Originaly taken from: Character entity set
  " "" "no-break space = non-breaking space, U+00A0 ISOnum
¡¡"¡""¡"inverted exclamation mark, U+00A1 ISOnum
¢¢"¢""¢"cent sign, U+00A2 ISOnum
££"£""£"pound sign, U+00A3 ISOnum
¤¤"¤""¤"currency sign, U+00A4 ISOnum
¥¥"¥""¥"yen sign = yuan sign, U+00A5 ISOnum
¦¦"¦""¦"broken bar = broken vertical bar, U+00A6 ISOnum
§§"§""§"section sign, U+00A7 ISOnum
¨¨"¨""¨"diaeresis = spacing diaeresis, U+00A8 ISOdia
©©"©""©"copyright sign, U+00A9 ISOnum
ªª"ª""ª"feminine ordinal indicator, U+00AA ISOnum
««"«""«"left-pointing double angle quotation mark = left pointing guillemet, U+00AB ISOnum
¬¬"¬""¬"not sign, U+00AC ISOnum
­­"­""­"soft hyphen = discretionary hyphen, U+00AD ISOnum
®®"®""®"registered sign = registered trade mark sign, U+00AE ISOnum
¯¯"¯""¯"macron = spacing macron = overline = APL overbar, U+00AF ISOdia
°°"°""°"degree sign, U+00B0 ISOnum
±±"±""±"plus-minus sign = plus-or-minus sign, U+00B1 ISOnum
²²"²""²"superscript two = superscript digit two = squared, U+00B2 ISOnum
³³"³""³"superscript three = superscript digit three = cubed, U+00B3 ISOnum
´´"´""´"acute accent = spacing acute, U+00B4 ISOdia
µµ"µ""µ"micro sign, U+00B5 ISOnum
"¶""¶"pilcrow sign = paragraph sign, U+00B6 ISOnum
··"·""·"middle dot = Georgian comma = Greek middle dot, U+00B7 ISOnum
¸¸"¸""¸"cedilla = spacing cedilla, U+00B8 ISOdia
¹¹"¹""¹"superscript one = superscript digit one, U+00B9 ISOnum
ºº"º""º"masculine ordinal indicator, U+00BA ISOnum
»»"»""»"right-pointing double angle quotation mark = right pointing guillemet, U+00BB ISOnum
¼¼"¼""¼"vulgar fraction one quarter = fraction one quarter, U+00BC ISOnum
½½"½""½"vulgar fraction one half = fraction one half, U+00BD ISOnum
¾¾"¾""¾"vulgar fraction three quarters = fraction three quarters, U+00BE ISOnum
¿¿"¿""¿"inverted question mark = turned question mark, U+00BF ISOnum
ÀÀ"À""À"latin capital letter A with grave = latin capital letter A grave, U+00C0 ISOlat1
ÁÁ"Á""Á"latin capital letter A with acute, U+00C1 ISOlat1
ÂÂ"Â""Â"latin capital letter A with circumflex, U+00C2 ISOlat1
ÃÃ"Ã""Ã"latin capital letter A with tilde, U+00C3 ISOlat1
ÄÄ"Ä""Ä"latin capital letter A with diaeresis, U+00C4 ISOlat1
ÅÅ"Å""Å"latin capital letter A with ring above = latin capital letter A ring, U+00C5 ISOlat1
ÆÆ"Æ""Æ"latin capital letter AE = latin capital ligature AE, U+00C6 ISOlat1
ÇÇ"Ç""Ç"latin capital letter C with cedilla, U+00C7 ISOlat1
ÈÈ"È""È"latin capital letter E with grave, U+00C8 ISOlat1
ÉÉ"É""É"latin capital letter E with acute, U+00C9 ISOlat1
ÊÊ"Ê""Ê"latin capital letter E with circumflex, U+00CA ISOlat1
ËË"Ë""Ë"latin capital letter E with diaeresis, U+00CB ISOlat1
ÌÌ"Ì""Ì"latin capital letter I with grave, U+00CC ISOlat1
ÍÍ"Í""Í"latin capital letter I with acute, U+00CD ISOlat1
ÎÎ"Î""Î"latin capital letter I with circumflex, U+00CE ISOlat1
ÏÏ"Ï""Ï"latin capital letter I with diaeresis, U+00CF ISOlat1
ÐÐ"Ð""Ð"latin capital letter ETH, U+00D0 ISOlat1
ÑÑ"Ñ""Ñ"latin capital letter N with tilde, U+00D1 ISOlat1
ÒÒ"Ò""Ò"latin capital letter O with grave, U+00D2 ISOlat1
ÓÓ"Ó""Ó"latin capital letter O with acute, U+00D3 ISOlat1
ÔÔ"Ô""Ô"latin capital letter O with circumflex, U+00D4 ISOlat1
ÕÕ"Õ""Õ"latin capital letter O with tilde, U+00D5 ISOlat1
ÖÖ"Ö""Ö"latin capital letter O with diaeresis, U+00D6 ISOlat1
××"×""×"multiplication sign, U+00D7 ISOnum
