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Numeric Character References for HTML

Name	HTML	Character		Uses
Non-breaking Space	 			Separation of single quotation mark from double quotation mark, other
Opening Double Quotation Mark	“	“		Quotation, titles of short works, nicknames, denotation of irony
Closing Double Quotation Mark	”	”		End quotation, ditto on above
Opening Single Quotation Mark	‘	‘		Quotation, ditto on above
Closing Single Quotation Mark	’	’		End quotation, possession, contraction, abbreviation, ditto on above
Ellipsis	…	…		Omission of text in quotation, indication of trailing off, indication of pause in speech
Hyphen	‐	‐		Joining words, separating words into parts, line-wrapping, syllabification
Figure Dash	‒	‒		Telephone numbers (if unavailable, use hyphen-minus)
Minus Sign	−	−		Subtraction
N-dash	–	–		As a hyphen in hyphenated compounds, indication of range in amounts and dates
M-dash	—	—		Demarcation of parenthetical thought
Swung Dash	～	～		Separation of alternatives or approximates, denotation of specific omitted word
Bullet	•	•		Introduction of items on a list
Interpunct	·	·		Syllabification, interword separation, other uses in math and science
Section sign	§	§		Indication of section (§§ refers to plural sections)
Pilcrow	¶	¶		Indication of paragraph
Dagger	†	†		Second footnote (after asterisk)
Double Dagger	‡	‡		Third footnote
Solidus	∕	∕		Display of ratios and fractions
Permille	‰	‰		Denotation of parts per thousand
Permyriad	‱	‱		Denotation of parts per ten thousand
Numero Sign	№	№		Ordinal numbering
Degree Symbol	º	º		Degrees of arc or of temperature
Currency Sign	¤	¤		Denotation a currency when the symbol for a particular currency is unavailable
Dollar Sign	$	$		Currency (United States, Canada, Australia, Nicaragua, Tonga, Cape Verde, &c.)
Cent Sign	¢	¢		Currency (United States, &c.)
Mill Sign	₥	₥		Currency (United States, &c.)
Euro Sign	€	€		Currency (Europe)
Pound Sign	£	£		Currency (Great Britain)
Pound or Lira Sign	₤	₤		Currency (Great Britain, Italy)
Yen Sign	¥	¥		Currency (Japan)
Florin Sign	ƒ	ƒ		Currency (Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, Netherlands (obs.), Suriname (obs.))
Guaraní Sign	₲	₲		Currency (Paraguay)
Baht Sign	฿	฿		Currency (Thailand)
Kip Sign	₭	₭		Currency (Laos)
Colón Sign	₡	₡		Currency (Costa Rica, El Salvador)
Wŏn Sign	₩	₩		Currency (South Korea, North Korea)
đồng Sign	₫	₫		Currency (Vietnam)
Rupee Sign	₨	₨		Currency (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Mauritius, Seychelles, &c.)
Naira Sign	₦	₦		Currency (Nigeria)
Copyright Symbol	©	©		Denotation of copyrighted material
Registered Trademark Sign	®	®		Indicates that a trademark is registered
Trademark Sign	™	™		Indicates that a an item is a trademark
Care-of Sign	℅	℅		Indication of who is to accept a piece of parcel on whose behalf
One Half	½	½		Fraction
One Quarter	¼	¼		Fraction
Three Quarters	¾	¾		Fraction
Infinity Symbol	∞	∞		Denotes unboundedness
Obelus	÷	÷		Division
Multiplication Sign	×	×		Multiplication
Approximately Equal Sign	≈	≈		Approximation
Does Not Equal Sign	≠	≠		Inequation
Plus Or Minus Sign	±	±		Indication of a statistical margin or error
Double Left Guillemet	«	«		Quotation (French, other)
Double Right Guillemet	»	»		Quotation (French, other)
Single Left Guillemet	‹	‹		Quotation (French, other)
Single Right Guillemet	›	›		Quotation (French, other)
Irony Mark	؟	؟		End sentences denoting irony (primarily French), denotation of rhetorical questions
Inverted Question Mark	¿	¿		Begins sentences denoting interrogation or confusion (Spanish only)
Inverted Exclamation Point	¡	¡		Begins sentences denoting exclamation (Spanish only)
Double Exclamation Point	‼	‼		Extra-exclamatory statement, denotation of a brilliant move (chess)
Interrobang	‽	‽		Exclamatory interrogation—often rhetorical (non-standard)
Black Smiling Face	☻	☻		Indicates happiness or friendliness
Venus Symbol	♀	♀		Indicates the planet or goddess Venus, female or femininity, feminism, or copper
Mars Symbol	♂	♂		Indicates the planet or god Mars, male or masculinity, masculiism, or iron
Spades	♠	♠		Used in Anglo-American-French playing cards
Clubs	♣	♣		Used in Anglo-American-French playing cards
Hearts	♥	♥		Used in Anglo-American-French playing cards
Diamonds	♦	♦		Used in Anglo-American-French playing cards
Pi (lower case)	π	π		≈ 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582097…
E-acute (lower case)	é	é		E.g. déjà vu, café, sauté, Beyoncé, Pokémon, crème brûlée, papier-mâché
C-cedilla (lower case)	ç	ç		E.g. façade
O-umlaut (upper case)	Ö	Ö		E.g. Blue Öyster Cult
O-umlaut (lower case)	ö	ö		E.g. Motörhead
U-umlaut (lower case)	ü	ü		E.g. Hüsker Dü, ünloco
E-umlaut (lower case)	ё	ё		E.g. Dёthkløk
O-slash (lower case)	ø	ø		E.g. Dёthkløk
Ya (upper case)	Я	Я		E.g. KoЯn, Toys “Я” Us
Ya (lower case)	я	я		Ditto on above
Ae ligature (upper case)	Æ	Æ		E.g. Æon Flux, et cætera
Ae ligature (lower case)	æ	æ		E.g. mediæval, encyclopædia, dæmon, et cætera
Ue ligature (lower case)	ᵫ	ᵫ
Long S (lower case)	ſ	ſ
Ff ligature	ff	ff
Fi ligature	fi	fi
Fl ligature	fl	fl
Ffi ligature	ffi	ffi
Ffl ligature	ffl	ffl
Long st ligature	ſt	ſt
Short st ligature	st	st
Eighth Note	♪	♪
Double Eighth Note	♫	♫
Black Circle	●	●
Black Square	■	■
Black Rectangle	▬	▬
Black Up-pointing Triangle	▲	▲
Left-pointing Arrow	←	←
Up-pointing Arrow	↑	↑
Right-pointing Arrow	→	→
Down-pointing Arrow	↓	↓
Left-and-right-pointing Arrow	↔	↔
Up-and-down-pointing Arrow	↕	↕

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