDS ARROW |
| → | `&rarr;``&rightarrow;``&RightArrow;``&srarr;``&ShortRightArrow;` | `&#x02192;` | `&#8594;` | RIGHTWARDS ARROW |
| ↓ | `&darr;``&downarrow;``&DownArrow;``&ShortDownArrow;` | `&#x02193;` | `&#8595;` | DOWNWARDS ARROW |
| € | `&euro;` | `&#x020AC;` | `&#8364;` | EURO SIGN |
| ▶ | | `&#x025B6;` | `&#9654;` | BLACK RIGHT-POINTING TRIANGLE |
| ▽ | `&xdtri;``&bigtriangledown;` | `&#x025BD;` | `&#9661;` | WHITE DOWN-POINTING TRIANGLE |
| ◉ | | `&#x025C9;` | `&#9673;` | FISHEYE |
| ∑ | `&sum; &Sum;` | `&#x02211;` | `&#8721;` | N-ARY SUMMATION |
| ℹ | | `&#x02139;` | `&#8505;` | INFORMATION SOURCE |
| № | `&numero;` | `&#x02116;` | `&#8470;` | NUMERO SIGN |
| ℗ | `&copysr;` | `&#x02117;` | `&#8471;` | SOUND RECORDING COPYRIGHT |
| ℃ | | `&#x02103;` | `&#8451;` | DEGREE CELSIUS |
| ℉ | | `&#x02109;` | `&#8457;` | DEGREE FAHRENHEIT |