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Decimal Notation

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symbols in html

Entities, symbols & characters have four methods of reference:
Named, Decimal, Hexadecimal, and Unicode, but only the Decimal form is reliable across browsers and platforms.

To use decimal notation encoded in UTF-8 insert
<meta charset=“utf-8”>
as the first line in the <head> of your document.

utf-8 encoding

The name is an acronym of Unicode Transformation Format 8-bit.
Unicode is an abbreviation of Universal Coded Character Set.
It is a Character encoding capable of encoding all characters,
1, 114, 112 in total.

It is the dominant character encoding for the world wide web, accounting for 93.9% of web pages in March 2026.

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a0 arrowhead 3d top lighted &#10146; ➢
a0 arrowhead 3d bottom lighted &#10147; ➣
a0 arrowhead black &#10148; ➤
a0 quad less than &#9027; ⍃
a0quad greater than apl functional symbol &#9028; ⍄
a0 quad leftwards arrow apl functional symbol &#9031; ⍇
a0 quad rightwards arrow apl functional symbol &#9032; ⍈
a0 quad upwards arrow apl functional symbol &#9040; ⍐
a0 quad downwards arrow apl functional symbol &#9047; ⍗
a0 quad down caret apl functional symbol &#9036; ⍌
a0 quad up caret apl functional symbol &#9043; ⍓
a0 quad delta apl functional symbol &#9037; ⍍
a0 quad delta inverted apl functional symbol &#9044; ⍔
a0 upwards vane apl functional symbol &#9039; ⍏
a0 downwards vane apl functional symbol &#9046; ⍖
a0 leftwards vane apl functional symbol &#9029; ⍅
a0 rightwards vane apl functional symbol &#9030; ⍆
a0 arrow left right &#8596; ↔
a1 arrow up down &#8597; ↕
b2 north west bottom right to top left &#8598; ↖
b3 north east bottom left to top right &#8599; ↗
b4 south east top left to bottom right &#8600; ↘
b5 south west top right to bottom left &#8601; ↙
a6 arrow arrow &#11025; ⬑
b1Clockwise top semicircle &#8631; ↷
b1Clockwise open circle &#8635; ↻
b2 anticlockwise top semicircle &#8630; ↶
b2 anticlockwise open circle &#8634; ↺
d1 down downwards &#8595; ↓
d1 down downwards two headed arrow &#8609; ↡
d1 down downwards from bar &#8615; ↧
d1 down downwards zigzag arrow &#8623; ↯
d1 down downwards with tip leftwards &#8626; ↲
d1 down downwards with tip rightwards &#8627; ↳
d1 down downwards with corner leftwards &#8629; ↵
r1 right rightwards &#8594; →
r1 right rightwards with stroke &#8603; ↛
r1 right rightwards wave arrow &#8605; ↝
r1 right rightwards two headed arrow &#8608; ↠
r1 right rightwards with tail &#8611; ↣
r1 right rightwards from bar &#8614; ↦
r1 right rightwards with hook &#8618; ↪
r1 right rightwards with loop &#8620; ↬
r1 right rightwards with corner downwards &#8628; ↴
r1 right rightwards harpoon with barb upwards &#8640; ⇀
r1 right rightwards harpoon with barb downwards &#8641; ⇁
r1 right rightwards arrow over leftwards arrow &#8644; ⇄
r1 right rightwards paired &#8649; ⇉
r1 right rightwards harpoon over leftwards harpoon &#8652; ⇌
r1 right rightwards double with stroke &#8655; ⇏
r1 right rightwards double (present in symbol font) &#8658; ⇒
r1 right rightwards triple &#8667; ⇛
r1 right rightwards squiggle &#8669; ⇝
r1 right rightwards squiggle &#8669; ⇝
r1 right rightwards dashed &#8674; ⇢
r1 right rightwards to bar &#8677; ⇥
r1 right rightwards white &#8680; ⇨
r1 right rightwards white from wall &#8688; ⇰
r1 right with small circle &#8692; ⇴
r1 right rightwards with vertical stroke &#8696; ⇸
r1 right rightwards with double vertical stroke &#8699; ⇻
r1 right rightwards open-headed &#8702; ⇾
left leftwards with stroke &#8602; ↚
