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U+xxxx codes are Unicode values (UTF-8 and UTF-16), For example the Euro symbol "€" may be coded as:
€ or €, where 8364 is the decimal equivalent of Hex 20AC.
See Other Character code lists below
and Emojis 

Commonly used:
reg     ®  "®" -- registered sign = registered trade mark sign,  U+00AE ISOnum 
copy    ©  "©"  -- copyright sign, U+00A9 ISOnum 
trade   ™ "™" -- trade mark sign, U+2122 ISOnum 
        ℠ "℠" -- service mark, U+2120 ISOnum 
deg     °  "°"  -- degree sign, U+00B0 ISOnum 
cent    ¢  "¢"  -- cent sign, U+00A2 ISOnum 
euro    € "€" -- euro sign, U+20AC NEW 
pound   £  "£"  -- pound sign, U+00A3 ISOnum 
bull    •  "•" -- bullet large = black  circle,
                                     U+2022 ISOpub
        ·  "·" --  Middle dot, 
        ○  ○  -- white circle
 lt     &#60;   "<"   -- less-than sign, U+003C ISOnum 
 gt     &#62;   ">"   -- greater-than sign, U+003E ISOnum 
 le     &#8804; "≤" -- less-than or equal to, U+2264 ISOtech 
 ge     &#8805; "≥" -- greater-than or equal to,
        &#9744;  ☐  -- check box - ballot box U+2610 o (Wingdings)
        &#10003; ✓ -- check mark U+2713 Optn-shift-Z (Wingdings)
        &#10007; ✗ -- Ballot X U+2717 Optn-K (Wingdings)
hellip  &#8230; "…" -- horizontal ellipsis = three dot leader,
 
dagger  &#134;   †  -- dagger, U+2020 ISOpub (also &#8224;)
Dagger  &#135;   ‡  -- double dagger, U+2021 ISOpub (also &#8225;)
sect    &#167;  "§"  -- section sign, U+00A7 ISOnum 
frac14  &#188;  "¼"  -- vulgar fraction one quarter
                                  = fraction one quarter, U+00BC ISOnum 
frac12  &#189;  "½"  -- vulgar fraction one half
                                  = fraction one half, U+00BD ISOnum 
frac34  &#190;  "¾"  -- vulgar fraction three quarters
                                  = fraction three quarters, U+00BE ISOnum 

