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Common Symbols

There are all sorts of symbols that we use in everyday life. Sometimes it's hard to get those symbols on your Web pages. If you want to use a symbol that is not on your keyboard, you may not know any other way to enter it onto your pages. If you are trying to show computer code, you may not know how to get the code to show up without running it. With these codes you will be able to do all this and more.

  • Ampersand
    &
    & amp; or &

  • Exclamation mark
    !
    !

  • Quote
    "
    " or "

  • Number sign
    #
    #

  • Dollar sign
    $
    $

  • Percent sign
    %
    %

  • Apostrophe
    '
    '

  • Left parenthesis
    (
    (

  • Right parenthesis
    )
    )

  • Asterisk
    *
    *

  • Plus sign
    +
    +

  • Comma
    ,
    ,

  • Hyphen
    -
    -

  • Period
    .
    .

  • Slash
    /
    /

  • Backslash
    \
    \

  • Colon
    :
    :

  • Semicolon
    ;
    &#59;

  • Less than
    <
    &lt; or &#60;

  • Greater than
    >
    &gt; or &#62;

  • Equal sign
    =
    &#61;

  • Question mark
    ?
    &#63;

  • At sign
    @
    &#64; or &#

  • Left square bracket
    [
    &#91;

  • Right square bracket
    ]
    &#93;

  • Caret
    ^
    &#94;

  • Underscore
    _
    &#95;

  • Accent
    `
    &#96;

  • Vertical bar
    |
    &#124;

  • Left curly brace
    {
    &#123;

  • Right curly brace
    }
    &#125;

  • Tilde
    ~
    &#126;

  • Multiply sign
    ×
    &#215;

  • Division sign
    ÷
    &#247;
  1. Common Symbols
  2. Other Symbols
  3. Capital Letters - English
  4. Lower Case Letters - English
  5. Numbers and Spaces
  6. Capital Letters - Non-English
  7. Lower Case Letters - Non-English
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