ØØ"Ø""Ø"latin capital letter O with stroke = latin capital letter O slash, U+00D8 ISOlat1
ÙÙ"Ù""Ù"latin capital letter U with grave, U+00D9 ISOlat1
ÚÚ"Ú""Ú"latin capital letter U with acute, U+00DA ISOlat1
ÛÛ"Û""Û"latin capital letter U with circumflex, U+00DB ISOlat1
ÜÜ"Ü""Ü"latin capital letter U with diaeresis, U+00DC ISOlat1
ÝÝ"Ý""Ý"latin capital letter Y with acute, U+00DD ISOlat1
ÞÞ"Þ""Þ"latin capital letter THORN, U+00DE ISOlat1
ßß"ß""ß"latin small letter sharp s = ess-zed, U+00DF ISOlat1
àà"à""à"latin small letter a with grave = latin small letter a grave, U+00E0 ISOlat1
áá"á""á"latin small letter a with acute, U+00E1 ISOlat1
ââ"â""â"latin small letter a with circumflex, U+00E2 ISOlat1
ãã"ã""ã"latin small letter a with tilde, U+00E3 ISOlat1
ää"ä""ä"latin small letter a with diaeresis, U+00E4 ISOlat1
åå"å""å"latin small letter a with ring above = latin small letter a ring, U+00E5 ISOlat1
ææ"æ""æ"latin small letter ae = latin small ligature ae, U+00E6 ISOlat1
çç"ç""ç"latin small letter c with cedilla, U+00E7 ISOlat1
èè"è""è"latin small letter e with grave, U+00E8 ISOlat1
éé"é""é"latin small letter e with acute, U+00E9 ISOlat1
êê"ê""ê"latin small letter e with circumflex, U+00EA ISOlat1
ëë"ë""ë"latin small letter e with diaeresis, U+00EB ISOlat1
ìì"ì""ì"latin small letter i with grave, U+00EC ISOlat1
íí"í""í"latin small letter i with acute, U+00ED ISOlat1
îî"î""î"latin small letter i with circumflex, U+00EE ISOlat1
ïï"ï""ï"latin small letter i with diaeresis, U+00EF ISOlat1
ðð"ð""ð"latin small letter eth, U+00F0 ISOlat1
ññ"ñ""ñ"latin small letter n with tilde, U+00F1 ISOlat1
òò"ò""ò"latin small letter o with grave, U+00F2 ISOlat1
óó"ó""ó"latin small letter o with acute, U+00F3 ISOlat1
ôô"ô""ô"latin small letter o with circumflex, U+00F4 ISOlat1
õõ"õ""õ"latin small letter o with tilde, U+00F5 ISOlat1
öö"ö""ö"latin small letter o with diaeresis, U+00F6 ISOlat1
÷÷"÷""÷"division sign, U+00F7 ISOnum
øø"ø""ø"latin small letter o with stroke, = latin small letter o slash, U+00F8 ISOlat1
ùù"ù""ù"latin small letter u with grave, U+00F9 ISOlat1
úú"ú""ú"latin small letter u with acute, U+00FA ISOlat1
ûû"û""û"latin small letter u with circumflex, U+00FB ISOlat1
üü"ü""ü"latin small letter u with diaeresis, U+00FC ISOlat1
ýý"ý""ý"latin small letter y with acute, U+00FD ISOlat1
þþ"þ""þ"latin small letter thorn, U+00FE ISOlat1
ÿÿ"ÿ""ÿ"latin small letter y with diaeresis, U+00FF ISOlat1
Mathematical, Greek and Symbolic characters for HTML
Latin Extended-B
ƒƒ"ƒ""ƒ"latin small f with hook = function = florin, U+0192 ISOtech
Greek
ΑΑ"Α""Α"greek capital letter alpha, U+0391
ΒΒ"Β""Β"greek capital letter beta, U+0392
ΓΓ"Γ""Γ"greek capital letter gamma, U+0393 ISOgrk3
ΔΔ"Δ""Δ"greek capital letter delta, U+0394 ISOgrk3
ΕΕ"Ε""Ε"greek capital letter epsilon, U+0395
ΖΖ"Ζ""Ζ"greek capital letter zeta, U+0396
ΗΗ"Η""Η"greek capital letter eta, U+0397
ΘΘ"Θ""Θ"greek capital letter theta, U+0398 ISOgrk3
ΙΙ"Ι""Ι"greek capital letter iota, U+0399
ΚΚ"Κ""Κ"greek capital letter kappa, U+039A
ΛΛ"Λ""Λ"greek capital letter lambda, U+039B ISOgrk3
ΜΜ"Μ""Μ"greek capital letter mu, U+039C
ΝΝ"Ν""Ν"greek capital letter nu, U+039D
ΞΞ"Ξ""Ξ"greek capital letter xi, U+039E ISOgrk3
ΟΟ"Ο""Ο"greek capital letter omicron, U+039F
ΠΠ"Π""Π"greek capital letter pi, U+03A0 ISOgrk3
ΡΡ"Ρ""Ρ"greek capital letter rho, U+03A1