Character entity references for ISO 8859-1 characters
        128-159
 nbsp    &#160; " " -- no-break space = non-breaking space,
                                  U+00A0 ISOnum 
 iexcl   &#161; "¡" -- inverted exclamation mark, U+00A1 ISOnum 
 cent    &#162; "¢" -- cent sign, U+00A2 ISOnum 
 pound   &#163; "£" -- pound sign, U+00A3 ISOnum 
 curren  &#164; "¤" -- currency sign, U+00A4 ISOnum 
 yen     &#165; "¥" -- yen sign = yuan sign, U+00A5 ISOnum 
 brvbar  &#166; "¦" -- broken bar = broken vertical bar, U+00A6 ISOnum 
 sect    &#167; "§" -- section sign, U+00A7 ISOnum 
 uml     &#168; "¨" -- diaeresis = spacing diaeresis, U+00A8 ISOdia 
 copy    &#169; "©" -- copyright sign, U+00A9 ISOnum 
 ordf    &#170; "ª" -- feminine ordinal indicator, U+00AA ISOnum 
 laquo   &#171; "«" -- left-pointing double angle quotation mark
                                  = left pointing guillemet, U+00AB ISOnum 
 not     &#172; "¬" -- not sign, U+00AC ISOnum 
 shy     &#173; "­" -- soft hyphen = discretionary hyphen, U+00AD ISOnum 
 reg     &#174; "®" -- registered sign = registered trade mark sign,  U+00AE ISOnum 
 macr    &#175; "¯" -- macron = spacing macron = overline
                                  = APL overbar, U+00AF ISOdia 
 deg     &#176; "°" -- degree sign, U+00B0 ISOnum 
 plusmn  &#177; "±" -- plus-minus sign = plus-or-minus sign, U+00B1 ISOnum 
 sup2    &#178; "²" -- superscript two = superscript digit two
                                  = squared, U+00B2 ISOnum 
 sup3    &#179; "³" -- superscript three = superscript digit three
                                  = cubed, U+00B3 ISOnum 
 acute   &#180; "´" -- acute accent = spacing acute, U+00B4 ISOdia 
 micro   &#181; "µ" -- micro sign, U+00B5 ISOnum 
 para    &#182; "¶" -- pilcrow sign = paragraph sign, U+00B6 ISOnum 
 middot  &#183; "·" -- middle dot = Georgian comma
                                  = Greek middle dot, U+00B7 ISOnum 
 cedil   &#184; "¸" -- cedilla = spacing cedilla, U+00B8 ISOdia 
 sup1    &#185; "¹" -- superscript one = superscript digit one,  U+00B9 ISOnum 
 ordm    &#186; "º" -- masculine ordinal indicator,
                                  U+00BA ISOnum 
 raquo   &#187; "»" -- right-pointing double angle quotation mark
                                  = right pointing guillemet, U+00BB ISOnum 
 frac14  &#188; "¼" -- vulgar fraction one quarter
                                  = fraction one quarter, U+00BC ISOnum 
 frac12  &#189; "½" -- vulgar fraction one half
                                  = fraction one half, U+00BD ISOnum 
 frac34  &#190; "¾" -- vulgar fraction three quarters
                                  = fraction three quarters, U+00BE ISOnum 
 iquest  &#191; "¿" -- inverted question mark
                                  = turned question mark, U+00BF ISOnum 
 Agrave  &#192; "À" -- latin capital letter A with grave
                                  = latin capital letter A grave,
                                  U+00C0 ISOlat1 
 Aacute  &#193; "Á" -- latin capital letter A with acute,
                                  U+00C1 ISOlat1 
 Acirc   &#194; "Â" -- latin capital letter A with circumflex,
                                  U+00C2 ISOlat1 
 Atilde  &#195; "Ã" -- latin capital letter A with tilde,
                                  U+00C3 ISOlat1 
 Auml    &#196; "Ä" -- latin capital letter A with diaeresis,
                                  U+00C4 ISOlat1 
 Aring   &#197; "Å" -- latin capital letter A with ring above
                                  = latin capital letter A ring,
                                  U+00C5 ISOlat1 
 AElig   &#198; "Æ" -- latin capital letter AE
                                  = latin capital ligature AE,
                                  U+00C6 ISOlat1 
 Ccedil  &#199; "Ç" -- latin capital letter C with cedilla,
                                  U+00C7 ISOlat1 
 Egrave  &#200; "È" -- latin capital letter E with grave,
                                  U+00C8 ISOlat1 
 Eacute  &#201; "É" -- latin capital letter E with acute,
                                  U+00C9 ISOlat1 
 Ecirc   &#202; "Ê" -- latin capital letter E with circumflex,
                                  U+00CA ISOlat1 
 Euml    &#203; "Ë" -- latin capital letter E with diaeresis,
                                  U+00CB ISOlat1 
 Igrave  &#204; "Ì" -- latin capital letter I with grave,
                                  U+00CC ISOlat1 
 Iacute  &#205; "Í" -- latin capital letter I with acute,
                                  U+00CD ISOlat1 
 Icirc   &#206; "Î" -- latin capital letter I with circumflex,
                                  U+00CE ISOlat1 
 Iuml    &#207; "Ï" -- latin capital letter I with diaeresis,
                                  U+00CF ISOlat1 
 ETH     &#208; "Ð" -- latin capital letter ETH, U+00D0 ISOlat1 
 Ntilde  &#209; "Ñ" -- latin capital letter N with tilde,
                                  U+00D1 ISOlat1 
 Ograve  &#210; "Ò" -- latin capital letter O with grave,
                                  U+00D2 ISOlat1 
