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Special character chart for western european characters

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Last Updated: 28 October 2015
Created: 06 January 2014
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How to use this chart

You can use the html name or number codes in an HTML document (i.e. a webpage or an e-mail that uses HTML format.)

For Macintosh: press the keys as shown. for example “shift+option+w” means press down the shift key, the option key, and the w key all at the same time. “option+e E” means press down theoption key and the e key at the same time, then press the E key (capital E).


Western european special characters and how to enter them from your keyboard
HTML Name CodeHTML Number CodeGlyphMacOSWindowsDescription
‘ ‘ ‘ option+] Alt+0145 left single quote
’ ’ ’ shift+option+] Alt+0146 right single quote
‚ ‚ ‚     single low-9 quote
“ “ “ option+[ Alt+0147 left double quote
” ” ” shift+option+[ Alt+0148 right double quote
„ „ „ shift+option+w   double low-9 quote
† † † option+t Alt+0134 dagger
‡ ‡ ‡ shift+option+7 Alt+0135 double dagger
  … … option+;   horizontal ellipsis
‰ ‰ ‰ shift+option+r Alt+0137 per mill sign
‹ ‹ ‹ shift+option+3 Alt+0139 single left-pointing angle quote
› › › shift+option+4 Alt+0155 single right-pointing angle quote
♠ ♠ ♠     black spade suit
♣ ♣ ♣     black club suit
♥ ♥ ♥     black heart suit
♦ ♦ ♦     black diamond suit
‾ ‾ ‾     overline, = spacing overscore
← ← ←     leftward arrow
↑ ↑ ↑     upward arrow
→ → →     rightward arrow
↓ ↓ ↓     downward arrow
™ ™ ™ option+2 Alt+0153 trademark sign
" " "     double quotation mark
& & &     ampersand
&lt; &#60; <     less-than sign
&gt; &#62; >     greater-than sign
  &#91; [     left square bracket
  &#93; ]     right square bracket
&ndash; &#150; – option+hyphen Alt+0150 en dash
&mdash; &#151; — shift+option+hyphen Alt+0151 em dash
&nbsp; &#160;     Alt+0160 nonbreaking space
&iexcl; &#161; ¡ option+1 Alt+0161 inverted exclamation
&cent; &#162; ¢ option+4 Alt+0162 cent sign
&pound; &#163; £ option+3 Alt+0163 pound sterling
&curren; &#164; ¤   Alt+0164 general currency sign
&yen; &#165; ¥ option+y Alt+0165 yen sign
&brvbar; or &brkbar; &#166; ¦   Alt+0166 broken vertical bar
&sect; &#167; § option+6 Alt+0167 section sign
&uml; or &die; &#168; ¨ shift+option+u Alt+0168 umlaut
&copy; &#169; © option+g Alt+0169 copyright
&ordf; &#170; ª option+9 Alt+0170 feminine ordinal
&laquo; &#171; « option+\ Alt+0171 left angle quote
&not; &#172; ¬ option+l Alt+0172 not sign
&shy; &#173;     Alt+0173 soft hyphen
&reg; &#174; ® option+r Alt+0174 registered trademark
&macr; or &hibar; &#175; ¯   Alt+0175 macron accent
&deg; &#176; ° shift+option+8 Alt+0176 degree sign
&plusmn; &#177; ± shift+option+= Alt+0177 plus or minus
&sup2; &#178; ²   Alt+0178 superscript two
&sup3; &#179; ³   Alt+0179 superscript three
&acute; &#180; ´ shift+option+e Alt+0180 acute accent
&micro; &#181; µ option+m Alt+0181 micro sign
&para; &#182; option+7 Alt+0182 paragraph sign
&middot; &#183; · shift+option+9 Alt+0183 middle dot
&cedil; &#184; ¸ shift+option+z Alt+0184 cedilla
&sup1; &#185; ¹   Alt+0185 superscript one
&ordm; &#186; º option+0 Alt+0186 masculine ordinal
&raquo; &#187; » shift+option+\ Alt+0187 right angle quote
&frac14; &#188; ¼   Alt+0188 one-fourth
&frac12; &#189; ½   Alt+0189 one-half
&frac34; &#190; ¾   Alt+0190 three-fourths
&iquest; &#191; ¿ shift+option+? Alt+0191 inverted question mark
&Agrave; &#192; À option+` A Alt+0192 uppercase A, grave accent
&Aacute; &#193; Á option+e A Alt+0193 uppercase A, acute accent
&Acirc; &#194; Â option+i A Alt+0194 uppercase A, circumflex accent
