HTML: Symbols and Geometric Shapes

Symbol Entities in HTML & XHTML

Older browsers may not support all the HTML5 entities in the table below.
Chrome has good support. But (currently) only IE 11+ and Firefox 35+ support all the entities.

Example Dec Entity Numeric Entity Description Currancy
Fun
 ★  ★  BLACK STAR
✯ ✯ PINWHEEL STAR
➿ ➿ CURLY LOOP/arrow?
 ⚜  ⚜  ⚜ LEUR-DE-LIS
⛺ ⛺ TENT
⚀ ⚀ Glyph: Die face-1
⚁ ⚁ Glyph: Die face-2
Currency
$ $ $ DOLLAR SIGN
¢ ¢ ¢ Cent Sign
₠ ₠ EURO-CURRENCY SIGN
€ or € € EURO SIGN
¤ ¤ ¤ CURRENCY SIGN
Register
© © © Copyright Sign
® ® ® Registered Sign
™ ™ Trade Mark
HTML Symbol Entities
Example Named Entity Numeric Entity Description Geo
&#9632 &#25A0; BLACK SQUARE
&#9633 &#25A1; WHITE SQUARE
&#9634 &#25A2; WHITE SQUARE WITH ROUNDED CORNERS
&#9635 &#25A3; WHITE SQUARE CONTAINING BLACK SMALL SQUARE
&#9636 &#25A4; SQUARE WITH HORIZONTAL FILL
&#9637 &#25A5; SQUARE WITH VERTICAL FILL
&#9638 &#25A6; SQUARE WITH ORTHOGONAL CROSSHATCH FILL
&#9639 &#25A7; SQUARE WITH UPPER LEFT TO LOWER RIGHT FILL
&#9640 &#25A8; SQUARE WITH UPPER RIGHT TO LOWER LEFT FILL
&#9641 &#25A9; SQUARE WITH DIAGONAL CROSSHATCH FILL
&#9642 &#25AA; BLACK SMALL SQUARE
&#9643 &#25AB; WHITE SMALL SQUARE
&#9644 &#25AC; BLACK RECTANGLE
&#9645 &#25AD WHITE RECTANGLE
&#9646 &#25AE BLACK VERTICAL RECTANGLE
&#9647 &#25AF WHITE VERTICAL RECTANGLE
&#9648 &#25B0 BLACK PARALLELOGRAM
&#9649 &#25B1 WHITE PARALLELOGRAM
&#9650 &#25B2 BLACK UP-POINTING TRIANGLE
&#9651 &#25B3 WHITE UP-POINTING TRIANGLE
&#9652 &#25B4 BLACK UP-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE
&#9653 &#25B5 WHITE UP-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE
&#9654 &#25B6 BLACK RIGHT-POINTING TRIANGLE
&#9655 &#25B7 WHITE RIGHT-POINTING TRIANGLE
&#9656 &#25B8 BLACK RIGHT-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE
&#9657 &#25B9 WHITE RIGHT-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE
&#9658 &#25BA BLACK RIGHT-POINTING POINTER
&#9659 &#25BB WHITE RIGHT-POINTING POINTER
&#9660 &#25BC BLACK DOWN-POINTING TRIANGLE
&#9661 &#25BD WHITE DOWN-POINTING TRIANGLE
&#9662 &#25BE BLACK DOWN-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE
&#9663 &#25BF WHITE DOWN-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE
&#9664 &#25C0 BLACK LEFT-POINTING TRIANGLE
&#9665 &#25C1 WHITE LEFT-POINTING TRIANGLE
&#9666 &#25C2 BLACK LEFT-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE
&#9667 &#25C3 WHITE LEFT-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE
&#9668 &#25C4 BLACK LEFT-POINTING POINTER
