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href="#Greek">Greek Characters</a></td> <td><a href="#Polish">Polish, Czech, Slovene, etc., Characters</a></td> <td><a href="#Special">Special Diacritics</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><a href="#Punc"><b>Punctuation, Pure Diacritical Marks, and Special Characters</b></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="#GenPunct">General Punctuation</a></td> <td><a href="#DiaCriMar">Pure Diacritical Marks</a></td> <td><a href="#GenPurp">General Purpose Symbols</a></td> <td><a href="#Curr">Currency/Cards</a></td> </tr> </table> <h2><a id="Tech">Technical Symbols</a></h2> <h3><a id="Logic">Logical Symbols</a></h3> <table style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 6px; text-align: left;"> <tr><td>≠</td><td>&ne;</td><td>&#8800;</td><td>not equal to</td></tr> <tr><td>&</td><td>&amp;</td><td>&#38;</td><td>ampersand</td></tr> <tr><td>∧</td><td>&and;</td><td>&#8743;</td><td>logical ‘and’ sign</td></tr> <tr><td>¬</td><td>&not;</td><td>&#172;</td><td>not sign</td></tr> <tr><td>∼</td><td>&sim;</td><td>&#8764;</td><td>tilde operator = varies with = similar to</td></tr> <tr><td>∨</td><td>&or;</td><td>&#8744;</td><td>logical ‘or’ sign</td></tr> <tr><td>→</td><td>&rarr;</td><td>&#8594;</td><td>rightwards arrow</td></tr> <tr><td>←</td><td>&larr;</td><td>&#8592;</td><td>leftwards arrow</td></tr> <tr><td>↔</td><td>&harr;</td><td>&#8596;</td><td>left right arrow</td></tr> <tr><td>⇕</td><td></td><td>&#8661;</td><td>up down double arrow</td></tr> <tr><td>≡</td><td>&equiv;</td><td>&#8801;</td><td>identical to</td></tr> <tr><td>∀</td><td>&forall;</td><td>&#8704;</td><td>for all</td></tr> <tr><td>∃</td><td>&exist;</td><td>&#8707;</td><td>there exists</td></tr> <tr><td>℩</td><td></td><td>&#8489;</td><td>symbol for definite description operator "the"</td></tr> <tr><td>□</td><td></td><td>&#9633;</td><td>box = necessarily</td></tr> <tr><td>◊</td><td>&loz;</td><td>&#9674;</td><td>lozenge = possibly</td></tr> <tr><td>⇒</td><td>&rArr;</td><td>&#8658;</td><td>rightwards double arrow</td></tr> <tr><td>⇐</td><td>&lArr;</td><td>&#8656;</td><td>leftwards double arrow</td></tr> <tr><td>⇔</td><td>&hArr;</td><td>&#8660;</td><td>left right double arrow</td></tr> <tr><td>∴</td><td>&there4;</td><td>&#8756;</td><td>therefore</td></tr> <tr><td>⊥</td><td>&perp;</td><td>&#8869;</td><td>up tack = orthogonal to = perpendicular</td></tr> <tr><td>⊤</td><td></td><td>&#8868;</td><td>down tack = top</td></tr> <tr><td>⊣</td><td></td><td>&#8867;</td><td>left turnstile = adjoint</td></tr> <tr><td>⊢</td><td></td><td>&#8866;</td><td>turnstile, proves</td></tr> <tr><td>⊨</td><td></td><td>&#8872;</td><td>models, makes true</td></tr> <tr><td>⊬</td><td></td><td>&#8876;</td><td>doesn't prove</td></tr> <tr><td>⊭</td><td></td><td>&#8877;</td><td>doesn't model, doesn't make true</td></tr> <!-- <tr><td>⋀</td><td></td><td>&#8896;</td><td>series conjunction (increase font size)</td></tr> <tr><td>⋁</td><td></td><td>&#8897;</td><td>series disjunction (increase font size0</td></tr> --> </table> <h3><a id="Set">Set Theory Symbols</a></h3> <table style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 6px; text-align: left;"> <tr><td>∈</td><td>&isin;</td><td>&#8712;</td><td>element of</td></tr> <tr><td>∉</td><td>&notin;</td><td>&#8713;</td><td>not an element of</td></tr> <tr><td>∋</td><td>&ni;</td><td>&#8715;</td><td>contains as member</td></tr> <tr><td>∅</td><td>&empty;</td><td>&#8709;</td><td>empty set</td></tr> <tr><td>∩</td><td>&cap;</td><td>&#8745;</td><td>intersection = cap</td></tr> <tr><td>∪</td><td>&cup;</td><td>&#8746;</td><td>union = cup</td></tr> <tr><td>⊂</td><td>&sub;</td><td>&#8834;</td><td>subset of</td></tr> <tr><td>⊃</td><td>&sup;</td><td>&#8835;</td><td>superset of</td></tr> <tr><td>⊄</td><td>&nsub;</td><td>&#8836;</td><td>not a subset of</td></tr> <tr><td>⊆</td><td>&sube;</td><td>&#8838;</td><td>subset of or equal to</td></tr> <tr><td>⊇</td><td>&supe;</td><td>&#8839;</td><td>superset of or equal to</td></tr> <tr><td>○</td><td></td><td>&#9675;</td><td>function composition</td></tr> <tr><td>⨡</td><td></td><td>&#10785;</td><td>domain restrictor</td></tr> <!-- <tr><td>⋂</td><td></td><td>&#8898;</td><td>series intersection (increase font size)</td></tr> <tr><td>⋃</td><td></td><td>&#8899;</td><td>series union (increase font size)</td></tr> --> </table> <h3><a id="Math">Mathematical Symbols</a></h3> <table style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 6px; text-align: left;"> <tr><td>−</td><td>&minus;</td><td>&#8722;</td><td>minus sign</td></tr> <tr><td>±</td><td>&plusmn;</td><td>&#177;</td><td>plus-or-minus sign</td></tr> <tr><td>×</td><td>&times;</td><td>&#215;</td><td>multiply sign</td></tr> <tr><td>÷</td><td>&divide;</td><td>&#247;</td><td>divide sign</td></tr> <tr><td><</td><td>&lt;</td><td>&#60;</td><td>less-than sign</td></tr> <tr><td>></td><td>&gt;</td><td>&#62;</td><td>greater-than sign</td></tr> <tr><td>≤</td><td>&le;</td><td>&#8804;</td><td>less-than or equal to</td></tr> <tr><td>≥</td><td>&ge;</td><td>&#8805;</td><td>greater-than or equal to</td></tr> <tr><td>≰</td><td></td><td>&#8816;</td><td>not less-than or equal to</td></tr> <tr><td>¼</td><td>&frac14;</td><td>&#188;</td><td>fraction one-quarter</td></tr> <tr><td>½</td><td>&frac12;</td><td>&#189;</td><td>fraction one-half</td></tr> <tr><td>¾</td><td>&frac34;</td><td>&#190;</td><td>fraction three-quarters</td></tr> <tr><td>¹</td><td>&sup1;</td><td>&#185;</td><td>superscript one</td></tr> <tr><td>²</td><td>&sup2;</td><td>&#178;</td><td>superscript two</td></tr> <tr><td>³</td><td>&sup3;</td><td>&#179;</td><td>superscript three</td></tr> <tr><td>°</td><td>&deg;</td><td>&#176;</td><td>degree sign</td></tr> <tr><td>·</td><td>&middot;</td><td>&#183;</td><td>middle dot</td></tr> <tr><td>ƒ</td><td>&fnof;</td><td>&#402;</td><td>latin small f with hook = function = florin</td></tr> <tr><td>′</td><td>&prime;</td><td>&#8242;</td><td>prime = minutes = feet</td></tr> <tr><td>″</td><td>&Prime;</td><td>&#8243;</td><td>double prime = seconds = inches</td></tr> <tr><td>‾</td><td>&oline;</td><td>&#8254;</td><td>overline = spacing overscore</td></tr> <tr><td>⁄</td><td>&frasl;</td><td>&#8260;</td><td>fraction slash</td></tr> <tr><td>ℵ</td><td>&alefsym;</td><td>&#8501;</td><td>Hebrew alef</td></tr> <tr><td>∂</td><td>&part;</td><td>&#8706;</td><td>partial differential</td></tr> <tr><td>∑</td><td>&sum;</td><td>&#8721;</td><td>n-ary sumation</td></tr> <tr><td>∇</td><td>&nabla;</td><td>&#8711;</td><td>nabla = backward difference</td></tr> <tr><td>√</td><td>&radic;</td><td>&#8730;</td><td>square root = radical sign</td></tr> <tr><td>∝</td><td>&prop;</td><td>&#8733;</td><td>proportional to</td></tr> <tr><td>∞</td><td>&infin;</td><td>&#8734;</td><td>infinity</td></tr> <tr><td>∠</td><td>&ang;</td><td>&#8736;</td><td>angle</td></tr> <tr><td>∫</td><td>&int;</td><td>&#8747;</td><td>integral</td></tr> <tr><td>≅</td><td>&cong;</td><td>&#8773;</td><td>approximately equal to</td></tr> <tr><td>≈</td><td>&asymp;</td><td>&#8776;</td><td>almost equal to = asymptotic to</td></tr> <tr><td>⊕</td><td>&oplus;</td><td>&#8853;</td><td>circled plus = direct sum</td></tr> <tr><td>⊗</td><td>&otimes;</td><td>&#8855;</td><td>circled