there is no Sigmaf, and no U+03A2 character either
ΣΣ"Σ""Σ"greek capital letter sigma, U+03A3 ISOgrk3
ΤΤ"Τ""Τ"greek capital letter tau, U+03A4
ΥΥ"Υ""Υ"greek capital letter upsilon, U+03A5 ISOgrk3
ΦΦ"Φ""Φ"greek capital letter phi, U+03A6 ISOgrk3
ΧΧ"Χ""Χ"greek capital letter chi, U+03A7
ΨΨ"Ψ""Ψ"greek capital letter psi, U+03A8 ISOgrk3
ΩΩ"Ω""Ω"greek capital letter omega, U+03A9 ISOgrk3
αα"α""α"greek small letter alpha, U+03B1 ISOgrk3
ββ"β""β"greek small letter beta, U+03B2 ISOgrk3
γγ"γ""γ"greek small letter gamma, U+03B3 ISOgrk3
δδ"δ""δ"greek small letter delta, U+03B4 ISOgrk3
εε"ε""ε"greek small letter epsilon, U+03B5 ISOgrk3
ζζ"ζ""ζ"greek small letter zeta, U+03B6 ISOgrk3
ηη"η""η"greek small letter eta, U+03B7 ISOgrk3
θθ"θ""θ"greek small letter theta, U+03B8 ISOgrk3
ιι"ι""ι"greek small letter iota, U+03B9 ISOgrk3
κκ"κ""κ"greek small letter kappa, U+03BA ISOgrk3
λλ"λ""λ"greek small letter lambda, U+03BB ISOgrk3
μμ"μ""μ"greek small letter mu, U+03BC ISOgrk3
νν"ν""ν"greek small letter nu, U+03BD ISOgrk3
ξξ"ξ""ξ"greek small letter xi, U+03BE ISOgrk3
οο"ο""ο"greek small letter omicron, U+03BF NEW
ππ"π""π"greek small letter pi, U+03C0 ISOgrk3
ρρ"ρ""ρ"greek small letter rho, U+03C1 ISOgrk3
ςς"ς""ς"greek small letter final sigma, U+03C2 ISOgrk3
σσ"σ""σ"greek small letter sigma, U+03C3 ISOgrk3
ττ"τ""τ"greek small letter tau, U+03C4 ISOgrk3
υυ"υ""υ"greek small letter upsilon, U+03C5 ISOgrk3
φφ"φ""φ"greek small letter phi, U+03C6 ISOgrk3
χχ"χ""χ"greek small letter chi, U+03C7 ISOgrk3
ψψ"ψ""ψ"greek small letter psi, U+03C8 ISOgrk3
ωω"ω""ω"greek small letter omega, U+03C9 ISOgrk3
ϑϑ"ϑ""ϑ"greek small letter theta symbol, U+03D1 NEW
ϒϒ"ϒ""ϒ"greek upsilon with hook symbol, U+03D2 NEW
ϖϖ"ϖ""ϖ"greek pi symbol, U+03D6 ISOgrk3
General Punctuation
"•""•"bullet = black small circle, U+2022 ISOpub
bullet is NOT the same as bullet operator, U+2219
"…""…"horizontal ellipsis = three dot leader, U+2026 ISOpub
"′""′"prime = minutes = feet, U+2032 ISOtech
"″""″"double prime = seconds = inches, U+2033 ISOtech
"‾""‾"overline = spacing overscore, U+203E NEW
"⁄""⁄"fraction slash, U+2044 NEW
Letterlike Symbols
"℘""℘"script capital P = power set = Weierstrass p, U+2118 ISOamso
"ℑ""ℑ"blackletter capital I = imaginary part, U+2111 ISOamso
"ℜ""ℜ"blackletter capital R = real part symbol, U+211C ISOamso
"™""™"trade mark sign, U+2122 ISOnum
"ℵ""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
Arrows
"←""←"leftwards arrow, U+2190 ISOnum
"↑""↑"upwards arrow, U+2191 ISOnum
"→""→"rightwards arrow, U+2192 ISOnum
"↓""↓"downwards arrow, U+2193 ISOnum
"↔""↔"left right arrow, U+2194 ISOamsa
"↵""↵"downwards arrow with corner leftwards = carriage return, U+21B5 NEW
"⇐""⇐"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
"⇑""⇑"upwards double arrow, U+21D1 ISOamsa
"⇒""⇒"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
"⇓""⇓"downwards double arrow, U+21D3 ISOamsa
"⇔""⇔"left right double arrow, U+21D4 ISOamsa
Mathematical Operators
"∀""∀"for all, U+2200 ISOtech
"∂""∂"partial differential, U+2202 ISOtech
"∃""∃"there exists, U+2203 ISOtech
"∅""∅"empty set = null set = diameter, U+2205 ISOamso
"∇""∇"nabla = backward difference, U+2207 ISOtech
"∈""∈"element of, U+2208 ISOtech
"∉""∉"not an element of, U+2209 ISOtech
"∋""∋"contains as member, U+220B ISOtech
should there be a more memorable name than 'ni'?