&#9669 &#25C5 WHITE LEFT-POINTING POINTER
&#9670 &#25C6 BLACK DIAMOND
&#9671 &#25C7 WHITE DIAMOND
&#9672 &#25C8 WHITE DIAMOND CONTAINING BLACK SMALL DIAMOND
&#9673 &#25C9 FISHEYE
&#9674 &#25CA ◊ LOZENGE
&#9675 &#25CB WHITE CIRCLE
&#9676 &#25CC DOTTED CIRCLE
&#9677 &#25CD CIRCLE WITH VERTICAL FILL
&#9678 &#25CE BULLSEYE
&#9679 &#25CF BLACK CIRCLE
&#9680 &#25D0 CIRCLE WITH LEFT HALF BLACK
&#9681 &#25D1 CIRCLE WITH RIGHT HALF BLACK
&#9682 &#25D2 CIRCLE WITH LOWER HALF BLACK
&#9683 &#25D3 CIRCLE WITH UPPER HALF BLACK
&#9684 &#25D4 CIRCLE WITH UPPER RIGHT QUADRANT BLACK
&#9685 &#25D5 CIRCLE WITH ALL BUT UPPER LEFT QUADRANT BLACK
&#9686 &#25D6 LEFT HALF BLACK CIRCLE
&#9687 &#25D7 RIGHT HALF BLACK CIRCLE
&#9688 &#25D8 INVERSE BULLET
&#9689 &#25D9 INVERSE WHITE CIRCLE
&#9690 &#25DA UPPER HALF INVERSE WHITE CIRCLE
&#9691 &#25DB LOWER HALF INVERSE WHITE CIRCLE
&#9692 &#25DC UPPER LEFT QUADRANT CIRCULAR ARC
&#9693 &#25DD UPPER RIGHT QUADRANT CIRCULAR ARC
&#9694 &#25DE LOWER RIGHT QUADRANT CIRCULAR ARC
&#9695 &#25DF LOWER LEFT QUADRANT CIRCULAR ARC
&#9696 &#25E0 UPPER HALF CIRCLE
&#9697 &#25E1 LOWER HALF CIRCLE
&#9698 &#25E2 BLACK LOWER RIGHT TRIANGLE
&#9699 &#25E3 BLACK LOWER LEFT TRIANGLE
&# 9700 &#25E4 BLACK UPPER LEFT TRIANGLE
&# 9701 &#25E5 BLACK UPPER RIGHT TRIANGLE
&# 9702 &#25E6 WHITE BULLET
&# 9703 &#25E7 SQUARE WITH LEFT HALF BLACK
&# 9704 &#25E8 SQUARE WITH RIGHT HALF BLACK
&# 9705 &#25E9 SQUARE WITH UPPER LEFT DIAGONAL HALF BLACK
&# 9706 &#25EA SQUARE WITH LOWER RIGHT DIAGONAL HALF BLACK
&# 9707 &#25EB WHITE SQUARE WITH VERTICAL BISECTING LINE
&# 9708 &#25EC WHITE UP-POINTING TRIANGLE WITH DOT
&# 9709 &#25ED UP-POINTING TRIANGLE WITH LEFT HALF BLACK
&# 9710 &#25EE UP-POINTING TRIANGLE WITH RIGHT HALF BLACK
&# 9711 &#25EF LARGE CIRCLE
&# 9712 &#25F0 WHITE SQUARE WITH UPPER LEFT QUADRANT
&# 9713 &#25F1 WHITE SQUARE WITH LOWER LEFT QUADRANT
&# 9714 &#25F2 WHITE SQUARE WITH LOWER RIGHT QUADRANT
&# 9715 &#25F3 WHITE SQUARE WITH UPPER RIGHT QUADRANT
&# 9716 &#25F4 WHITE CIRCLE WITH UPPER LEFT QUADRANT
&# 9717 &#25F5 WHITE CIRCLE WITH LOWER LEFT QUADRANT
&# 9718 &#25F6 WHITE CIRCLE WITH LOWER RIGHT QUADRANT
&# 9719 &#25F7 WHITE CIRCLE WITH UPPER RIGHT QUADRANT
&# 9720 &#25F8 UPPER LEFT TRIANGLE
&# 9721 &#25F9 UPPER RIGHT TRIANGLE
&# 9722 &#25FA LOWER LEFT TRIANGLE
&# 9723 &#25FB WHITE MEDIUM SQUARE
&# 9724 &#25FC BLACK MEDIUM SQUARE
&# 9725 &#25FD WHITE MEDIUM SMALL SQUARE
&# 9726 &#25FE BLACK MEDIUM SMALL SQUARE
&# 9727 &#25FF LOWER RIGHT TRIANGLE

