Standard character codes (ISO 8859-1)
Below is a table of the standard character codes with both names and entity codes for each. Also in the table is an indication of which browsers each of the entity codes work for (the name codes don't always work when the entity codes do). A key is provided below the table if you don't understand the browser selection.
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| ! | Exclamation mark | ! |  |
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| " | " | Double quotes | " | |
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| # | Number/Hash sign | # | |
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| $ | Dollar sign | $ | |
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| % | Percentage | % | |
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| & | & | Ampersand | & | |
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| ' | Single quote | ' | |
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| ( | Open parenthesis | ( | |
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| ) | Close parenthesis | ) | |
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| * | Asterisk | * | |
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| + | Plus sign | + | |
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| , | Comma | , | |
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| - | Minus sign | - | |
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| . | Period/Full-stop | . | |
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| / | Slash | / | |
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| 0 | Zero | 0 | |
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| 1 | One | 1 | |
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| 2 | Two | 2 | |
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| 3 | Three | 3 | |
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| 4 | Four | 4 | |
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| 5 | Five | 5 | |
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| 6 | Six | 6 | |
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| 7 | Seven | 7 | |
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| 8 | Eight | 8 | |
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| 9 | Nine | 9 | |
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| : | Colon | : | |
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| ; | Semi colon | ; | |
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| < | < | Less than | < | |
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| = | Equal to | = | |
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| > | > | Greater than | > | |
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| ? | Question mark | ? | |
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| @ | At sign | @ | |
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| A | Capital letter A | A | |
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| B | Capital letter B | B | |
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| C | Capital letter C | C | |
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| D | Capital letter D | D | |
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| E | Capital letter E | E | |
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| F | Capital letter F | F | |
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| G | Capital letter G | G | |
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| H | Capital letter H | H | |
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| I | Capital letter I | I | |
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| J | Capital letter J | J | |
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| K | Capital letter K | K | |
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| L | Capital letter L | L | |
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| M | Capital letter M | M | |
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| N | Capital letter N | N | |
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| O | Capital letter O | O | |
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| P | Capital letter P | P | |
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| Q | Capital letter Q | Q | |
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| R | Capital letter R | R | |
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| &#;83 | Capital letter S | S | |
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| T | Capital letter T | T | |
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| U | Capital letter U | U | |
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| V | Capital letter V | V | |
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| W | Capital letter W | W | |
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| X | Capital letter X | X | |
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| Y | Capital letter Y | Y | |
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| Z | Capital letter Z | Z | |
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| [ | Open bracket | [ | |
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| R | Backslash | \ | |
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| ] | Close bracket | ] | |
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| ^ | Caret | ^ | |
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| _ | Underscore | _ | |
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| ` | Grave accent | ` | |
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| a | Lowercase letter a | a | |
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| b | Lowercase letter b | b | |
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| c | Lowercase letter c | c | |
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| d | Lowercase letter d | d | |
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| e | Lowercase letter e | e | |
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| f | Lowercase letter f | f | |
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| g | Lowercase letter g | g | |
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| h | Lowercase letter h | h | |
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| i | Lowercase letter i | i | |
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| j | Lowercase letter j | j | |
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| k | Lowercase letter k | k | |
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| l | Lowercase letter l | l | |
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| m | Lowercase letter m | m | |
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| n | Lowercase letter n | n | |
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| o | Lowercase letter o | o | |
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| p | Lowercase letter p | p | |
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| q | Lowercase letter q | q | |
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| r | Lowercase letter r | r | |
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| s | Lowercase letter s | s | |
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| t | Lowercase letter t | t | |
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| u | Lowercase letter u | u | |
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| v | Lowercase letter v | v | |
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| w | Lowercase letter w | w | |
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| x | Lowercase letter x | x | |
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| y | Lowercase letter y | y | |
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| z | Lowercase letter z | z | |
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| { | Open brace | { | |
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| | | Vertical bar | | | |
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| } | Close brace | } | |
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| ~ | Tilde | ~ | |
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| ¡ | ¡ | Inverted exclamation mark | ¡ | |
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| ¢ | ¢ | Cent sign | ¢ | |
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| £ | £ | Pound Sterling sign | £ | |
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| ¤ | ¤ | Currency sign | ¤ | |
