Common Symbols
June 10, 2002
These should work in most browsers
| Character |
Numeric |
Symbolic |
Description |
| ´ |
´ |
´ |
acute accent |
| & |
& |
& |
ampersand |
| ¦ |
¦ |
¦ |
broken vertical bar |
| • |
• |
• |
bullet |
| ¸ |
¸ |
¸ |
cedilla |
| ¢ |
¢ |
¢ |
cent |
| © |
© |
© |
copyright |
| ° |
° |
° |
degree (circle may fill on older Macs) |
| ÷ |
÷ |
÷ |
division |
| ½ |
½ |
½ |
fraction half (not on older Macs) |
| ¼ |
¼ |
¼ |
fraction quarter (not on older Macs) |
| ¾ |
¾ |
¾ |
fraction three quarters (not on older Macs) |
| > |
> |
> |
greater than |
| ¡ |
¡ |
¡ |
inverted exclamation mark |
| ¿ |
¿ |
¿ |
inverted question mark |
| « |
« |
« |
left-pointing double angle quotation mark |
| < |
< |
< |
less than |
| ¯ |
¯ |
¯ |
macron |
| µ |
µ |
µ |
micro |
| |
  |
|
non-breaking space |
| ¬ |
¬ |
¬ |
not |
| ¶ |
¶ |
¶ |
paragraph |
| ± |
± |
± |
plus-minus |
| " |
" |
" |
quotation mark |
| ® |
® |
® |
registered |
| » |
» |
» |
right-pointing double angle quotation mark |
| § |
§ |
§ |
section |
| ¨ |
¨ |
¨ |
umlaut/diaeresis |
| × |
× |
× |
multiplication |
| ™ |
™ |
™ |
trade mark |
Currency
These generally work in most browsers
The good old dollar symbol isn't here because it's a regular character, not a special character. There's also a special currency symbol denoting currencies in general, but it's included in the "Not suitable for Macs" section, because it's likely to fail on a Mac.
| Character |
Numeric |
Symbolic |
Description |
| € |
€ |
€ |
euro |
| £ |
£ |
£ |
pound |
| ¥ |
¥ |
¥ |
yen |
Less Common
These too should work in most browsers
| Character |
Numeric |
Symbolic |
Description |
| „ |
„ |
„ |
double low-9 quotation mark |
| ˆ |
ˆ |
ˆ |
modifier circumflex accent |
| † |
† |
† |
dagger |
| ‡ |
‡ |
‡ |
double dagger |
| … |
… |
… |
horizontal ellipsis |
| “ |
“ |
“ |
left double quotation mark |
| ‹ |
‹ |
‹ |
single left-pointing angle quotation mark |
| ‘ |
‘ |
‘ |
left single quotation mark |
| · |
· |
· |
middle dot |
| — |
— |
— |
em dash |
| – |
– |
– |
en dash |
| ‰ |
‰ |
‰ |
per mille |
| › |
› |
› |
single right-pointing angle quotation mark |
| ’ |
’ |
’ |
right single quotation mark |
| ‚ |
‚
|
‚ |
single low-9 quotation mark |
| |
­ |
­ |
soft hyphen (not in N6) |
| ª |
ª |
ª |
feminine ordinal indicator |
| º |
º |
º |
masculine ordinal indicator |
| ” |
” |
” |
right double quotation mark |
| ˜ |
˜ |
˜ |
small tilde |
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