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Character entity references for HTML

The following table lists the special character entity set available for use in HTML. If your document contains any of the following characters in the leftmost column, replace it with the entity reference it with the character entity reference in the rightmost column. If the character is not in this table, see Numeric character references for HTML

For this character                      Use this entity
                                        reference
__________________                      _________


Æ capital AE diphthong (ligature)       Æ
Á capital A, acute accent               Á
 capital A, circumflex accent          Â
À capital A, grave accent               À
Å capital A, ring                       Å
à capital A, tilde                      Ã
Ä capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark    Ä
Ç capital C, cedilla                    Ç
Ð capital Eth, Icelandic                Ð
É capital E, acute accent               É
Ê capital E, circumflex accent          Ê
È capital E, grave accent               È
Ë capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark    Ë
Í capital I, acute accent               Í
Î capital I, circumflex accent          Î
Ì capital I, grave accent               Ì
Ï capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark    Ï
Ñ capital N, tilde                      Ñ
Ó capital O, acute accent               Ó
Ô capital O, circumflex accent          Ô
Ò capital O, grave accent               Ò
Ø capital O, slash                      Ø
Õ capital O, tilde                      Õ
Ö capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark    Ö
Þ capital THORN, Icelandic              Þ
Ú capital U, acute accent               Ú
Û capital U, circumflex accent          Û
Ù capital U, grave accent               Ù
Ü capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark    Ü
Ý capital Y, acute accent               Ý
á small a, acute accent                 á
â small a, circumflex accent            â
æ small ae diphthong (ligature)         æ
à small a, grave accent                 à
å small a, ring                         å
ã small a, tilde                        ã
ä small a, dieresis or umlaut mark      ä
ç small c, cedilla                      ç
é small e, acute accent                 é
ê small e, circumflex accent            ê
è small e, grave accent                 è
ð small eth, Icelandic                  ð
ë small e, dieresis or umlaut mark      ë
í small i, acute accent                 í
î small i, circumflex accent            î
ì small i, grave accent                 ì
ï small i, dieresis or umlaut mark      ï
ñ small n, tilde                        ñ
ó small o, acute accent                 ó
ô small o, circumflex accent            ô
ò small o, grave accent                 ò
ø small o, slash                        ø
õ small o, tilde                        õ
ö small o, dieresis or umlaut mark      ö
ß small sharp s,  German (sz ligature)  ß
þ small thorn, Icelandic                þ
ú small u, acute accent                 ú
û small u, circumflex accent            û
ù small u, grave accent                 ù
ü small u, dieresis or umlaut mark      ü
ý small y, acute accent                 ý
ÿ small y, dieresis or umlaut mark      ÿ