The Official HTML 4.01 Documentation (from the W3C Web Site and continuously updated) for "Character Entity References in HTML 4"
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/sgml/entities.html
| Numbered Entity | Named Entity1 | Supported In2 | Intended Rendering | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|   | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | Space | ||
| ! | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ! | Exclamation point | |
| " | " | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | " | Double quote |
| # | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | # | Number symbol | |
| $ | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | $ | Dollar symbol | |
| % | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | % | Percent symbol | |
| & | & | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | & | Ampersand |
| ' | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ' | Single quote | |
| ( | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ( | Opening parenthesis | |
| ) | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ) | Closing parenthesis | |
| * | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | * | Asterisk | |
| + | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | + | Plus sign | |
| , | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | , | Comma | |
| - | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | - | Minus sign | |
| . | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | . | Period | |
| / | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | / | Slash/virgule/bar | |
| : | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | : | Colon | |
| ; | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ; | Semicolon | |
| < | < | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | < | "Less than" symbol |
| = | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | = | Equal sign | |
| > | > | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | > | "Greater than" symbol |
| ? | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ? | Question mark | |
| @ | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | @ | "At" symbol | |
| [ | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | [ | Opening bracket | |
| \ | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | \ | Backslash | |
| ] | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ] | Closing bracket | |
| ^ | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ^ | Caret | |
| _ | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | _ | Underscore | |
| ` | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ` | Grave accent, no letter | |
| { | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | { | Opening brace | |
| | | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | | | Vertical bar | |
| } | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | } | Closing brace | |
| ~ | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ~ | Equivalency symbol (tilde) | |
|  | ™ | &129; - WebTV ™ - IE3-4 |
| Trademark symbol (nonstandard numeric value - use ™ or ™ instead) |
| ‚ | N2-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ‚ | Low-9 quote (nonstandard) | |
| ƒ | N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ƒ | Small "f" with hook (nonstandard) | |
| „ | N2-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | „ | Low-9 double quote (nonstandard) | |
| … | N2-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | … | Ellipsis (nonstandard) | |
| † | N2-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | † | Dagger (nonstandard) | |
| ‡ | N2-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ‡ | Double dagger (nonstandard) | |
| ˆ | N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ˆ | Circumflex accent, no letter (nonstandard) | |
| ‰ | N2-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ‰ | Per thousand (nonstandard) | |
| Š | N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | Š | "S" with caron (nonstandard) | |
| ‹ | N2-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ‹ | Opening single angle quote (nonstandard) | |
| Π| N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | Π| "OE" ligature (nonstandard) | |
|  | None | | "Y" with umlaut (nonstandard) | |
| ‘ | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ‘ | Opening "smart" single quote (nonstandard) | |
| ’ | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ’ | Closing "smart" single quote (nonstandard) | |
| “ | N2-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | “ | Opening "smart" double quote (nonstandard) | |
| ” | N2-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ” | Closing "smart" double quote (nonstandard) | |
| • | N2-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | • | Bullet (nonstandard) | |
| – | N2-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | – | En dash (nonstandard) | |
| — | N2-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | — | Em dash (nonstandard) | |
| ˜ | N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ˜ | Tilde (nonstandard) | |
| ™ | ™ | ™ - N2-N4; IE3-4; WebTV ™ - ; IE3-4 |
™ | Trademark symbol |
| š | N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | š | "s" with caron (nonstandard) | |
| › | N2-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | › | Closing single angle quote (nonstandard) | |
| œ | N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | œ | "oe" ligature (nonstandard) | |
| Ÿ | N3-N4; IE3-4 | Ÿ | "Y" with umlaut (nonstandard) | |
|   | |   - N1-N4; IE3-4 - ; N1,N3-4; IE3-4; WebTV |
Nonbreaking space | |
| ¡ | ¡ | ¡ - N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV ¡ - ; N3-4; IE3-4; WebTV |
¡ | Inverted exclamation point |
| ¢ | ¢ | ¢ - N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV ¢ - ; N3-4; IE3-4; WebTV |
¢ | Cent symbol |
| £ | £ | £ - N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV £ - ; N3-4; IE3-4; WebTV |
£ | Pound sterling symbol |
| ¤ | ¤ | ¤ - N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV ¤ - ; N3-4; IE3-4; WebTV |
¤ | Currency symbol |
| ¥ | ¥ | ¥ - N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV ¥ - ; N3-4; IE3-4; WebTV |
¥ | Japanese Yen symbol |
| ¦ | ¦ | ¦ - N2-N4; IE3-4; WebTV ¦ - ; N3-4; IE3-4; WebTV |
¦ | Broken vertical bar |
| § | § | § - N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV § - ; N3-4; IE3-4; WebTV |
§ | Section symbol |
| ¨ | ¨ | ¨ - N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV ¨ - ; N3-4; IE3-4; WebTV |
¨ | Umlaut, no letter |
| © | © | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | © | Copyright symbol |
| ª | « | ª - N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV « - ; N3-4; IE3-4; WebTV |
ª | Feminine ordinal indicator |
| « | ª | « - N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV ª - ; N3-4; IE3-4; WebTV |
« | Opening double angle quote |
| ¬ | ¬ | ¬ - N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV ¬ - ; N3-4; IE3-4; WebTV |
¬ | Logical "not" symbol |
| ­ | ­ | ­ - N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV ­ - ; N3-4; IE3-4; WebTV |
| Soft hyphen |
| ® | ® | N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ® | Registered |
| ¯ | ¯ | ¯ - N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV ¯ - ; N3-4; IE3-4; WebTV |
¯ | Macron |
| ° | ° | ° - N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV ° - ; N3-4; IE3-4; WebTV |
° | Degree symbol |
| ± | ± | ± - N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV ± - ; N3-4; IE3-4; WebTV |
± | Plus or minus symbol |
| ² | ² | ² - N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV ² - ; N3-4; IE3-4; WebTV |