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| ¥ | ¥ | Japenese Yen sign | ¥ | |
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| ¦ | ¦ | Broken vertical bar | ¦ | |
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| § | § | Section sign | § | |
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| ¨ | ¨ | Umlaut | ¨ | |
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| © | © | Copyright symbol | © | |
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| ª | ª | Feminine ordinal indicator | ª | |
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| « | « | Left double-angle quote | « | |
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| ¬ | ¬ | Logical "not" symbol | ¬ | |
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| ® | ® | Registered Trademark | ® | |
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| ¯ | ¯ | Macron | ¯ | |
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| ° | ° | Degree sign | ° | |
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| ± | ± | Plus/Minus sign | ± | |
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| ² | ² | Power of 2 | ² | |
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| ³ | ³ | Power of 3 | ³ | |
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| ´ | ´ | Acute accent | ´ | |
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| µ | µ | Micron | µ | |
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| ¶ | ¶ | Paragraph symbol | ¶ | |
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| · | · | Middle dot | · | |
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| ¸ | ¸ | Cedilla | ¸ | |
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| ¹ | ¹ | Superscript 1 | ¹ | |
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| º | º | Masculine ordinal indicator | º | |
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| » | » | Right double-angle quotes | » | |
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| ¼ | ¼ | One-quarter fraction | ¼ | |
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| ½ | ½ | One-half fraction | ½ | |
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| ¾ | ¾ | Three-quarters fraction | ¾ | |
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| ¿ | ¿ | Inverted question mark | ¿ | |
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| À | À | Capital A, grave accent | À | |
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| Á | Á | Capital A, acute accent | Á | |
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| Â | Â | Capital A, circumflex | Â | |
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| Ã | Ã | Capital A, tilde | Ã | |
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| Ä | Ä | Capital A, umlaut | Ä | |
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| Å | Å | Capital A, ring | Å | |
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| Æ | Æ | Capital AE ligature | Æ | |
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| Ç | Ç | Capital C, cedilla | Ç | |
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| È | È | Capital E, grave accent | È | |
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| É | É | Capital E, acute accent | É | |
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| Ê | Ê | Capital E, circumflex | Ê | |
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| Ë | Ë | Capital E, umlaut | Ë | |
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| Ì | Ì | Capital I, grave accent | Ì | |
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| Í | Í | Capital I, acute accent | Í | |
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| Î | Î | Capital I, circumflex | Î | |
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| Ï | Ï | Capital I, umlaut | Ï | |
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| Ð | Ð | Capital "ETH" | Ð | |
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| Ñ | Ñ | Capital N, tilde | Ñ | |
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| Ò | Ò | Capital O, grave accent | Ò | |
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| Ó | Ó | Capital O, acute accent | Ó | |
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| Ô | Ô | Capital O, circumflex | Ô | |
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| Õ | Õ | Capital O, tilde | Õ | |
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| Ö | Ö | Capital O, umlaut | Ö | |
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| × | × | Multiplication sign | × | |
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| Ø | Ø | Capital O with slash | Ø | |
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| Ù | Ù | Capital U, grave accent | Ù | |
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| Ú | Ú | Capital U, acute accent | Ú | |
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| Û | Û | Capital U, circumflex | Û | |
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| Ü | Ü | Capital U, umlaut | Ü | |
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| Ý | Ý | Capital Y, acute accent | Ý | |
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| Þ | Þ | Capital "THORN" | Þ | |
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| ß | ß | SZ ligature | ß | |
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| à | à | Lowercase a, grave accent | à | |
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| á | á | Lowercase a, acute accent | á | |
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| â | â | Lowercase a, circumflex | â | |
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| ã | ã | Lowercase a, tilde | ã | |
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| ä | ä | Lowercase a, umlaut | ä | |
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| å | å | Lowercase a, ring | å | |
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| æ | æ | Lowercase ae ligature | æ | |
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| ç | ç | Lowercase c, cedilla | ç | |
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| è | è | Lowercase e, grave accent | è | |
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| é | é | Lowercase e, acute accent | é | |
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| ê | ê | Lowercase e, circumflex | ê | |
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| ë | ë | Lowercase e, umlaut | ë | |
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| ì | ì | Lowercase i, grave accent | ì | |
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| í | í | Lowercase i, acute accent | í | |
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| î | î | Lowercase i, circumflex | î | |
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| ï | ï | Lowercase i, umlaut | ï | |
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| ð | ð | Lowercase "eth" | ð | |
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| ñ | ñ | Lowercase n, tilde | ñ | |
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| ò | ò | Lowercase o, grave accent | ò | |
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| ó | ó | Lowercase o, acute accent | ó | |
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| ô | ô | Lowercase o, circumflex | ô | |
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| õ | õ | Lowercase o, tilde | õ | |
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| ö | ö | Lowercase o, umlaut | ö | |
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| ÷ | ÷ | Division sign | ÷ | |
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| ø | ø | Lowercase o, slash | ø | |
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| ù | ù | Lowercase u, grave accent | ù | |
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| ú | ú | Lowercase u, acute accent | ú | |
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| û | û | Lowercase u, circumflex | û | |
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| ü | ü | Lowercase u, umlaut | ü | |
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| ý | ý | Lowercase y, acute accent | ý | |
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| þ | þ | Lowercase "thorn" | þ | |
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| ÿ | ÿ | Lowercase y, umlaut | ÿ | |
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Key to table
The browser icons are explained in the below list:
= Microsoft Internet Explorer 6+
= Netscape Communicator 4
= Mozilla and Netscape Navigator 6+
= Opera 6+
= MSN TV (aka. WebTV)
= Konqueror 3.0+