 Oacute  &#211; "Ó" -- latin capital letter O with acute,
                                  U+00D3 ISOlat1 
 Ocirc   &#212; "Ô" -- latin capital letter O with circumflex,
                                  U+00D4 ISOlat1 
 Otilde  &#213; "Õ" -- latin capital letter O with tilde,
                                  U+00D5 ISOlat1 
 Ouml    &#214; "Ö" -- latin capital letter O with diaeresis,
                                  U+00D6 ISOlat1 
 times   &#215; "×" -- multiplication sign, U+00D7 ISOnum 
 Oslash  &#216; "Ø" -- latin capital letter O with stroke
                                  = latin capital letter O slash,
                                  U+00D8 ISOlat1 
 Ugrave  &#217; "Ù" -- latin capital letter U with grave,
                                  U+00D9 ISOlat1 
 Uacute  &#218; "Ú" -- latin capital letter U with acute,
                                  U+00DA ISOlat1 
 Ucirc   &#219; "Û" -- latin capital letter U with circumflex,
                                  U+00DB ISOlat1 
 Uuml Ü  &#220; "Ü" -- latin capital letter U with diaeresis,
                                  U+00DC ISOlat1 
 Yacute Ý &#221; "Ý" -- latin capital letter Y with acute,
                                  U+00DD ISOlat1 
 THORN   &#222; "Þ" -- latin capital letter THORN,
                                  U+00DE ISOlat1 
 szlig   &#223; "ß" -- latin small letter sharp s = ess-zed,
                                  U+00DF ISOlat1 
 agrave  &#224; "à" -- latin small letter a with grave
                                  = latin small letter a grave,
                                  U+00E0 ISOlat1 
 aacute  &#225; "á" -- latin small letter a with acute,
                                  U+00E1 ISOlat1 
 acirc   &#226; "â" -- latin small letter a with circumflex,
                                  U+00E2 ISOlat1 
 atilde  &#227; "ã" -- latin small letter a with tilde,
                                  U+00E3 ISOlat1 
 auml    &#228; "ä" -- latin small letter a with diaeresis,
                                  U+00E4 ISOlat1 
 aring   &#229; "å" -- latin small letter a with ring above
                                  = latin small letter a ring,
                                  U+00E5 ISOlat1 
 aelig   &#230; "æ" -- latin small letter ae
                                  = latin small ligature ae, U+00E6 ISOlat1 
 ccedil  &#231; "ç" -- latin small letter c with cedilla,
                                  U+00E7 ISOlat1 
 egrave  &#232; "è" -- latin small letter e with grave,
                                  U+00E8 ISOlat1 
 eacute  &#233; "é" -- latin small letter e with acute,
                                  U+00E9 ISOlat1 
 ecirc   &#234; "ê" -- latin small letter e with circumflex,
                                  U+00EA ISOlat1 
 euml    &#235; "ë" -- latin small letter e with diaeresis,
                                  U+00EB ISOlat1 
 igrave  &#236; "ì" -- latin small letter i with grave,
                                  U+00EC ISOlat1 
 iacute  &#237; "í" -- latin small letter i with acute,
                                  U+00ED ISOlat1 
 icirc   &#238; "î" -- latin small letter i with circumflex,
                                  U+00EE ISOlat1 
 iuml    &#239; "ï" -- latin small letter i with diaeresis,
                                  U+00EF ISOlat1 
 eth     &#240; "ð" -- latin small letter eth, U+00F0 ISOlat1 
 ntilde  &#241; "ñ" -- latin small letter n with tilde,
                                  U+00F1 ISOlat1 
 ograve  &#242; "ò" -- latin small letter o with grave,
                                  U+00F2 ISOlat1 
 oacute  &#243; "ó" -- latin small letter o with acute,
                                  U+00F3 ISOlat1 
 ocirc   &#244; "ô" -- latin small letter o with circumflex,
                                  U+00F4 ISOlat1 
 otilde  &#245; "õ" -- latin small letter o with tilde,
                                  U+00F5 ISOlat1 
 ouml    &#246; "ö" -- latin small letter o with diaeresis,
                                  U+00F6 ISOlat1 
 divide  &#247; "÷" -- division sign, U+00F7 ISOnum 
 oslash  &#248; "ø" -- latin small letter o with stroke,
                                  = latin small letter o slash,
                                  U+00F8 ISOlat1 
 ugrave  &#249; "ù" -- latin small letter u with grave,
                                  U+00F9 ISOlat1 
 uacute  &#250; "ú" -- latin small letter u with acute,
                                  U+00FA ISOlat1 
 ucirc   &#251; "û" -- latin small letter u with circumflex,
                                  U+00FB ISOlat1 
 uuml    &#252; "ü" -- latin small letter u with diaeresis,
                                  U+00FC ISOlat1 
 yacute  &#253; "ý" -- latin small letter y with acute,
                                  U+00FD ISOlat1 
 thorn   &#254; "þ" -- latin small letter thorn,
                                  U+00FE ISOlat1 
 yuml    &#255; "ÿ" -- latin small letter y with diaeresis,
                                  U+00FF ISOlat1 