times = vector product</td></tr> <tr><td>‰</td><td>&permil;</td><td>&#8240;</td><td>per mille sign</td></tr> <tr><td>ℜ</td><td>&real;</td><td>&#8476;</td><td>set of real numbers</td></tr> <tr><td>℘</td><td>&weierp;</td><td>&#8472;</td><td>power set</td></tr> <tr><td>ℑ</td><td>&image;</td><td>&#8465;</td><td>fraktur I, imaginary, interpretation</td></tr> <tr><td>≺</td><td></td><td>&#8826;</td><td>precedes</td></tr> <tr><td>≻</td><td></td><td>&#8827;</td><td>succeeds</td></tr> <tr><td>≼</td><td></td><td>&#8828;</td><td>precedes or equal to</td></tr> <tr><td>≽</td><td></td><td>&#8829;</td><td>succeeds or equal to</td></tr> <tr><td>⋠</td><td></td><td>&#8928;</td><td>not precedes or equal to</td></tr> <tr><td>⊲</td><td></td><td>&#8882;</td><td>is contained in as subgroup</td></tr> <tr><td>⊳</td><td></td><td>&#8883;</td><td>contains as subgroup</td></tr> <tr><td>⊴</td><td></td><td>&#8884;</td><td>is contained in or equal to</td></tr> <tr><td>ℏ</td><td></td><td>&#8463;</td><td>Dirac constant</td></tr> <tr><td>ℕ</td><td>&#8469;</td><td>&#8469;</td><td>set of natural numbers</td></tr> <tr><td>ℚ</td><td>&#8474;</td><td>&#8474;</td><td>set of rational numbers</td></tr> <tr><td>ℤ</td><td>&#8484;</td><td>&#8484;</td><td>set of integers</td></tr> </table> <h3><a id="MiscTech">Miscellaneous Technical Symbols</a></h3> <table style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 6px; text-align: left;"> <tr><td>↑</td><td>&uarr;</td><td>&#8593;</td><td>upwards arrow</td></tr> <tr><td>↓</td><td>&darr;</td><td>&#8595;</td><td>downwards arrow</td></tr> </table> <h2><a id="Alpha">Alphabetic Characters</a></h2> <h3><a id="Latin">Latin Characters</a></h3> <table style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 6px; text-align: left;"> <tr><td>À</td><td>&Agrave;</td><td>&#192;</td><td>capital A, grave accent</td></tr> <tr><td>Á</td><td>&Aacute;</td><td>&#193;</td><td>capital A, acute accent</td></tr> <tr><td>Â</td><td>&Acirc;</td><td>&#194;</td><td>capital A, circumflex accent</td></tr> <tr><td>Ã</td><td>&Atilde;</td><td>&#195;</td><td>capital A, tilde</td></tr> <tr><td>Ä</td><td>&Auml;</td><td>&#196;</td><td>capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark</td></tr> <tr><td>Å</td><td>&Aring;</td><td>&#197;</td><td>capital A, ring</td></tr> <tr><td>Æ</td><td>&AElig;</td><td>&#198;</td><td>capital AE diphthong (ligature)</td></tr> <tr><td>Ç</td><td>&Ccedil;</td><td>&#199;</td><td>capital C, cedilla</td></tr> <tr><td>È</td><td>&Egrave;</td><td>&#200;</td><td>capital E, grave accent</td></tr> <tr><td>É</td><td>&Eacute;</td><td>&#201;</td><td>capital E, acute accent</td></tr> <tr><td>Ê</td><td>&Ecirc;</td><td>&#202;</td><td>capital E, circumflex accent</td></tr> <tr><td>Ë</td><td>&Euml;</td><td>&#203;</td><td>capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark</td></tr> <tr><td>Ì</td><td>&Igrave;</td><td>&#204;</td><td>capital I, grave accent</td></tr> <tr><td>Í</td><td>&Iacute;</td><td>&#205;</td><td>capital I, acute accent</td></tr> <tr><td>Î</td><td>&Icirc;</td><td>&#206;</td><td>capital I, circumflex accent</td></tr> <tr><td>Ï</td><td>&Iuml;</td><td>&#207;</td><td>capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark</td></tr> <tr><td>Ð</td><td>&ETH;</td><td>&#208;</td><td>capital Eth, Icelandic</td></tr> <tr><td>Ñ</td><td>&Ntilde;</td><td>&#209;</td><td>capital N, tilde</td></tr> <tr><td>Ò</td><td>&Ograve;</td><td>&#210;</td><td>capital O, grave accent</td></tr> <tr><td>Ó</td><td>&Oacute;</td><td>&#211;</td><td>capital O, acute accent</td></tr> <tr><td>Ô</td><td>&Ocirc;</td><td>&#212;</td><td>capital O, circumflex