² | Superscript 2 |
| ³ | ³ | ³ - N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV ³ - ; N3-4; IE3-4; WebTV |
³ | Superscript 3 |
| ´ | ´ | ´ - N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV ´ - ; N3-4; IE3-4; WebTV |
´ | Acute accent, no letter |
| µ | µ | µ - N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV µ - ; N3-4; IE3-4; WebTV |
µ | Micron |
| ¶ | ¶ | ¶ - N1-N4; IE3-4; WebTV ¶ - ; N3-4; IE3-4; WebTV |
¶ | Paragraph symbol |
| · | · | · - N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV · - ; N3-4; IE3-4; WebTV |
· | Middle dot |
| ¸ | ¸ | ¸ - N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV ¸ - ; N3-4; IE3-4; WebTV |
¸ | Cedilla |
| ¹ | ¹ | ¹ - N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV ¹ - ; N3-4; IE3-4; WebTV |
¹ | Superscript 1 |
| º | º | º - N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV º - ; N3-4; IE3-4; WebTV |
º | Masculine ordinal indicator |
| » | » | » - N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV » - ; N3-4; IE3-4; WebTV |
» | Closing double angle quote |
| ¼ | ¼ | ¼ - N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV ¼ - ; N3-4; IE3-4; WebTV |
¼ | One-fourth fraction |
| ½ | ½ | ½ - N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV ½ - ; N3-4; IE3-4; WebTV |
½ | One-half fraction |
| ¾ | ¾ | ¾ - N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV ¾ - ; N3-4; IE3-4; WebTV |
¾ | Three-fourths fraction |
| ¿ | ¿ | ¿ - N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV ¿ - ; N3-4; IE3-4; WebTV |
¿ | Inverted question mark |
| À | À | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | À | "A" with grave accent |
| Á | Á | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | Á | "A" with acute accent |
| Â | Â | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | Â | "A" with circumflex accent |
| Ã | Ã | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | Ã | "A" with tilde accent |
| Ä | Ä | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | Ä | "A" with umlaut accent |
| Å | Å | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | Å | "A" with ring |
| Æ | Æ | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | Æ | "AE" ligature |
| Ç | Ç | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | Ç | "C" with cedilla |
| È | È | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | È | "E" with grave accent |
| É | É | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | É | "E" with acute accent |
| Ê | Ê | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | Ê | "E" with circumflex accent |
| Ë | Ë | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | Ë | "E" with umlaut accent |
| Ì | Ì | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | Ì | "I" with grave accent |
| Í | Í | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | Í | "I" with acute accent |
| Î | Î | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | Î | "I" with circumflex accent |
| Ï | Ï | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | Ï | "I" with umlaut accent |
| Ð | Ð | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | Ð | Uppercase eth |
| Ñ | Ñ | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | Ñ | "N" with tilde |
| Ò | Ò | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | Ò | "O" with grave accent |
| Ó | Ó | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | Ó | "O" with acute accent |
| Ô | Ô | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | Ô | "O" with circumflex accent |
| Õ | Õ | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | Õ | "O" with tilde accent |
| Ö | Ö | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | Ö | "O" with umlaut accent |
| × | × | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | × | Multiplication symbol |
| Ø | Ø | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | Ø | "O" with a slash |
| Ù | Ù | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | Ù | "U" with a grave accent |
| Ú | Ú | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | Ú | "U" with a acute accent |
| Û | Û | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | Û | "U" with a circumflex accent |
| Ü | Ü | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | Ü | "U" with a umlaut accent |
| Ý | Ý | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | Ý | "Y" with a acute accent |
| Þ | Þ | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | Þ | Uppercase thorn |
| ß | ß | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ß | "SZ" ligature |
| à | à | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | à | "a" with grave accent |
| á | á | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | á | "a" with acute accent |
| â | â | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | â | "a" with circumflex accent |
| ã | ã | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ã | "a" with tilde accent |
| ä | ä | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ä | "a" with umlaut accent |
| å | å | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | å | "a" with ring accent |
| æ | æ | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | æ | "ae" ligature |
| ç | ç | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ç | "c" with cedilla |
| è | è | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | è | "e" with grave accent |
| é | é | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | é | "e" with acute accent |
| ê | ê | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ê | "e" with circumflex accent |
| ë | ë | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ë | "e" with umlaut |
| ì | ì | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ì | "i" with grave accent |
| í | í | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | í | "i" with acute accent |
| î | î | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | î | "i" with circumflex accent |
| ï | ï | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ï | "i" with umlaut accent |
| ð | ð | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ð | Lowercase eth |
| ñ | ñ | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ñ | "n" with tilde |
| ò | ò | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ò | "o" with grave accent |
| ó | ó | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ó | "o" with acute accent |
| ô | ô | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ô | "o" with circumflex accent |
| õ | õ | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | õ | "o" with tilde |
| ö | ö | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ö | "o" with umlaut |
| ÷ | ÷ | ÷ - N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV ÷; N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV |
÷ | Division symbol |
| ø | ø | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ø | "o" with slash |
| ù | ù | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ù | "u" with grave accent |
| ú | ú | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ú | "u" with acute accent |
| û | û | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | û | "u" with circumflex accent |
| ü | ü | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ü | "u" with umlaut |
| ý | ý | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ý | "y" with acute accent |
| þ | þ | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | þ | Lowercase thorn |
| ÿ | ÿ | N1,N3-N4; IE3-4; WebTV | ÿ | "y" with umlaut |
1Personal Observation: Named entities seem to be less uniformly supported than their numbered equivalents. 2"Nx"=Netscape level; "IEx"=MS Internet Explorer level
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