Character entity references for symbols, mathematical symbols,
 and Greek letters


 fnof      &#402; "ƒ" -- latin small f with hook = function
                                    = florin, U+0192 ISOtech 


 Alpha   Α &#913; "Α" -- greek capital letter alpha, U+0391 
 Beta      &#914; "Β" -- greek capital letter beta, U+0392 
 Gamma     &#915; "Γ" -- greek capital letter gamma,
                                    U+0393 ISOgrk3 
 Delta     &#916; "Δ" -- greek capital letter delta,
                                    U+0394 ISOgrk3 
 Epsilon   &#917; "Ε" -- greek capital letter epsilon, U+0395 
 Zeta      &#918; "Ζ" -- greek capital letter zeta, U+0396 
 Eta       &#919; "Η" -- greek capital letter eta, U+0397 
 Theta     &#920; "Θ" -- greek capital letter theta,
                                    U+0398 ISOgrk3 
 Iota      &#921; "Ι" -- greek capital letter iota, U+0399 
 Kappa     &#922; "Κ" -- greek capital letter kappa, U+039A 
 Lambda    &#923; "Λ" -- greek capital letter lambda,
                                    U+039B ISOgrk3 
 Mu        &#924; "Μ" -- greek capital letter mu, U+039C 
 Nu        &#925; "Ν" -- greek capital letter nu, U+039D 
 Xi        &#926; "Ξ" -- greek capital letter xi, U+039E ISOgrk3 
 Omicron   &#927; "Ο" -- greek capital letter omicron, U+039F 
 Pi        &#928; "Π" -- greek capital letter pi, U+03A0 ISOgrk3 
 Rho       &#929; "Ρ" -- greek capital letter rho, U+03A1 
 there is no Sigmaf, and no U+03A2 character either 
 Sigma     &#931; "Σ" -- greek capital letter sigma,
                                    U+03A3 ISOgrk3 
 Tau       &#932; "Τ" -- greek capital letter tau, U+03A4 
 Upsilon   &#933; "Υ" -- greek capital letter upsilon,
                                    U+03A5 ISOgrk3 
 Phi       &#934; "Φ" -- greek capital letter phi,
                                    U+03A6 ISOgrk3 
 Chi       &#935; "Χ" -- greek capital letter chi, U+03A7 
 Psi       &#936; "Ψ" -- greek capital letter psi,
                                    U+03A8 ISOgrk3 
 Omega     &#937; "Ω" -- greek capital letter omega,
                                    U+03A9 ISOgrk3 

 alpha     &#945; "α" -- greek small letter alpha,
                                    U+03B1 ISOgrk3 
 beta      &#946; "β" -- greek small letter beta, U+03B2 ISOgrk3 
 gamma     &#947; "γ" -- greek small letter gamma,
                                    U+03B3 ISOgrk3 
 delta     &#948; "δ" -- greek small letter delta,
                                    U+03B4 ISOgrk3 
 epsilon   &#949; "ε" -- greek small letter epsilon,
                                    U+03B5 ISOgrk3 
 zeta      &#950; "ζ" -- greek small letter zeta, U+03B6 ISOgrk3 
 eta       &#951; "η" -- greek small letter eta, U+03B7 ISOgrk3 
 theta     &#952; "θ" -- greek small letter theta,
                                    U+03B8 ISOgrk3 
 iota      &#953; "ι" -- greek small letter iota, U+03B9 ISOgrk3 
 kappa     &#954; "κ" -- greek small letter kappa,
                                    U+03BA ISOgrk3 
 lambda    &#955; "λ" -- greek small letter lambda,
                                    U+03BB ISOgrk3 
 mu        &#956; "μ" -- greek small letter mu, U+03BC ISOgrk3 
 nu        &#957; "ν" -- greek small letter nu, U+03BD ISOgrk3 
 xi        &#958; "ξ" -- greek small letter xi, U+03BE ISOgrk3 
 omicron   &#959; "ο" -- greek small letter omicron, U+03BF NEW 
 pi        &#960; "π" -- greek small letter pi, U+03C0 ISOgrk3 
 rho       &#961; "ρ" -- greek small letter rho, U+03C1 ISOgrk3 
 sigmaf    &#962; "ς" -- greek small letter final sigma,
                                    U+03C2 ISOgrk3 
 sigma     &#963; "σ" -- greek small letter sigma,
                                    U+03C3 ISOgrk3 
 tau       &#964; "τ" -- greek small letter tau, U+03C4 ISOgrk3 
 upsilon   &#965; "υ" -- greek small letter upsilon,
                                    U+03C5 ISOgrk3 
 phi       &#966; "φ" U+0444 "ф" -- greek small letter phi,
    &phi; φ U+03C6 "φ" phi.gif   ISOgrk3 
    Note: In chrome and firefox they all display similar to U+0444 "ф"
        In safari they display similar to phi.gif  except U+0444 "ф"
 chi       &#967; "χ" -- greek small letter chi, U+03C7 ISOgrk3 
 psi       &#968; "ψ" -- greek small letter psi, U+03C8 ISOgrk3 
 omega     &#969; "ω" -- greek small letter omega,
                                    U+03C9 ISOgrk3 
 thetasym  &#977; "ϑ" -- greek small letter theta symbol,
                                    U+03D1 NEW 
 upsih     &#978; "ϒ" -- greek upsilon with hook symbol,
                                    U+03D2 NEW 
 piv       &#982; "ϖ" -- greek pi symbol, U+03D6 ISOgrk3 