accent</td></tr> <tr><td>Õ</td><td>&Otilde;</td><td>&#213;</td><td>capital O, tilde</td></tr> <tr><td>Ö</td><td>&Ouml;</td><td>&#214;</td><td>capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark</td></tr> <tr><td>Ø</td><td>&Oslash;</td><td>&#216;</td><td>capital O, slash</td></tr> <tr><td>Ù</td><td>&Ugrave;</td><td>&#217;</td><td>capital U, grave accent</td></tr> <tr><td>Ú</td><td>&Uacute;</td><td>&#218;</td><td>capital U, acute accent</td></tr> <tr><td>Û</td><td>&Ucirc;</td><td>&#219;</td><td>capital U, circumflex accent</td></tr> <tr><td>Ü</td><td>&Uuml;</td><td>&#220;</td><td>capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark</td></tr> <tr><td>Ý</td><td>&Yacute;</td><td>&#221;</td><td>capital Y, acute accent</td></tr> <tr><td>Þ</td><td>&THORN;</td><td>&#222;</td><td>capital THORN, Icelandic</td></tr> <tr><td>ß</td><td>&szlig;</td><td>&#223;</td><td>small sharp s, German (sz ligature)</td></tr> <tr><td>à</td><td>&agrave;</td><td>&#224;</td><td>small a, grave accent</td></tr> <tr><td>á</td><td>&aacute;</td><td>&#225;</td><td>small a, acute accent</td></tr> <tr><td>â</td><td>&acirc;</td><td>&#226;</td><td>small a, circumflex accent</td></tr> <tr><td>ã</td><td>&atilde;</td><td>&#227;</td><td>small a, tilde</td></tr> <tr><td>ä</td><td>&auml;</td><td>&#228;</td><td>small a, dieresis or umlaut mark</td></tr> <tr><td>å</td><td>&aring;</td><td>&#229;</td><td>small a, ring</td></tr> <tr><td>æ</td><td>&aelig;</td><td>&#230;</td><td>small ae diphthong (ligature)</td></tr> <tr><td>ç</td><td>&ccedil;</td><td>&#231;</td><td>small c, cedilla</td></tr> <tr><td>è</td><td>&egrave;</td><td>&#232;</td><td>small e, grave accent</td></tr> <tr><td>é</td><td>&eacute;</td><td>&#233;</td><td>small e, acute accent</td></tr> <tr><td>ê</td><td>&ecirc;</td><td>&#234;</td><td>small e, circumflex accent</td></tr> <tr><td>ë</td><td>&euml;</td><td>&#235;</td><td>small e, dieresis or umlaut mark</td></tr> <tr><td>ì</td><td>&igrave;</td><td>&#236;</td><td>small i, grave accent</td></tr> <tr><td>í</td><td>&iacute;</td><td>&#237;</td><td>small i, acute accent</td></tr> <tr><td>î</td><td>&icirc;</td><td>&#238;</td><td>small i, circumflex accent</td></tr> <tr><td>ï</td><td>&iuml;</td><td>&#239;</td><td>small i, dieresis or umlaut mark</td></tr> <tr><td>ð</td><td>&eth;</td><td>&#240;</td><td>small eth, Icelandic</td></tr> <tr><td>ñ</td><td>&ntilde;</td><td>&#241;</td><td>small n, tilde</td></tr> <tr><td>ò</td><td>&ograve;</td><td>&#242;</td><td>small o, grave accent</td></tr> <tr><td>ó</td><td>&oacute;</td><td>&#243;</td><td>small o, acute accent</td></tr> <tr><td>ô</td><td>&ocirc;</td><td>&#244;</td><td>small o, circumflex accent</td></tr> <tr><td>õ</td><td>&otilde;</td><td>&#245;</td><td>small o, tilde</td></tr> <tr><td>ö</td><td>&ouml;</td><td>&#246;</td><td>small o, dieresis or umlaut mark</td></tr> <tr><td>ø</td><td>&oslash;</td><td>&#248;</td><td>small o, slash</td></tr> <tr><td>ù</td><td>&ugrave;</td><td>&#249;</td><td>small u, grave accent</td></tr> <tr><td>ú</td><td>&uacute;</td><td>&#250;</td><td>small u, acute accent</td></tr> <tr><td>û</td><td>&ucirc;</td><td>&#251;</td><td>small u, circumflex accent</td></tr> <tr><td>ü</td><td>&uuml;</td><td>&#252;</td><td>small u, dieresis or umlaut mark</td></tr> <tr><td>ý</td><td>&yacute;</td><td>&#253;</td><td>small y, acute accent</td></tr> <tr><td>þ</td><td>&thorn;</td><td>&#254;</td><td>small thorn, Icelandic</td></tr> <tr><td>ÿ</td><td>&yuml;</td><td>&#255;</td><td>small y, dieresis or umlaut mark</td></tr> <tr><td>Œ</td><td>&OElig;</td><td>&#338;</td><td>latin capital ligature oe</td></tr> <tr><td>œ</td><td>&oelig;</td><td>&#339;</td><td>latin