&Atilde; &#195; Ã option+n A Alt+0195 uppercase A, tilde
&Auml; &#196; Ä option+u A Alt+0196 uppercase A, umlaut
&Aring; &#197; Å shift+option+a Alt+0197 uppercase A, ring
&AElig; &#198; Æ shift+option+' Alt+0198 uppercase AE
&Ccedil; &#199; Ç shift+option+c Alt+0199 uppercase C, cedilla
&Egrave; &#200; È option+` E Alt+0200 uppercase E, grave accent
&Eacute; &#201; É option+e E Alt+0201 uppercase E, acute accent
&Ecirc; &#202; Ê option+i E Alt+0202 uppercase E, circumflex accent
&Euml; &#203; Ë option+u E Alt+0203 uppercase E, umlaut
&Igrave; &#204; Ì option+` I Alt+0204 uppercase I, grave accent
&Iacute; &#205; Í option+e I Alt+0205 uppercase I, acute accent
&Icirc; &#206; Î option+i I Alt+0206 uppercase I, circumflex accent
&Iuml; &#207; Ï option+u I Alt+0207 uppercase I, umlaut
&ETH; &#208; Ð   Alt+0208 uppercase Eth, Icelandic
&Ntilde; &#209; Ñ option+n N Alt+0209 uppercase N, tilde
&Ograve; &#210; Ò option+` O Alt+0210 uppercase O, grave accent
&Oacute; &#211; Ó option+e O Alt+0211 uppercase O, acute accent
&Ocirc; &#212; Ô option+i O Alt+0212 uppercase O, circumflex accent
&Otilde; &#213; Õ option+n O Alt+0213 uppercase O, tilde
&Ouml; &#214; Ö option+u O Alt+0214 uppercase O, umlaut
&times; &#215; ×   Alt+0215 multiplication sign
&Oslash; &#216; Ø shift+option+o Alt+0216 uppercase O, slash
&Ugrave; &#217; Ù option+` U Alt+0217 uppercase U, grave accent
&Uacute; &#218; Ú option+e U Alt+0218 uppercase U, acute accent
&Ucirc; &#219; Û option+i U Alt+0219 uppercase U, circumflex accent
&Uuml; &#220; Ü option+u U Alt+0220 uppercase U, umlaut
&Yacute; &#221; Ý   Alt+0221 uppercase Y, acute accent
&THORN; &#222; Þ   Alt+0222 uppercase THORN, Icelandic
&szlig; &#223; ß option+s Alt+0223 lowercase sharps, German
&agrave; &#224; à option+` a Alt+0224 lowercase a, grave accent
&aacute; &#225; á option+e a Alt+0225 lowercase a, acute accent
&acirc; &#226; â option+i a Alt+0226 lowercase a, circumflex accent
&atilde; &#227; ã option+n a Alt+0227 lowercase a, tilde
&auml; &#228; ä option+u a Alt+0228 lowercase a, umlaut
&aring; &#229; å option+a Alt+0229 lowercase a, ring
&aelig; &#230; æ option+' Alt+0230 lowercase ae
&ccedil; &#231; ç option+c Alt+0231 lowercase c, cedilla
&egrave; &#232; è option+` e Alt+0232 lowercase e, grave accent
&eacute; &#233; é option+e e Alt+0233 lowercase e, acute accent
&ecirc; &#234; ê option+i e Alt+0234 lowercase e, circumflex accent
&euml; &#235; ë option+u e Alt+0235 lowercase e, umlaut
&igrave; &#236; ì option+` i Alt+0236 lowercase i, grave accent
&iacute; &#237; í option+e i Alt+0237 lowercase i, acute accent
&icirc; &#238; î option+i i Alt+0238 lowercase i, circumflex accent
&iuml; &#239; ï option+u i Alt+0239 lowercase i, umlaut
&eth; &#240; ð   Alt+0240 lowercase eth, Icelandic
&ntilde; &#241; ñ option+n n Alt+0241 lowercase n, tilde
&ograve; &#242; ò option+` o Alt+0242 lowercase o, grave accent
&oacute; &#243; ó option+e o Alt+0243 lowercase o, acute accent
&ocirc; &#244; ô option+i o Alt+0244 lowercase o, circumflex accent
&otilde; &#245; õ option+n o Alt+0245 lowercase o, tilde
&ouml; &#246; ö option+u o Alt+0246 lowercase o, umlaut
&divide; &#247; ÷   Alt+0247 division sign
&oslash; &#248; ø option+o Alt+0248 lowercase o, slash
&ugrave; &#249; ù option+` u Alt+0249 lowercase u, grave accent
&uacute; &#250; ú option+e u Alt+0250 lowercase u, acute accent
&ucirc; &#251; û option+i u Alt+0251 lowercase u, circumflex accent
&uuml; &#252; ü option+u u Alt+0252 lowercase u, umlaut
&yacute; &#253; ý   Alt+0253 lowercase y, acute accent
&thorn; &#254; þ   Alt+0254 lowercase thorn, Icelandic
&yuml; &#255; ÿ option+u y Alt+0255
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