Browse and search HTML character entities with name, number, and Unicode code point for special characters.
HTML gives you three ways to write a character you cannot type: a named reference like ©, a decimal number like ©, or a hexadecimal number like ©. This tool is a searchable table covering all of them: enter any one form and it returns the character, its official name, the other two reference forms, and its Unicode code point. The surprise most people hit: names are case-sensitive and usually require the trailing semicolon. © renders ©, while © and &mdash without its semicolon stay as literal text.
A concrete input and expected output from the current implementation.
Input
copyright
Expected output
© - COPYRIGHT SIGN - © - © - © - U+00A9
These are all one character: the named reference © maps to code point U+00A9, and decimal 169 is exactly hexadecimal A9. One search returns every equivalent form on a single row, so it answers both what the character is and how to write it in HTML.
The reference data is the named character reference table from the HTML standard, which maps each name such as — to a Unicode code point. Every entry also has numeric forms: decimal, as in —, and hexadecimal, as in —. Searching the name, either number, or the code point U+2014 lands on the same row, which shows all four forms and the character itself.
Lookups are exact and case-sensitive, because the standard defines one spelling per name: © exists, while &Copy; and © do not. Numbers follow the standard's rules too: a numeric reference to 0, to a surrogate, or to a value above U+10FFFF decodes to the replacement character U+FFFD, so such an input has no valid entry to return.
Because HTML defines named references with exact case and, in the standard's table, always with the trailing semicolon. A fixed legacy list (amp, lt, gt, quot, nbsp, copy, and the classic Latin-1 names) may omit the semicolon, but only when no letter, digit, or equals sign follows immediately. Every other spelling is literal text by design - standard-compliant behavior, not a bug in your page.
They are the same character: decimal 169 equals hexadecimal A9, and both decode to U+00A9 COPYRIGHT SIGN. Decimal is the older, more common style; hexadecimal is shorter for large code points, like 😀 for the grinning face emoji instead of 😀. Browsers treat both forms identically, so pick one style and stay consistent.
The example and behavioral notes were checked against the browser implementation. Standards and primary references below define the relevant format, formula, or platform behavior.
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