Some lesser known HTML character entities

Here's a list of some of the more useful but lesser known HTML character entities.

Character	HTML Entity	Description
¢	¢	Cent sign
£	£	Pound sterling sign
€	€	Euro sign
©	©	Copyright sign
‘	‘	Left single quote
'	’	Right single quote
“	“	Left double quote
”	”	Right double quote
«	«	Left angle quote
»	»	Right angle quote
—	—	Em dash
–	–	En dash
®	®	Registered trademark
™	™	Trademark sign
°	°	Degree sign
±	±	±
¼	¼	One quarter
½	½	One half
¾	¾	Three quarters
×	×	Multiplication sign
÷	÷	Division sign
α	α	Greek letter alpha
β	β	Greek letter beta
?	∞	Infinity symbol

A complete list of character entities is provided in the HTML 4.01 recommendation .