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The following table contains many of the most common Character Entity references and their numeric character references. It is derived from a table from the SSI Developer site.
The character entity reference is used by &CER; while the numeric character reference is used by &#NCR;
| Character | NCR | CER |
|---|---|---|
| x | &#num; |
&text; |
| Á | 193 | Aacute |
| á | 225 | aacute |
| á | 226 | acirc |
| Â | 194 | Acirc |
| ´ | 180 | acute |
| æ | 230 | aelig |
| Æ | 198 | AElig |
| À | 192 | Agrave |
| à | 224 | agrave |
| ℵ | 8501 | alefsym |
| Α | 913 | Alpha |
| α | 945 | alpha |
| & | 38 | amp |
| ∧ | 8743 | and |
| ∠ | 8736 | ang |
| å | 229 | aring |
| Å | 197 | Aring |
| ≈ | 8776 | asymp |
| @ | 064 | at |
| Ã | 195 | Atilde |
| ã | 227 | atilde |
| Ä | 196 | Auml |
| ä | 228 | auml |
| „ | 8222 | bdquo |
| Β | 914 | Beta |
| β | 946 | beta |
| ¦ | 166 | brvbar |
| • | 8226 | bull |
| ∩ | 8745 | cap |
| Ç | 199 | Ccedil |
| ç | 231 | ccedil |
| ¸ | 184 | cedil |
| ¢ | 162 | cent |
| χ | 967 | chi |
| Χ | 935 | Chi |
| ˆ | 710 | circ |
| ♣ | 9827 | clubs |
| ≅ | 8773 | cong |
| © | 169 | copy |
| ↵ | 8629 | crarr |
| ∪ | 8746 | cup |
| ¤ | 164 | curren |
| † | 8224 | dagger |
| ‡ | 8225 | Dagger |
| ⇓ | 8659 | dArr |
| ↓ | 8595 | darr |
| ° | 176 | deg |
| Δ | 916 | Delta |
| δ | 948 | delta |
| ♦ | 9830 | diams |
| ÷ | 247 | divide |
| é | 233 | eacute |
| É | 201 | Eacute |
| Ê | 202 | Ecirc |
| ê | 234 | ecirc |
| è | 232 | egrave |
| È | 200 | Egrave |
| ∅ | 8709 | empty |
| 8195 | emsp | |
| 8194 | ensp | |
| ε | 949 | epsilon |
| Ε | 917 | Epsilon |
| ≡ | 8801 | equiv |
| Η | 919 | Eta |
| η | 951 | eta |
| ð | 240 | eth |
| Ð | 208 | ETH |
| ë | 235 | euml |
| Ë | 203 | Euml |
| € | 8364 | euro |
| ∃ | 8707 | exist |
| ƒ | 402 | fnof |
| ∀ | 8704 | forall |
| ½ | 189 | frac12 |
| ¼ | 188 | frac14 |
| ¾ | 190 | frac34 |
| ⁄ | 8260 | frasl |
| Γ | 915 | Gamma |
| γ | 947 | gamma |
| ≥ | 8805 | ge |
| > | 62 | gt |
| ⇔ | 8660 | hArr |
| ↔ | 8596 | harr |
| ♥ | 9829 | hearts |
| … | 8230 | hellip |
| í | 237 | iacute |
| Í | 205 | Iacute |
| î | 238 | icirc |
| Î | 206 | Icirc |
| ¡ | 161 | iexcl |
| Ì | 204 | Igrave |
| ì | 236 | igrave |
| ℑ | 8465 | image |
| ∞ | 8734 | infin |
| ∫ | 8747 | int |
| Ι | 921 | Iota |
| ι | 953 | iota |
| ¿ | 191 | iquest |
| ∈ | 8712 | isin |
| Ï | 207 | Iuml |
| ï | 239 | iuml |
| Κ | 922 | Kappa |
| κ | 954 | kappa |
| λ | 955 | lambda |
| Λ | 923 | Lambda |
| 〈 | 9001 | lang |
| « | 171 | laquo |
| ← | 8592 | larr |
| ⇐ | 8656 | lArr |
| ⌈ | 8968 | lceil |
| “ | 8220 | ldquo |
| ≤ | 8804 | le |
| ⌊ | 8970 | lfloor |
| ∗ | 8727 | lowast |
| ◊ | 9674 | loz |
| | 8206 | lrm |
| ‹ | 8249 | lsaquo |
| ‘ | 8216 | lsquo |