small ligature oe</td></tr> <tr><td>Š</td><td>&Scaron;</td><td>&#352;</td><td>latin capital lr s with caron</td></tr> <tr><td>š</td><td>&scaron;</td><td>&#353;</td><td>latin small r s with caron</td></tr> <tr><td>Ÿ</td><td>&Yuml;</td><td>&#376;</td><td>latin capital letter y with diaeresis</td></tr> </table> <h3><a id="Greek">Greek Characters</a></h3> <table style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 6px; text-align: left;"> <tr><td>Α</td><td>&Alpha;</td><td>&#913;</td><td>greek capital letter alpha</td></tr> <tr><td>Β</td><td>&Beta;</td><td>&#914;</td><td>greek capital letter beta</td></tr> <tr><td>Γ</td><td>&Gamma;</td><td>&#915;</td><td>greek capital letter gamma</td></tr> <tr><td>Δ</td><td>&Delta;</td><td>&#916;</td><td>greek capital letter delta</td></tr> <tr><td>Ε</td><td>&Epsilon;</td><td>&#917;</td><td>greek capital letter epsilon</td></tr> <tr><td>Ζ</td><td>&Zeta;</td><td>&#918;</td><td>greek capital letter zeta</td></tr> <tr><td>Η</td><td>&Eta;</td><td>&#919;</td><td>greek capital letter eta</td></tr> <tr><td>Θ</td><td>&Theta;</td><td>&#920;</td><td>greek capital letter theta</td></tr> <tr><td>Ι</td><td>&Iota;</td><td>&#921;</td><td>greek capital letter iota</td></tr> <tr><td>Κ</td><td>&Kappa;</td><td>&#922;</td><td>greek capital letter kappa</td></tr> <tr><td>Λ</td><td>&Lambda;</td><td>&#923;</td><td>greek capital letter lambda</td></tr> <tr><td>Μ</td><td>&Mu;</td><td>&#924;</td><td>greek capital letter mu</td></tr> <tr><td>Ν</td><td>&Nu;</td><td>&#925;</td><td>greek capital letter nu</td></tr> <tr><td>Ξ</td><td>&Xi;</td><td>&#926;</td><td>greek capital letter xi</td></tr> <tr><td>Ο</td><td>&Omicron;</td><td>&#927;</td><td>greek capital letter omicron</td></tr> <tr><td>Π</td><td>&Pi;</td><td>&#928;</td><td>greek capital letter pi</td></tr> <tr><td>Ρ</td><td>&Rho;</td><td>&#929;</td><td>greek capital letter rho</td></tr> <tr><td>Σ</td><td>&Sigma;</td><td>&#931;</td><td>greek capital letter sigma</td></tr> <tr><td>Τ</td><td>&Tau;</td><td>&#932;</td><td>greek capital letter tau</td></tr> <tr><td>Υ</td><td>&Upsilon;</td><td>&#933;</td><td>greek capital letter upsilon</td></tr> <tr><td>Φ</td><td>&Phi;</td><td>&#934;</td><td>greek capital letter phi</td></tr> <tr><td>Χ</td><td>&Chi;</td><td>&#935;</td><td>greek capital letter chi</td></tr> <tr><td>Ψ</td><td>&Psi;</td><td>&#936;</td><td>greek capital letter psi</td></tr> <tr><td>Ω</td><td>&Omega;</td><td>&#937;</td><td>greek capital letter omega</td></tr> <tr><td>α</td><td>&alpha;</td><td>&#945;</td><td>greek small letter alpha</td></tr> <tr><td>β</td><td>&beta;</td><td>&#946;</td><td>greek small letter beta</td></tr> <tr><td>γ</td><td>&gamma;</td><td>&#947;</td><td>greek small letter gamma</td></tr> <tr><td>δ</td><td>&delta;</td><td>&#948;</td><td>greek small letter delta</td></tr> <tr><td>ε</td><td>&epsilon;</td><td>&#949;</td><td>greek small letter epsilon</td></tr> <tr><td>ζ</td><td>&zeta;</td><td>&#950;</td><td>greek small letter zeta</td></tr> <tr><td>η</td><td>&eta;</td><td>&#951;</td><td>greek small letter eta</td></tr> <tr><td>θ</td><td>&theta;</td><td>&#952;</td><td>greek small letter theta</td></tr> <tr><td>ι</td><td>&iota;</td><td>&#953;</td><td>greek small letter iota</td></tr> <tr><td>κ</td><td>&kappa;</td><td>&#954;</td><td>greek small letter kappa</td></tr> <tr><td>λ</td><td>&lambda;</td><td>&#955;</td><td>greek small letter lambda</td></tr> <tr><td>μ</td><td>&mu;</td><td>&#956;</td><td>greek small letter mu</td></tr> <tr><td>ν</td><td>&nu;</td><td>&#957;</td><td>greek small letter nu</td></tr> <tr><td>ξ</td><td>&xi;</td><td>&#958;</td><td>greek small letter