 “ū” (U+016B) &#x016B;
 a &#x0101;
 i &#x012b;
General Punctuation 
 bull      &#8226; "•" -- bullet = black small circle,
                                     U+2022 ISOpub  
 bullet is NOT the same as bullet operator, U+2219 
 hellip    &#8230; "…" -- horizontal ellipsis = three dot leader,
                                     U+2026 ISOpub  
 prime     &#8242; "′" -- prime = minutes = feet, U+2032 ISOtech 
 Prime     &#8243; "″" -- double prime = seconds = inches,
                                     U+2033 ISOtech 
 oline ‾   &#8254; "‾" -- overline = spacing overscore,
                                     U+203E NEW 
 frasl     &#8260; "⁄" -- fraction slash, U+2044 NEW 

 Letterlike Symbols 
 weierp  ℘ &#8472; "℘" -- script capital P = power set
                                     = Weierstrass p, U+2118 ISOamso 
 image     &#8465; "ℑ" -- blackletter capital I = imaginary part,
                                     U+2111 ISOamso 
 real      &#8476; "ℜ" -- blackletter capital R = real part symbol,
                                     U+211C ISOamso 
 trade     &#8482; "™" -- trade mark sign, U+2122 ISOnum 
 alefsym   &#8501; "ℵ" -- alef symbol = first transfinite cardinal,
                                     U+2135 NEW 
 alef symbol is NOT the same as hebrew letter alef,
     U+05D0 although the same glyph could be used to depict both characters 
script small L &#x2113;  ℓ
 Arrows 
 larr      &#8592; "←" -- leftwards arrow, U+2190 ISOnum 
 uarr      &#8593; "↑" -- upwards arrow, U+2191 ISOnum
 rarr      &#8594; "→" -- rightwards arrow, U+2192 ISOnum 
 darr      &#8595; "↓" -- downwards arrow, U+2193 ISOnum 
 harr      &#8596; "↔" -- left right arrow, U+2194 ISOamsa 
 crarr     &#8629; "↵" -- downwards arrow with corner leftwards
                                     = carriage return, U+21B5 NEW 
 lArr      &#8656; "⇐" -- leftwards double arrow, U+21D0 ISOtech 
 ISO 10646 does not say that lArr is the same as the 'is implied by' arrow
    but also does not have any other character for that function. So ? lArr can
    be used for 'is implied by' as ISOtech suggests 
 uArr      &#8657; "⇑" -- upwards double arrow, U+21D1 ISOamsa 
 rArr    ⇒ &#8658; "⇒" -- rightwards double arrow,
                                     U+21D2 ISOtech 
 ISO 10646 does not say this is the 'implies' character but does not have 
     another character with this function so ?
     rArr can be used for 'implies' as ISOtech suggests 
 dArr      &#8659; "⇓" -- downwards double arrow, U+21D3 ISOamsa 
 hArr      &#8660; "⇔" -- left right double arrow,
                                     U+21D4 ISOamsa 