left leftwards wave arrow &#8604; ↜
left leftwards two headed arrow &#8606 ↞
left leftwards with tail &#8610; ↢
left leftwards from bar &#8612; ↤
left leftwards with hook &#8617; ↩
left leftwards with loop &#8619; ↫
left wave arrow &#8621; ↭
left with stroke &#8622; ↮
u1 up upwards from bar &#8613; ↥
u1 up upwards two headed arrow &#8607; ↟
u1 up upwards with tip leftwards &#8624; ↰
u1 up upwards with tip rightwards &#8625; ↱
u2 up down with base (present in wgl4) &#8616; ↨
a7 north west to long bar &#8632; ↸
a7 left to bar over rightwards to bar &#8633; ↹
a7 left leftwards harpoon with barb upwards &#8636; ↼
a7 left leftwards harpoon with barb downwards &#8637; ↽
a7 up upwards harpoon with barb rightwards &#8638; ↾
a7 up upwards harpoon with barb leftwards &#8639; ↿
a7 down downwards harpoon with barb rightwards &#8642; ⇂
a7 down downwards harpoon with barb leftwards &#8643; ⇃
a7 up upwards arrow leftwards of downwards arrow &#8645; ⇅
a7 left leftwards arrow over rightwards arrow &#8646; ⇆
a7 left leftwards paired &#8647; ⇇
a7 up upwards paired &#8648; ⇈
a7 down downwards paired &#8650; ⇊
a7 left leftwards harpoon over rightwards harpoon &#8651; ⇋
a7 left leftwards double with stroke &#8653; ⇍
a7 left right left right double with stroke &#8654; ⇎
a7 left leftwards double (present in symbol font) &#8656; ⇐
a7 up upwards double (present in symbol font) &#8657; ⇑
a7 down downwards double (present in symbol font) &#8659; ⇓
a7 left right left right double (present in symbol font) &#8660; ⇔
a7 up down up down double &#8661; ⇕
a7 north west double &#8662; ⇖
a7 north east double &#8663; ⇗
a7 south east double &#8664; ⇘
a7 south west double &#8665; ⇙
a7 left leftwards triple &#8666; ⇚
a7 left leftwards squiggle &#8668; ⇜
a7 up upwards with double stroke &#8670; ⇞
a7 down downwards with double stroke &#8671; ⇟
a7 left leftwards dashed &#8672; ⇠
a7 up upwards dashed &#8673; ⇡
a7 down downwards dashed &#8675; ⇣
a7 left leftwards to bar &#8676; ⇤
a7 left leftwards white &#8678; ⇦
a7 up upwards white &#8679; ⇧
a7 down downwards white arrow &#8681; ⇩
a7 up upwards white from bar &#8682; ⇪
a7 up upwards white on pedestal &#863; ⇫
a7 up upwards white on pedestal with horizontal bar &#8684; ⇬
a7 up upwards white on pedestal with vertical bar &#8685; ⇭
a7 up upwards white double &#8686; ⇮
a7 up upwards white double on pedestal &#8687; ⇯
a7 north west north west to corner &#8689; ⇱
a7 south east south east to corner &#8690; ⇲
a7 up down up down white &#8691; ⇳
a7 down downwards leftwards of upwards &#8693; ⇵
a7 arrows three rightwards &#8694; ⇶
a7 left leftwards with vertical stroke &#8695; ⇷
a7 left right left right with vertical stroke &#8697; ⇹
a7 left leftwards with double vertical stroke &#8698; ⇺
a7 left right left right with double vertical stroke &#8700; ⇼
a7 left leftwards open-headed &#8701; ⇽
a7 left right left right open-headed &#8703; ⇿
Symbols in HTML

Entities, symbols & characters have four methods of reference:
Named, Decimal, Hexadecimal, and Unicode, but only the Decimal form is reliable across browsers and platforms.

To use decimal notation encoded in UTF-8 insert
<meta charset=“utf-8”>
as the first line in the <head> of your document.

UTF-8 Encoding

The name is an acronym of Unicode Transformation Format – 8-bit.
Unicode is an abbreviation of Universal Coded Character Set.
It is a Character encoding capable of encoding all characters,
1, 114, 112 in total.

It is the dominant character encoding for the world wide web, accounting for 88.9% of web pages in April 2017.

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