Browse common HTML entities — click any row to copy the entity code.
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HTML entities are special codes used to display reserved characters in HTML. Characters like <, >, and & have special meanings in HTML and must be written as entities like <, >, and & to display correctly.
Entity names (like ©) are easier to remember but not every character has a named entity. Entity numbers (like ©) work for all Unicode characters. Use &#xHEX; for hex format.
Simply type the entity code directly in your HTML. For example: <div> displays as
Common causes: 1) Missing semicolon at the end; 2) Wrong entity name; 3) Page encoding not UTF-8; 4) Entity number references a non-existent character. Verify your code with this reference.