"∏""∏"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
"∑""∑"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 sign, U+2212 ISOtech
"∗""∗"asterisk operator, U+2217 ISOtech
"√""√"square root = radical sign, U+221A ISOtech
"∝""∝"proportional to, U+221D ISOtech
"∞""∞"infinity, U+221E ISOtech
"∠""∠"angle, U+2220 ISOamso
"∧""∧"logical and = wedge, U+2227 ISOtech
"∨""∨"logical or = vee, U+2228 ISOtech
"∩""∩"intersection = cap, U+2229 ISOtech
"∪""∪"union = cup, U+222A ISOtech
"∫""∫"integral, U+222B ISOtech
"∴""∴"therefore, U+2234 ISOtech
"∼""∼"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
"≅""≅"approximately equal to, U+2245 ISOtech
"≈""≈"almost equal to = asymptotic to, U+2248 ISOamsr
"≠""≠"not equal to, U+2260 ISOtech
"≡""≡"identical to, U+2261 ISOtech
"≤""≤"less-than or equal to, U+2264 ISOtech
"≥""≥"greater-than or equal to, U+2265 ISOtech
"⊂""⊂"subset of, U+2282 ISOtech
"⊃""⊃"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
"⊄""⊄"not a subset of, U+2284 ISOamsn
"⊆""⊆"subset of or equal to, U+2286 ISOtech
"⊇""⊇"superset of or equal to, U+2287 ISOtech
"⊕""⊕"circled plus = direct sum, U+2295 ISOamsb
"⊗""⊗"circled times = vector product, U+2297 ISOamsb
"⊥""⊥"up tack = orthogonal to = perpendicular, U+22A5 ISOtech
"⋅""⋅"dot operator, U+22C5 ISOamsb
dot operator is NOT the same character as U+00B7 middle dot
Miscellaneous Technical
"⌈""⌈"left ceiling = apl upstile, U+2308 ISOamsc
"⌉""⌉"right ceiling, U+2309 ISOamsc
"⌊""⌊"left floor = apl downstile, U+230A ISOamsc
"⌋""⌋"right floor, U+230B ISOamsc
"⟨""〈"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'
"⟩""〉"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
"◊""◊"lozenge, U+25CA ISOpub
Miscellaneous Symbols
"♠""♠"black spade suit, U+2660 ISOpub
black here seems to mean filled as opposed to hollow
"♣""♣"black club suit = shamrock, U+2663 ISOpub
"♥""♥"black heart suit = valentine, U+2665 ISOpub
"♦""♦"black diamond suit, U+2666 ISOpub
Special characters for HTML
C0 Controls and Basic Latin
""""""""quotation mark = APL quote, U+0022 ISOnum
&&"&""&"ampersand, U+0026 ISOnum
<<"&lt;""&#60;"less-than sign, U+003C ISOnum
>>"&gt;""&#62;"greater-than sign, U+003E ISOnum
Latin Extended-A
ŒŒ"&OElig;""&#338;"latin capital ligature OE, U+0152 ISOlat2
œœ"&oelig;""&#339;"latin small ligature oe, U+0153 ISOlat2
ligature is a misnomer, this is a separate character in some languages
ŠŠ"&Scaron;""&#352;"latin capital letter S with caron, U+0160 ISOlat2
šš"&scaron;""&#353;"latin small letter s with caron, U+0161 ISOlat2
ŸŸ"&Yuml;""&#376;"latin capital letter Y with diaeresis, U+0178 ISOlat2
Spacing Modifier Letters
ˆˆ"&circ;""&#710;"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
"&Dagger;""&#8225;"double dagger, U+2021 ISOpub
"&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