| < | 60 | lt |
| ¯ | 175 | macr |
| — | 8212 | mdash |
| µ | 181 | micro |
| · | 183 | middot |
| − | 8722 | minus |
| Μ | 924 | Mu |
| μ | 956 | mu |
| ∇ | 8711 | nabla |
| 160 | nbsp | |
| – | 8211 | ndash |
| ≠ | 8800 | ne |
| ∋ | 8715 | ni |
| ¬ | 172 | not |
| ∉ | 8713 | notin |
| ⊄ | 8836 | nsub |
| ñ | 241 | ntilde |
| Ñ | 209 | Ntilde |
| Ν | 925 | Nu |
| ν | 957 | nu |
| ó | 243 | oacute |
| Ó | 211 | Oacute |
| Ô | 212 | Ocirc |
| ô | 244 | ocirc |
| Œ | 338 | OElig |
| œ | 339 | oelig |
| ò | 242 | ograve |
| Ò | 210 | Ograve |
| ‾ | 8254 | oline |
| ω | 969 | omega |
| Ω | 937 | Omega |
| Ο | 927 | Omicron |
| ο | 959 | omicron |
| ⊕ | 8853 | oplus |
| ∨ | 8744 | or |
| ª | 170 | ordf |
| º | 186 | ordm |
| Ø | 216 | Oslash |
| ø | 248 | oslash |
| Õ | 213 | Otilde |
| õ | 245 | otilde |
| ⊗ | 8855 | otimes |
| Ö | 214 | Ouml |
| ö | 246 | ouml |
| ¶ | 182 | para |
| ∂ | 8706 | part |
| ‰ | 8240 | permil |
| ⊥ | 8869 | perp |
| φ | 966 | phi |
| Φ | 934 | Phi |
| Π | 928 | Pi |
| π | 960 | pi |
| ϖ | 982 | piv |
| ± | 177 | plusmn |
| £ | 163 | pound |
| ″ | 8243 | Prime |
| ′ | 8242 | prime |
| ∏ | 8719 | prod |
| ∝ | 8733 | prop |
| ψ | 968 | psi |
| Ψ | 936 | Psi |
| " | 34 | quot |
| √ | 8730 | radic |
| 〉 | 9002 | rang |
| » | 187 | raquo |
| ⇒ | 8658 | rArr |
| → | 8594 | rarr |
| ⌉ | 8969 | rceil |
| ” | 8221 | rdquo |
| ℜ | 8476 | real |
| ® | 174 | reg |
| ⌋ | 8971 | rfloor |
| Ρ | 929 | Rho |
| ρ | 961 | rho |
| | 8207 | rlm |
| › | 8250 | rsaquo |
| ’ | 8217 | rsquo |
| ‚ | 8218 | sbquo |
| Š | 352 | Scaron |
| š | 353 | scaron |
| ⋅ | 8901 | sdot |
| § | 167 | sect |
| | 173 | shy |
| Σ | 931 | Sigma |
| σ | 963 | sigma |
| ς | 962 | sigmaf |
| ∼ | 8764 | sim |
| ♠ | 9824 | spades |
| ⊂ | 8834 | sub |
| ⊆ | 8838 | sube |
| ∑ | 8721 | sum |
| ⊃ | 8835 | sup |
| ¹ | 185 | sup1 |
| ² | 178 | sup2 |
| ³ | 179 | sup3 |
| ⊇ | 8839 | supe |
| ß | 223 | szlig |
| Τ | 932 | Tau |
| τ | 964 | tau |
| ∴ | 8756 | there4 |
| Θ | 920 | Theta |
| θ | 952 | theta |
| ϑ | 977 | thetasym |
| 8201 | thinsp | |
| Þ | 222 | THORN |
| þ | 254 | thorn |
| ˜ | 732 | tilde |
| × | 215 | times |
| ™ | 8482 | trade |
| ú | 250 | uacute |
| Ú | 218 | Uacute |
| ⇑ | 8657 | uArr |
| ↑ | 8593 | uarr |
| û | 251 | ucirc |
| Û | 219 | Ucirc |
| Ù | 217 | Ugrave |
| ù | 249 | ugrave |
| ¨ | 168 | uml |
| ϒ | 978 | upsih |
| υ | 965 | upsilon |
| Υ | 933 | Upsilon |
| ü | 252 | uuml |
| Ü | 220 | Uuml |
| ℘ | 8472 | weierp |
| ξ | 958 | xi |
| Ξ | 926 | Xi |
| ý | 253 | yacute |
| Ý | 221 | Yacute |
| ¥ | 165 | yen |
| ÿ | 255 | yuml |
| Ÿ | 376 | Yuml |
| Ζ | 918 | Zeta |
| ζ | 950 | zeta |
| | 8205 | zwj |
| | 8204 | zwnj |
Also see the Table of Latin1: ISO-8859-1 Entities.
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