Symbol Entities in HTML & XHTML

Example Named Entity Numeric Entity Description
ƒ ƒ ƒ Latin small f with hook
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
Η Η Η Greek capital letter eta
Θ Θ Θ Greek capital letter theta
Ι Ι Ι Greek capital letter iota
Κ Κ Κ Greek capital letter kappa
Λ Λ Λ Greek capital letter lambda
Μ Μ Μ Greek capital letter mu
Ν Ν Ν Greek capital letter nu
Ξ Ξ Ξ Greek capital letter xi
Ο Ο Ο Greek capital letter omicron
Π Π Π Greek capital letter pi
Ρ Ρ Ρ Greek capital letter rho
Note: There’s no Sigmaf, ” final sigma”, ΢ defined in iso-grk
Σ Σ Σ Greek capital letter sigma
Τ Τ Τ Greek capital letter tau
Υ Υ Υ Greek capital letter upsilon
Φ Φ Φ Greek capital letter phi
Χ Χ Χ Greek capital letter chi
Ψ Ψ Ψ Greek capital letter psi
Ω Ω Ω Greek capital letter omega
α α α Greek small letter alpha
β β β Greek small letter beta
γ γ γ Greek small letter gamma
δ δ δ Greek small letter delta
ε ε ε Greek small letter epsilon
ζ ζ ζ Greek small letter zeta
η η η Greek small letter eta
θ θ θ Greek small letter theta
ι ι ι Greek small letter iota
κ κ κ Greek small letter kappa
λ λ λ Greek small letter lambda
μ μ μ Greek small letter mu
ν ν ν Greek small letter nu
ξ ξ ξ Greek small letter xi
ο ο ο Greek small letter omicron
π π π Greek small letter pi
ρ ρ ρ Greek small letter rho
ς ς ς Greek small letter final sigma
σ σ σ Greek small letter sigma
τ τ τ Greek small letter tau
υ υ υ Greek small letter upsilon
φ φ φ Greek small letter phi
χ χ χ Greek small letter chi
ψ ψ ψ Greek small letter psi
ω ω ω Greek small letter omega
ϑ ϑ ϑ Greek small letter theta symbol
ϒ ϒ ϒ Greek upsilon with hook symbol
ϖ ϖ ϖ pi symbol
• • bullet
… … horizontal ellipsis
′ ′ prime
″ ″ double prime
‾ ‾ overline
⁄ ⁄ fraction slash
℘ ℘ script capital
ℑ ℑ blackletter capital I
ℜ ℜ blackletter capital R
™ ™ trade mark sign
ℵ ℵ alef symbol
← ← leftward arrow
↑ ↑ upward arrow
→ → rightward arrow
↓ ↓ downward arrow
↔ ↔ left right arrow
↵ ↵ downward arrow with corner leftward
⇐ ⇐ leftward double arrow
⇑ ⇑ upward double arrow
⇒ ⇒ rightward double arrow
⇓ ⇓ downward double arrow
⇔ ⇔ left-right double arrow
∀ ∀ for all
∂ ∂ partial differential
∃ ∃ there exists
∅ ∅ empty set
∇ ∇ nabla
∈ ∈ element of
∉ ∉ not an element of
∋ ∋ contains as member
∏ ∏ n-ary product
∑ ∑ n-ary summation
− − minus sign
∗ ∗ asterisk operator
√ √ square root
∝ ∝ proportional to
∞ ∞ infinity
∠ ∠ angle
∧ ∧ logical and
∨ ∨ logical or
∩ ∩ intersection
∪ ∪ union
∫ ∫ integral
∴ ∴ therefore
∼ ∼ tilde operator
≅ ≅ approximately equal to
≈ ≈ almost equal to
≠ ≠ not equal to
≡ ≡ identical to
≤ ≤ less-than or equal to
≥ ≥ greater-than or equal to
⊂ ⊂ subset of
⊃ ⊃ superset of
⊄ ⊄ not a subset of
Note: ⊅ , ⊅ “not a superset of” is not defined.
⊆ ⊆ subset of or equal to
⊇ ⊇ superset of or equal to
⊕ ⊕ circled plus
⊗ ⊗ circled times
⊥ ⊥ up tack
⋅ ⋅ dot operator
⌈ ⌈ left ceiling
⌉ ⌉ right ceiling
⌊ ⌊ left floor
⌋ ⌋ right floor
⟨ 〈 left-pointing angle bracket
⟩ 〉 right-pointing angle bracket
Playing Card Categories / Suit
◊ ◊ lozenge
♠ ♠ black (solid) spade suit
♣ ♣ black (solid) club suit
♥ ♥ black (solid) heart suit
♦ ♦ black (solid) diamond suit

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