 Mathematical Operators 
 forall    &#8704; "∀" -- for all, U+2200 ISOtech 
 part      &#8706; "∂" -- partial differential, U+2202 ISOtech  
 exist     &#8707; "∃" -- there exists, U+2203 ISOtech 
 empty   ∅ &#8709; "∅" -- empty set = null set = diameter,
                                     U+2205 ISOamso 
 nabla     &#8711; "∇" -- nabla = backward difference,
                                     U+2207 ISOtech 
 isin      &#8712; "∈" -- element of, U+2208 ISOtech 
 notin     &#8713; "∉" -- not an element of, U+2209 ISOtech 
 ni        &#8715; "∋" -- contains as member, U+220B ISOtech 
 should there be a more memorable name than 'ni'? 
 prod      &#8719; "∏" -- n-ary product = product sign,
                                     U+220F ISOamsb 
 prod is NOT the same character as U+03A0 'greek capital letter pi' though
     the same glyph might be used for both 
 sum       &#8721; "∑" -- n-ary sumation, U+2211 ISOamsb 
 sum is NOT the same character as U+03A3 'greek capital letter sigma'
     though the same glyph might be used for both 
 minus     &#8722; "−" -- minus sign, U+2212 ISOtech 
 lowast    &#8727; "∗" -- asterisk operator, U+2217 ISOtech 
 radic     &#8730; "√" -- square root = radical sign,
                                     U+221A ISOtech 
 prop      &#8733; "∝" -- proportional to, U+221D ISOtech 
 infin     &#8734; "∞" -- infinity, U+221E ISOtech 
 ang       &#8736; "∠" -- angle, U+2220 ISOamso 
 and       &#8743; "∧" -- logical and = wedge, U+2227 ISOtech 
 or        &#8744; "∨" -- logical or = vee, U+2228 ISOtech 
 cap       &#8745; "∩" -- intersection = cap, U+2229 ISOtech 
 cup       &#8746; "∪" -- union = cup, U+222A ISOtech 
 int       &#8747; "∫" -- integral, U+222B ISOtech 
 there4    &#8756; "∴" -- therefore, U+2234 ISOtech 
 sim       &#8764; "∼" -- tilde operator = varies with = similar to,
                                     U+223C ISOtech 
 tilde operator is NOT the same character as the tilde, U+007E,
     although the same glyph might be used to represent both  
 cong      &#8773; "≅" -- approximately equal to, U+2245 ISOtech 
 asymp     &#8776; "≈" -- almost equal to = asymptotic to,
                                     U+2248 ISOamsr 
 ne        &#8800; "≠" -- not equal to, U+2260 ISOtech 
 equiv     &#8801; "≡" -- identical to, U+2261 ISOtech 
 le        &#8804; "≤" -- less-than or equal to, U+2264 ISOtech 
 ge        &#8805; "≥" -- greater-than or equal to,
                                     U+2265 ISOtech 
 sub     ⊂ &#8834; "⊂" -- subset of, U+2282 ISOtech 
 sup       &#8835; "⊃" -- superset of, U+2283 ISOtech 
 note that nsup, 'not a superset of, U+2283' is not covered by the Symbol 
     font encoding and is not included. Should it be, for symmetry?
     It is in ISOamsn   
 nsub      &#8836; "⊄" -- not a subset of, U+2284 ISOamsn 
 sube      &#8838; "⊆" -- subset of or equal to, U+2286 ISOtech 
 supe      &#8839; "⊇" -- superset of or equal to,
                                     U+2287 ISOtech 
 oplus     &#8853; "⊕" -- circled plus = direct sum,
                                     U+2295 ISOamsb 
 otimes    &#8855; "⊗" -- circled times = vector product,
                                     U+2297 ISOamsb 
 perp      &#8869; "⊥" -- up tack = orthogonal to = perpendicular,
                                     U+22A5 ISOtech 
 sdot      &#8901; "⋅" -- dot operator, U+22C5 ISOamsb 
 dot operator is NOT the same character as U+00B7 middle dot 