xi</td></tr> <tr><td>ο</td><td>&omicron;</td><td>&#959;</td><td>greek small letter omicron</td></tr> <tr><td>π</td><td>&pi;</td><td>&#960;</td><td>greek small letter pi</td></tr> <tr><td>ρ</td><td>&rho;</td><td>&#961;</td><td>greek small letter rho</td></tr> <tr><td>ς</td><td>&sigmaf;</td><td>&#962;</td><td>greek small letter final sigma</td></tr> <tr><td>σ</td><td>&sigma;</td><td>&#963;</td><td>greek small letter sigma</td></tr> <tr><td>τ</td><td>&tau;</td><td>&#964;</td><td>greek small letter tau</td></tr> <tr><td>υ</td><td>&upsilon;</td><td>&#965;</td><td>greek small letter upsilon</td></tr> <tr><td>φ</td><td>&phi;</td><td>&#966;</td><td>greek small letter phi</td></tr> <tr><td>χ</td><td>&chi;</td><td>&#967;</td><td>greek small letter chi</td></tr> <tr><td>ψ</td><td>&psi;</td><td>&#968;</td><td>greek small letter psi</td></tr> <tr><td>ω</td><td>&omega;</td><td>&#969;</td><td>greek small letter omega</td></tr> </table> <h3><a id="Polish">Polish, Czech, Slovene, etc., Characters</a></h3> <table style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 6px; text-align: left;"> <tr><td>Ą</td><td>&#260;</td><td>&#260;</td><td>upper case A ogonek</td></tr> <tr><td>ą</td><td>&#261;</td><td>&#261;</td><td>lower case a ogonek</td></tr> <tr><td>Ć</td><td>&#262;</td><td>&#262;</td><td>upper case C acute</td></tr> <tr><td>ć</td><td>&#263;</td><td>&#263;</td><td>lower case c acute</td></tr> <tr><td>Č</td><td>&#268;</td><td>&#268;</td><td>upper case C caron</td></tr> <tr><td>č</td><td>&#269;</td><td>&#269;</td><td>lower case c caron</td></tr> <tr><td>Ę</td><td>&#280;</td><td>&#280;</td><td>upper case E ogonek</td></tr> <tr><td>ę</td><td>&#281;</td><td>&#281;</td><td>lower case e ogonek</td></tr> <tr><td>ě</td><td>&#283;</td><td>&#283;</td><td>lower case e caron</td></tr> <tr><td>Ł</td><td>&#321;</td><td>&#321;</td><td>upper case L slash</td></tr> <tr><td>ł</td><td>&#322;</td><td>&#322;</td><td>lower case l slash</td></tr> <tr><td>Ń</td><td>&#323;</td><td>&#323;</td><td>upper case N acute</td></tr> <tr><td>ń</td><td>&#324;</td><td>&#324;</td><td>lower case n acute</td></tr> <tr><td>ő</td><td>&#337;</td><td>&#337;</td><td>lower case o double acute</td></tr> <tr><td>Ř</td><td>&#344;</td><td>&#344;</td><td>upper case R caron</td></tr> <tr><td>ř</td><td>&#345;</td><td>&#345;</td><td>lower case r caron</td></tr> <tr><td>Š</td><td>&#352;</td><td>&#352;</td><td>upper case S caron</td></tr> <tr><td>š</td><td>&#353;</td><td>&#353;</td><td>lower case s caron</td></tr> <tr><td>Ś</td><td>&#346;</td><td>&#346;</td><td>upper case S acute</td></tr> <tr><td>ś</td><td>&#347;</td><td>&#347;</td><td>lower case s acute</td></tr> <tr><td>Ź</td><td>&#377;</td><td>&#377;</td><td>upper case Z acute</td></tr> <tr><td>ź</td><td>&#378;</td><td>&#378;</td><td>lower case z acute</td></tr> <tr><td>Ż</td><td>&#379;</td><td>&#379;</td><td>upper case Z dot</td></tr> <tr><td>ż</td><td>&#380;</td><td>&#380;</td><td>lower case z dot</td></tr> <tr><td>Ž</td><td>&#381;</td><td>&#381;</td><td>upper case Z caron</td></tr> <tr><td>ž</td><td>&#382;</td><td>&#382;</td><td>lower case z caron</td></tr> </table> <h3><a id="Special">Special Diacritics</a></h3> <table style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 6px; text-align: left;"> <tr><td>Ā</td><td>&#256;</td><td>&#256;</td><td>upper case A macron</td></tr> <tr><td>ā</td><td>&#257;</td><td>&#257;</td><td>lower case a macron</td></tr> <tr><td>ḍ</td><td>&#7693;</td><td>&#7693;</td><td>lower case d with dot below</td></tr> <tr><td>ē</td><td>&#275;</td><td>&275;</td><td>e with macron</td></tr> <tr><td>ğ</td><td>&#287;</td><td>&#287;</td><td>lower