Table Compiled by
Bill Weinman
Using this table you should be able to see which entities are supported by your browser. This table grew out of the work of a number of people, notably Martin Ramsch who's similar table formed the basis for this one.
To insert an entity into a Web document, you can use either the Numeric or the Named entity. Numeric entities look like this:
£ will look like this: £ and Named entites look like this:
£ will look like this: £ In each row you will see the code for the entity, followed by how your browser renders the entity itself. If you see the code twice, that means your browser does not recognize that entity.
The first four entities are supported by virtually all Web Browsers. The rest of them are supported in various combinations by different browsers. The current release of Netscape Navigator (3.0) seems to support them all. This is the first browser I've seen that does.
Description Numeric Named Entity =================================== ============ ============== quotation mark " --> " " --> " ampersand & --> & & --> & less-than sign < --> < < --> < greater-than sign > --> > > --> >
Description Char Numeric Named Entity
=================================== ==== ============ ==============
non-breaking space   --> -->
inverted exclamation ¡ ¡ --> ¡ ¡ --> ¡
cent sign ¢ ¢ --> ¢ ¢ --> ¢
pound sterling £ £ --> £ £ --> £
general currency sign ¤ ¤ --> ¤ ¤ --> ¤
yen sign ¥ ¥ --> ¥ ¥ --> ¥
broken vertical bar ¦ ¦ --> ¦ ¦ --> ¦
section sign § § --> § § --> §
umlaut (dieresis) ¨ ¨ --> ¨ ¨ --> ¨
¨ --> ¨
copyright © © --> © © --> ©
feminine ordinal ª ª --> ª ª --> ª
left angle quote, guillemotleft « « --> « « --> «
not sign ¬ ¬ --> ¬ ¬ --> ¬
soft hyphen ­ --> ­ -->
registered trademark ® ® --> ® ® --> ®
macron accent ¯ ¯ --> ¯ ¯ --> ¯
&hibar; --> &hibar;
degree sign ° ° --> ° ° --> °
plus or minus ± ± --> ± ± --> ±
superscript two ² ² --> ² ² --> ²
superscript three ³ ³ --> ³ ³ --> ³
acute accent ´ ´ --> ´ ´ --> ´
micro sign µ µ --> µ µ --> µ
paragraph sign ¶ ¶ --> ¶ ¶ --> ¶
middle dot · · --> · · --> ·
cedilla ¸ ¸ --> ¸ ¸ --> ¸
superscript one ¹ ¹ --> ¹ ¹ --> ¹
masculine ordinal º º --> º º --> º
right angle quote, guillemotright » » --> » » --> »
fraction one-fourth ¼ ¼ --> ¼ ¼ --> ¼
fraction one-half ½ ½ --> ½ ½ --> ½
fraction three-fourths ¾ ¾ --> ¾ ¾ --> ¾
inverted question mark ¿ ¿ --> ¿ ¿ --> ¿
capital A, grave accent À À --> À À --> À
capital A, acute accent Á Á --> Á Á --> Á
capital A, circumflex accent   -->   --> Â
capital A, tilde à à --> à à --> Ã
capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark Ä Ä --> Ä Ä --> Ä
capital A, ring Å Å --> Å Å --> Å
capital AE diphthong (ligature) Æ Æ --> Æ Æ --> Æ
capital C, cedilla Ç Ç --> Ç Ç --> Ç
capital E, grave accent È È --> È È --> È
capital E, acute accent É É --> É É --> É
capital E, circumflex accent Ê Ê --> Ê Ê --> Ê
capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark Ë Ë --> Ë Ë --> Ë
capital I, grave accent Ì Ì --> Ì Ì --> Ì
capital I, acute accent Í Í --> Í Í --> Í
capital I, circumflex accent Î Î --> Î Î --> Î
capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark Ï Ï --> Ï Ï --> Ï
capital Eth, Icelandic Ð Ð --> Ð Ð --> Ð
capital N, tilde Ñ Ñ --> Ñ Ñ --> Ñ
capital O, grave accent Ò Ò --> Ò Ò --> Ò
capital O, acute accent Ó Ó --> Ó Ó --> Ó
capital O, circumflex accent Ô Ô --> Ô Ô --> Ô
capital O, tilde Õ Õ --> Õ Õ --> Õ
capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark Ö Ö --> Ö Ö --> Ö
multiply sign × × --> × × --> ×
capital O, slash Ø Ø --> Ø Ø --> Ø
capital U, grave accent Ù Ù --> Ù Ù --> Ù
capital U, acute accent Ú Ú --> Ú Ú --> Ú
capital U, circumflex accent Û Û --> Û Û --> Û
capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark Ü Ü --> Ü Ü --> Ü
capital Y, acute accent Ý Ý --> Ý Ý --> Ý
capital THORN, Icelandic Þ Þ --> Þ Þ --> Þ
small sharp s, German (sz ligature) ß ß --> ß ß --> ß
small a, grave accent à à --> à à --> à
small a, acute accent á á --> á á --> á
small a, circumflex accent â â --> â â --> â
small a, tilde ã ã --> ã ã --> ã
small a, dieresis or umlaut mark ä ä --> ä ä --> ä
small a, ring å å --> å å --> å
small ae diphthong (ligature) æ æ --> æ æ --> æ
small c, cedilla ç ç --> ç ç --> ç
small e, grave accent è è --> è è --> è
small e, acute accent é é --> é é --> é
small e, circumflex accent ê ê --> ê ê --> ê
small e, dieresis or umlaut mark ë ë --> ë ë --> ë
small i, grave accent ì ì --> ì ì --> ì
small i, acute accent í í --> í í --> í
small i, circumflex accent î î --> î î --> î
small i, dieresis or umlaut mark ï ï --> ï ï --> ï
small eth, Icelandic ð ð --> ð ð --> ð
small n, tilde ñ ñ --> ñ ñ --> ñ
small o, grave accent ò ò --> ò ò --> ò
small o, acute accent ó ó --> ó ó --> ó
small o, circumflex accent ô ô --> ô ô --> ô
small o, tilde õ õ --> õ õ --> õ
small o, dieresis or umlaut mark ö ö --> ö ö --> ö
division sign ÷ ÷ --> ÷ ÷ --> ÷
small o, slash ø ø --> ø ø --> ø
small u, grave accent ù ù --> ù ù --> ù
small u, acute accent ú ú --> ú ú --> ú
small u, circumflex accent û û --> û û --> û
small u, dieresis or umlaut mark ü ü --> ü ü --> ü
small y, acute accent ý ý --> ý ý --> ý
small thorn, Icelandic þ þ --> þ þ --> þ
small y, dieresis or umlaut mark ÿ ÿ --> ÿ ÿ --> ÿ
&hibar; has been supported by X Mosaic
but seems to be replaced with ¯.
The entity name ¨ is superceeded by
¨.
The shy hyphen (­) should be normally invisible,
except when it occurs at the end of a line. I have not seen this work
properly on any Web browser.