HTML Encoded Symbols

HTML Encoded Symbols

In HTML, certain characters have special meanings and cannot be used directly in the text. To represent these characters, we use HTML entities or encoded symbols. These entities start with an ampersand (&) and end with a semicolon (;).

Common HTML Entities

Here are some commonly used HTML entities:

• © - Represents the copyright symbol (©)
• ® - Represents the registered trademark symbol (®)
• & - Represents the ampersand symbol (&)
• < - Represents the less-than symbol (<)
• > - Represents the greater-than symbol (>)
• “ - Represents the left double quotation mark (“)
• ” - Represents the right double quotation mark (”)
• ‘ - Represents the left single quotation mark (‘)
• ’ - Represents the right single quotation mark (’)
• — - Represents the em dash (—)
• – - Represents the en dash (–)
• … - Represents the horizontal ellipsis (…)
• • - Represents the bullet point (•)
• ™ - Represents the trademark symbol (™)
•   - Represents a non-breaking space
• ¡ - Represents the inverted exclamation mark (¡)
• ¿ - Represents the inverted question mark (¿)

© ® & < > “ ” ‘ ’ — –
… • ™   ¡ ¿

© ® & < > “ ” ‘ ’ — – … • ™   ¡ ¿

Using HTML Entities

To use these entities in your HTML code, simply include them where you want the special character to appear. For example:

<p>Copyright &copy; 2025 Faslin Kosta. All rights reserved.</p>
<p>Welcome to the &ldquo;HTML Course 2025&rdquo;!</p>
<p>Use &amp; to represent the ampersand symbol.</p>
<p>Less than: &lt; and greater than: &gt;</p>
<p>Here is a bullet point: &bull; and an em dash: &mdash;</p>
<p>Non-breaking space: &nbsp; and inverted exclamation: &iexcl;</p>
<p>Inverted question: &iquest;</p>

Copyright © 2025 Faslin Kosta. All rights reserved.

Welcome to the “HTML Course 2025”!

Use & to represent the ampersand symbol.

Less than: < and greater than: >

Here is a bullet point: • and an em dash: —

Non-breaking space:   and inverted exclamation: ¡

Inverted question: ¿