case g with breve</td></tr> <tr><td>Ḥ</td><td>&#7716;</td><td>&#7716;</td><td>upper case H with dot below</td></tr> <tr><td>ḥ</td><td>&#7717;</td><td>&#7717;</td><td>lower case h with dot below</td></tr> <tr><td>Ī</td><td>&#298;</td><td>&#298;</td><td>upper case I macron</td></tr> <tr><td>ī</td><td>&#299;</td><td>&#299;</td><td>lower case i macron</td></tr> <tr><td>ı</td><td>&#305;</td><td>&#305;</td><td>i without dot above</td></tr> <tr><td>ṃ</td><td>&#7747;</td><td>&#7747;</td><td>lower case m with dot below</td></tr> <tr><td>Ṁ</td><td>&#7744;</td><td>&#7744;</td><td>upper case M with dot above</td></tr> <tr><td>ṁ</td><td>&#7745;</td><td>&#7745;</td><td>lower case m with dot above</td></tr> <tr><td>ṇ</td><td>&#7751;</td><td>&#7751;</td><td>lower case n with dot below</td></tr> <tr><td>ṅ</td><td>&#7749;</td><td>&#7749;</td><td>lower case n with dot above</td></tr> <tr><td>ō</td><td>&#333;</td><td>&#333;</td><td>lower case o macron</td></tr> <tr><td>ṛ</td><td>&#7771;</td><td>&#7771;</td><td>lower case r with dot below</td></tr> <tr><td>Ś</td><td>&#346;</td><td>&#346;</td><td>upper case S acute</td></tr> <tr><td>ś</td><td>&#347;</td><td>&#347;</td><td>lower case s acute</td></tr> <tr><td>Ṣ</td><td>&#7778;</td><td>&#7778;</td><td>upper case S with dot below</td></tr> <tr><td>ṣ</td><td>&#7779;</td><td>&#7779;</td><td>lower case s with dot below</td></tr> <tr><td>ṭ</td><td>&#7789;</td><td>&#7789;</td><td>lower case t with dot below</td></tr> <tr><td>Ṭ</td><td>&#7788;</td><td>&#7788;</td><td>upper case T with dot below</td></tr> <tr><td>ū</td><td>&#363;</td><td>&#363;</td><td>lower case u macron</td></tr> <tr><td>ŭ</td><td>&#365;</td><td>&#365;</td><td>lower case u breve</td></tr> <tr><td>ǔ</td><td>&#468;</td><td>&#468;</td><td>lower case u caron</td></tr> <tr><td>Ṽ</td><td>&#7804;</td><td>&#7804;</td><td>upper case V tilde</td></tr> <tr><td>Ẓ</td><td>&#7826;</td><td>&#7826;</td><td>upper case Z with dot below</td></tr> <tr><td>ẓ</td><td>&#7827;</td><td>&#7827;</td><td>lower case z with dot below</td></tr> </table> <p>See <a href="http://sites.psu.edu/symbolcodes/ipavowels/" target="other">http://sites.psu.edu/symbolcodes/ipavowels/</a></p> <h2><a id="Punc">Punctuation, Pure Diacritical Marks, and Special Characters</a></h2> <h3><a id="GenPunct">General Punctuation</a></h3> <table style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 6px; text-align: left;"> <tr><td>"</td><td>&quot;</td><td>&#34;</td><td>quotation mark = apl quote</td></tr> <tr><td>‘</td><td>&lsquo;</td><td>&#8216;</td><td>left single quotation mark</td></tr> <tr><td>’</td><td>&rsquo;</td><td>&#8217;</td><td>right single quotation mark</td></tr> <tr><td>“</td><td>&ldquo;</td><td>&#8220;</td><td>left double quotation mark</td></tr> <tr><td>”</td><td>&rdquo;</td><td>&#8221;</td><td>right double quotation mark</td></tr> <tr><td>–</td><td>&ndash;</td><td>&#8211;</td><td>en dash</td></tr> <tr><td>—</td><td>&mdash;</td><td>&#8212;</td><td>em dash</td></tr> <tr><td>…</td><td>&hellip;</td><td>&#8230;</td><td>horizontal ellipsis = three dot leader</td></tr> <tr><td>•</td><td>&bull;</td><td>&#8226;</td><td>bullet = black small circle</td></tr> <tr><td>§</td><td>&sect;</td><td>&#167;</td><td>section sign</td></tr> <tr><td>¶</td><td>&para;</td><td>&#182;</td><td>pilcrow (paragraph sign)</td></tr> <tr><td>«</td><td>&laquo;</td><td>&#171;</td><td>angle quotation mark, left</td></tr> <tr><td>»</td><td>&raquo;</td><td>&#187;</td><td>angle quotation mark, right</td></tr> <tr><td>‹</td><td>&lsaquo;</td><td>&#8249;</td><td>single left-pointing angle quotation mark</td></tr> <tr><td>›</td><td>&rsaquo;</td><td>&#8250;</td><td>single