There are various symbols (€, ©, ®, etc) that are not present on our keyboard. We use HTML entities to render these symbols on a web browser. For example,
<p>copyright sign ©</p>
Browser Output
Here, we have added the copyright sign using the entity code ©.
Some symbols supported by HTML
We use entity name and entity number to render symbols using HTML. Some of the mathematical, greek, etc symbols supported by HTML are as follows:
| Char | Number | Entity | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| ∀ | ∀ |
∀ |
FOR ALL |
| ∂ | ∂ |
∂ |
PARTIAL |
| ∃ | ∃ |
∃ |
THERE EXIST |
| ∅ | ∅ |
∅ |
EMPTY SETS |
| ∇ | ∇ |
∇ |
NABLA |
| ∈ | ∈ |
∈ |
IS IN |
| ∉ | ∉ |
∉ |
NOT IN |
| ∋ | ∋ |
∋ |
CONTAINS |
| ∏ | ∏ |
∏ |
PRODUCT |
| ∑ | ∑ |
∑ |
SUM |
| Α | Α |
Α |
GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA |
| Β | Β |
Β |
GREEK CAPITAL LETTER BETA |
| Γ | Γ |
Γ |
GREEK CAPITAL LETTER GAMMA |
| Δ | Δ |
Δ |
GREEK CAPITAL LETTER DELTA |
| Ε | Ε |
Ε |
GREEK CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON |
| Ζ | Ζ |
Ζ |
GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ZETA |
| © | © |
© |
COPYRIGHT SIGN |
| ® | ® |
® |
REGISTERED SIGN |
| € | € |
€ |
EURO SIGN |
| ™ | ™ |
™ |
TRADEMARK |
| ← | ← |
← |
LEFTWARDS ARROW |
| ↑ | ↑ |
↑ |
UPWARDS ARROW |
| → | → |
→ |
RIGHTWARDS ARROW |
| ↓ | ↓ |
↓ |
DOWNWARDS ARROW |
| ♠ | ♠ |
♠ |
BLACK SPADE SUIT |
| ♣ | ♣ |
♣ |
BLACK CLUB SUIT |
| ♥ | ♥ |
♥ |
BLACK HEART SUIT |
| ♦ | ♦ |
♦ |
BLACK DIAMOND SUIT |
Note: We can use either the entity number or the entity code to display the symbol.