 Miscellaneous Technical 
 lceil     &#8968; "⌈" -- left ceiling = apl upstile,
                                     U+2308 ISOamsc  
 rceil     &#8969; "⌉" -- right ceiling, U+2309 ISOamsc  
 lfloor    &#8970; "⌊" -- left floor = apl downstile,
                                     U+230A ISOamsc  
 rfloor    &#8971; "⌋" -- right floor, U+230B ISOamsc  
 lang    ⟨ &#9001; "〈" -- left-pointing angle bracket = bra,
                                     U+2329 ISOtech 
 lang is NOT the same character as U+003C 'less than' 
     or U+2039 'single left-pointing angle quotation mark' 
 rang      &#9002; "〉" -- right-pointing angle bracket = ket,
                                     U+232A ISOtech 
 rang is NOT the same character as U+003E 'greater than' 
     or U+203A 'single right-pointing angle quotation mark' 

 Geometric Shapes 
 loz       &#9674; "◊" -- lozenge, U+25CA ISOpub 

 Miscellaneous Symbols 
 spades  ♠ &#9824; "♠" -- black spade suit, U+2660 ISOpub 
 black here seems to mean filled as opposed to hollow 
 clubs     &#9827; "♣" -- black club suit = shamrock,
                                     U+2663 ISOpub 
 hearts    &#9829; "♥" -- black heart suit = valentine,
                                     U+2665 ISOpub 
 diams     &#9830; "♦" -- black diamond suit, U+2666 ISOpub 


Character entity references for markup-significant and
 internationalization characters

 apos     &#39; "'"   -- apostrophe 
 quot     &#34; """   -- quotation mark = APL quote,
                                    U+0022 ISOnum 
 amp      &#38; "&"   -- ampersand, U+0026 ISOnum 
 lt       &#60; "<"   -- less-than sign, U+003C ISOnum 
 gt       &#62; ">"   -- greater-than sign, U+003E ISOnum 

 Latin Extended-A 
 OElig    &#338; "Œ"  -- latin capital ligature OE,
                                    U+0152 ISOlat2 
 oelig    &#339; "œ"  -- latin small ligature oe, U+0153 ISOlat2 
 ligature is a misnomer, this is a separate character in some languages 
 Scaron   &#352; "Š"  -- latin capital letter S with caron,
                                    U+0160 ISOlat2 
 scaron š &#353; "š"  -- latin small letter s with caron,
                                    U+0161 ISOlat2 
 Yuml     &#376; "Ÿ"  -- latin capital letter Y with diaeresis,
                                    U+0178 ISOlat2 

 Spacing Modifier Letters 
 circ     &#710; "ˆ"  -- modifier letter circumflex accent,
                                    U+02C6 ISOpub 
 tilde    &#732; "˜"  -- small tilde, U+02DC ISOdia 

 General Punctuation 
 ensp     &#8194; " " -- en space, U+2002 ISOpub 
 emsp     &#8195; " " -- em space, U+2003 ISOpub 
 thinsp   &#8201; " " -- thin space, U+2009 ISOpub 
 zwnj  ‌ &#8204; "‌" -- zero width non-joiner,
                                    U+200C NEW RFC 2070 
 zwj      &#8205; "‍" -- zero width joiner, U+200D NEW RFC 2070 
 lrm      &#8206; "‎" -- left-to-right mark, U+200E NEW RFC 2070 
 rlm      &#8207; "‏" -- right-to-left mark, U+200F NEW RFC 2070 
 ndash    &#8211; "–" -- en dash, U+2013 ISOpub 
 mdash    &#8212; "—" -- em dash, U+2014 ISOpub 
 lsquo    &#8216; "‘" -- left single quotation mark,
                                    U+2018 ISOnum 
 rsquo    &#8217; "’" -- right single quotation mark,
                                    U+2019 ISOnum 
 sbquo    &#8218; "‚" -- single low-9 quotation mark, U+201A NEW 
 ldquo    &#8220; "“" -- left double quotation mark,
                                    U+201C ISOnum 
 rdquo    &#8221; "”" -- right double quotation mark,
                                    U+201D ISOnum 
 bdquo    &#8222; "„" -- double low-9 quotation mark, U+201E NEW 
 dagger   &#8224; "†" -- dagger, U+2020 ISOpub (also &#134;)
 Dagger   &#8225; "‡" -- double dagger, U+2021 ISOpub (also &#135;)
 permil   &#8240; "‰" -- per mille sign, U+2030 ISOtech 
 lsaquo   &#8249; "‹" -- single left-pointing angle quotation mark,
                                    U+2039 ISO proposed 
 lsaquo is proposed but not yet ISO standardized 
 rsaquo   &#8250; "›" -- single right-pointing angle quotation mark,
                                    U+203A ISO proposed 
 rsaquo is proposed but not yet ISO standardized 
 euro   &#8364; "€" € -- euro sign, U+20AC NEW 