right-pointing angle quotation mark</td></tr> <tr><td>⟨</td><td>&#10216;</td><td>&#10216;</td><td> left-pointing angle bracket</td></tr> <tr><td>⟩</td><td>&#10217;</td><td>&#10217;</td><td> right-pointing angle bracket</td></tr> <tr><td>¡</td><td>&iexcl;</td><td>&#161;</td><td>inverted exclamation mark</td></tr> <tr><td>¿</td><td>&iquest;</td><td>&#191;</td><td>inverted question mark</td></tr> <tr><td>‚</td><td>&sbquo;</td><td>&#8218;</td><td>single low-9 quotation mark</td></tr> <tr><td>„</td><td>&bdquo;</td><td>&#8222;</td><td>double low-9 quotation mark</td></tr> <tr><td>†</td><td>&dagger;</td><td>&#8224;</td><td>dagger</td></tr> <tr><td>‡</td><td>&Dagger;</td><td>&#8225;</td><td>double dagger</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td>&ensp;</td><td>&#8194;</td><td>en space</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td>&emsp;</td><td>&#8195;</td><td>em space</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td>&thinsp;</td><td>&#8201;</td><td>thin space</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&#160;</td><td>no-break space</td></tr> <tr><td>⌈</td><td>&lceil;</td><td>&#8968;</td><td>left ceiling</td></tr> <tr><td>⌉</td><td>&rceil;</td><td>&#8969;</td><td>right ceiling</td></tr> <tr><td>⌊</td><td>&lfloor;</td><td>&#8970;</td><td>left floor</td></tr> <tr><td>⌋</td><td>&rfloor;</td><td>&#8971;</td><td>right floor</td></tr> <tr><td>⟦</td><td>&#10214;</td><td>&#10214;</td><td>left square double bracket</td></tr> <tr><td>⟧</td><td>&#10215;</td><td>&#10215;</td><td>right square double bracket</td></tr> </table> <h3><a id="DiaCriMar">Diacritical Marks</a></h3> <table style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 6px; text-align: left;"> <tr><td>´</td><td>&acute;</td><td>&#180;</td><td>acute accent</td></tr> <tr><td>¨</td><td>&uml;</td><td>&#168;</td><td>umlaut (dieresis)</td></tr> <tr><td>¯</td><td>&macr;</td><td>&#175;</td><td>macron</td></tr> <tr><td>¸</td><td>&cedil;</td><td>&#184;</td><td>cedilla</td></tr> <tr><td>ˆ</td><td>&circ;</td><td>&#710;</td><td>modifier letter circumflex accent</td></tr> <tr><td>˜</td><td>&tilde;</td><td>&#732;</td><td>small tilde</td></tr> </table> <h3><a id="GenPurp">General Purpose Symbols</a></h3> <table style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 6px; text-align: left;"> <tr><td>ª</td><td>&ordf;</td><td>&#170;</td><td>ordinal indicator, feminine</td></tr> <tr><td>º</td><td>&ordm;</td><td>&#186;</td><td>ordinal indicator, masculine</td></tr> <tr><td>¦</td><td>&brvbar;</td><td>&#166;</td><td>broken (vertical) bar</td></tr> <tr><td>©</td><td>&copy;</td><td>&#169;</td><td>copyright sign</td></tr> <tr><td>®</td><td>&reg;</td><td>&#174;</td><td>registered sign</td></tr> <tr><td>™</td><td>&trade;</td><td>&#8482;</td><td>trade mark sign</td></tr> <tr><td>µ</td><td>&micro;</td><td>&#181;</td><td>micro sign</td></tr> </table> <h3><a id="Curr">Currency/Cards</a></h3> <table style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 6px; text-align: left;"> <tr><td>¢</td><td>&cent;</td><td>&#162;</td><td>cent sign</td></tr> <tr><td>£</td><td>&pound;</td><td>&#163;</td><td>pound sterling sign</td></tr> <tr><td>¤</td><td>&curren;</td><td>&#164;</td><td>general currency sign</td></tr> <tr><td>¥</td><td>&yen;</td><td>&#y165;</td><td>yen sign</td></tr> <tr><td>€</td><td>&euro;</td><td>&#8364;</td><td>euro sign</td></tr> <tr><td>♠</td><td>&spades;</td><td>&#9824;</td><td>black spade suit</td></tr> <tr><td>♣</td><td>&clubs;</td><td>&#9827;</td><td>black club suit = shamrock</td></tr> 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