html code | character(s) | description |
" “ ” ‘ ’ (',") | " “ ” ‘ ’ (',") | quotes, left right double quotes, left right single quote (v. ascii ' and ") |
& | & | ampersand |
° | ° | degrees, e.g., 37° |
§ | § | section |
† | † | dagger |
• | • | •bullet |
¡ | ¡ | inverted ! |
¿ | ¿ | inverted ? |
© | © | copyright |
® | ® | registered trademark |
£ | £ | pound sterling, currency |
€ | € | euro |
¢ | ¢ | cents, crossed c |
¥ | ¥ | yen sign, crossed Y |
Mathematics |
′ ″ | ′ ″ | prime, double prime (v. ascii ' and ") |
· ⋅ | · ⋅ | middle dot f·g; sdot f⋅g |
← ↑ ↓ → ↔ | ← ↑ ↓ → ↔ | left-, up-, down-, right-, left-right-arrow |
⇐ ⇑ ⇓ ⇒ ⇔ | ⇐ ⇑ ⇓ ⇒ ⇔ | left-, up-, down-, right-, left-right- double-arrow (implies) |
⟨ ⟩ | 〈 〉 | left-, right-angle bracket |
⌈ ⌉ ⌊ ⌋ | ⌈ ⌉ ⌊ ⌋ | left/right ceiling/floor |
± | ± | plus or minus |
× | × | multiplication sign |
÷ | ÷ | division |
⊕ ⊗ | ⊕ ⊗ | circled plus and times |
ℜ ℑ ℘ | ℜ ℑ ℘ | real (script R), imaginary (script I) parts, power set (script P) |
< ≤ > ≥ = ≠ | < ≤ > ≥ = ≠ | less/greater than/ or equal, (not) equal |
¬ | ¬ | not |
∧ ∨ | ∧ ∨ | logical and, or |
∃ ∀ | ∃ ∀ | there exists, for all |
∴ | ∴ | therefore |
⊥ | ⊥ | perpendicular (bottom) |
∑ | ∑ | sum (see Sigma) |
∏ | ∏ | product (see Pi) |
∫ | ∫ ∫ ∫ | integral sign |
∂ | ∂ | partial differential |
∞ | ∞ ∞ ∞ | infinity oo |
ℵ | ℵ | alef symbol |
√ | √2 | square root, sqrt sign, radical |
Δ | Δ | Delta |
∇ | ∇ | nabla, del, gradient |
∩ ∪ | ∩ ∪ | intersection, union |
∈ ∉ ∋ | ∈ ∉ ∋ | member (is in), not a member, contains (see epsilon) |
⊂ ⊆ ⊃ ⊇ | ⊂ ⊆ ⊃ ⊇ | subset and superset, or equal |
⊄ | ⊄ | not a subset of |
∅ | ∅ | empty set |
≡ | ≡ | equivalent to |
≈ | ≈ | approx equal to |
∼ | ∼ | similar to, varies with, tilde (~) |
∝ | ∝ | proportional to |
≅ | ≅ | congruent to |
‾ | x‾y | over-line (c.f. using css) |
Greek |
Α α | Α α | alpha |
Β β | Β β | beta |
Γ γ | Γ γ | gamma |
Δ δ | Δ δ | delta |
Ε ε | Ε ε | epsilon (see isin, member) |
Ζ ζ | Ζ ζ | zeta |
Η η | Η η | eta |
Θ θ | Θ θ | theta |
Ι ι | Ι ι | iota |
Κ κ | Κ κ | kappa |
Λ λ | Λ λ | lambda |
Μ μ | Μ μ | mu |
Ν ν | Ν ν | nu |
Ξ ξ | Ξ ξ | xi |
Ο ο | Ο ο | omicron |
Π π | Π π | pi (see product) |
Ρ ρ | Ρ ρ | rho |
Σ σ | Σ σ | sigma (see sum) |
Τ τ | Τ τ | tau |
Υ υ | Υ υ | upsilon |
Φ φ | Φ φ | phi |
Χ χ | Χ χ | chi |
Ψ ψ | Ψ ψ | psi |
Ω ω | Ω ω | omega |