Some Unicode which doesn't work on all computers:
 - &#xF8FF; -  - Apple Logo
⌘ - &#x2318; - ⌘ - Place of interest sign / Mac Command Key
⌥ - &#x2325; - ⌥ - the Mac Option Key symbol
⇧ - &#8679; - ⇧ - the Shift Key (really just an outline up-arrow)
⎋ - &#9099; - ⎋ - the Escape Key or "broken circle with northwest arrow"


And while we're at it, some related (not mac-specific):
⇥ - &#8677; - ⇥ - the Tab Key symbol
⏎ - &#9166; - ⏎ - the Return Key symbol
⌫ - &#9003; - ⌫ - the Delete Key symbol
⏏ -  &#x23cf; -   - Eject
⌽ - &#9021; - ⌽ - a possible substitute for the Power symbol"
 - Power (future &#x23FB;  unicode)
See The Apple Logo in Unicode

Astrological:
Sun - - &#x263C; Waxing Crescent - - &#x263D; Waining Crescent (decrescent)- - &#x263E; 
Mercury -  - &#x263F;
  Venus - ♀ - &#x2640;
  Earth -  - &#x2641;

   Mars - ♂ - &#x2642;
Jupiter -  - &#x2643;
 Saturn -  - &#x2644;

 Uranus -  - &#x2645; 
Neptune -  - &#x2646; 
  Pluto -  - &#x2647;
Note: Unicode only works for Venus and Mars on some browsers.
☼, ☽, ☾, ☿, ♀, ♁, ♂, ♃, ♄, ♅ , ♆, ♇
&sun; &leo;

Sign/
Constellation		 Trans-
lation		 Symbol Coding
Aries Ram ♈ &#2648;
Taurus Bull ♉ &#2649;
Gemini Twins ♊ &#264A;
Cancer Crab ♋ &#264B;
Leo Lion ♌ &#264C;
Virgo Maiden ♍ &#264D;
Libra Balance ♎ &#264E;
Scorpius Scorpion ♏ &#264F;
Serpens/
Ophiuchus		 serpent
bearer		  
Sagittarius Archer ♐ &#2650;
Capricornus Sea Goat ♑ &#2651;
Aquarius Water Bearer ♒ &#2652;
Pisces Fish ♓ &#2653; 


Others without entity names:
These work in Firefox and Safari
&#9744; ☐ -- check box - ballot box U+2610 o (Wingdings)
&#9990; ✆ -- public pay phone U+2706 shift-0 (Wingdings)
&#9992; ✈ -- airport jet airplane U+2708 shift-Q (Wingdings)
&#9993; ✉ -- envelope mail email U+2709 shift-8 (Wingdings)
&#10003; ✓  -- check mark U+2713 Optn-shift-Z (Wingdings)
&#10004; ✔ -- heavy check mark
&#10007; ✗ -- Ballot X U+2717 Optn-K (Wingdings)
&#9675; ○ -- white circle
These do not work in Firefox
&#9742; ☎ -- phone number U+260E
&#8481; ℡ -- Telephone sign, U+2121 ISOnum 
&#9742; ☎ -- Telephone symbol See Telephone Symbols

&#9745; ☑ -- ballot box check mark U+2611 Optn-shift-X (Wingdings)
&#9746; ☒ -- ballot box with X U+2612 X (Wingdings)

Lists:
List of Alt Key Codes Symbols | alt-codes.net 
Phonetic symbols in Unicode - Wikipedia
HTML Special Symbols | Sabina Nore
HTML and XHTML Entity and Character Reference Test Documents
Entity References | U. of Toronto
Shape Catcher (draw a character and lookup unicode)

SYMBOLS for HTML and Excel Use | dmcritchie.mvps.org
www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/sgml/entities.html

Ultimate Cool Characters: Special Alt Codes and More 

Windows Alt Key Codes

Unicode | fileformat.info