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| Example | Named Entity | Numeric | Entity Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| nbsp; |   | non-breaking space | |
| ¢ | cent; | ¢ | cent sign |
| £ | pound; | £ | pound sign |
| ¤ | curren; | ¤ | currency sign |
| ¥ | yen; | ¥ | yen sign |
| ¦ | brvbar; | ¦ | broken vertical bar |
| § | sect; | § | section sign |
| ¨ | uml; | ¨ | diaeresis |
| © | copy; | © | copyright sign |
| ª | ordf; | ª | feminine ordinal indicator |
| « | laquo; | « | left-pointing double angle quotation mark |
| ¬ | not; | ¬ | not sign |
| | shy; | ­ | soft hyphen |
| ® | reg; | ® | registered sign |
| ¯ | macr; | ¯ | macron |
| ° | deg; | ° | degree sign |
| ± | plusmn; | ± | plus-minus sign |
| ² | sup2; | ² | superscript two |
| ³ | sup3; | ³ | superscript three |
| ´ | acute; | ´ | acute accent |
| µ | micro; | µ | micro signB5 |
| ¶ | para; | ¶ | pilcrow sign |
| · | middot; | · | middle dot |
| ¸ | cedil; | ¸ | cedilla |
| ¹ | sup1; | ¹ | superscript one |
| º | ordm; | º | masculine ordinal indicator |
| » | raquo; | » | right-pointing double angle quotation mark |
| ¼ | frac14; | ¼ | vulgar fraction one- quarter |
| ½ | frac12; | ½ | vulgar fraction one- half |
| ¾ | frac34; | ¾ | vulgar fraction three- quarters |
| ¿ | iquest; | ¿ | inverted question mark |
| À | Agrave; | À | Latin capital letter A with grave |
| Á | Aacute; | Á | Latin capital letter A with acute |
| Â | Acirc; | Â | Latin capital letter A with circumflex |
| Ã | Atilde; | Ã | Latin capital letter A with tilde |
| Ä | Auml; | Ä | Latin capital letter A with diaeresis |
| Å | Aring; | Å | Latin capital letter A with ring above |
| Æ | AElig; | Æ | Latin capital letter AE |
| Ç | Ccedil; | Ç | Latin capital letter C with cedilla |
| È | Egrave; | È | Latin capital letter E with grave |
| É | Eacute; | É | Latin capital letter E with acute |
| Ê | Ecirc; | Ê | Latin capital letter E with circumflex |
| Ë | Euml; | Ë | Latin capital letter E with diaeresis |
| Ì | Igrave; | Ì | Latin capital letter I with grave |
| Í | Iacute; | Í | Latin capital letter I with acute |
| Î | Icirc; | Î | Latin capital letter I with circumflex |
| Ï | Iuml; | Ï | Latin capital letter I with diaeresis |
| ð | eth; | Ð | Latin capital letter eth |
| Ñ | Ntilde; | Ñ | Latin capital letter N with tilde |
| Ò | Ograve; | Ò | Latin capital letter O with grave |
| Ó | Oacute; | Ó | Latin capital letter O with acute |
| Ô | Ocirc; | Ô | Latin capital letter O with circumflex |
| Õ | Otilde; | Õ | Latin capital letter O with tilde |
| Ö | Ouml; | Ö | Latin capital letter O with diaeresis |
| × | times; | × | multiplication sign |
| Ø | Oslash; | Ø | Latin capital letter O with stroke |
| Ù | Ugrave; | Ù | Latin capital letter U with grave |
| Ú | Uacute; | Ú | Latin capital letter U with acute |
| Û | Ucirc; | Û | Latin capital letter U with circumflex |
| Ü | Uuml; | Ü | Latin capital letter U with diaeresis |
| Ý | Yacute; | Ý | Latin capital letter Y with acute |
| þ | thorn; | Þ | Latin capital letter thorn |
| ß | szlig; | ß | Latin small letter sharp |
| à | agrave; | à | Latin small letter a with grave |
| á | aacute; | á | Latin small letter a with acute |
| â | acirc; | â | Latin small letter a with circumflex |
| ã | atilde; | ã | Latin small letter a with tilde |
| ä | auml; | ä | Latin small letter a with diaeresis |
| å | aring; | å | Latin small letter a with ring above |
| æ | aelig; | æ | Latin small letter ae |
| ç | ccedil; | ç | Latin small letter c with cedilla |
| è | egrave; | è | Latin small letter e with grave |
| é | eacute; | é | Latin small letter e with acute |
| ê | ecirc; | ê | Latin small letter e with circumflex |
| ë | euml; | ë | Latin small letter e with diaeresis |
| ì | igrave; | ì | Latin small letter i with grave |
| í | iacute; | í | Latin small letter i with acute |
| î | icirc; | î | Latin small letter i with circumflex |
| ï | iuml; | ï | Latin small letter i with diaeresis |
| ð | eth; | ð | Latin small letter eth |
| ñ | ntilde; | ñ | Latin small letter n with tilde |
| ò | ograve; | ò | Latin small letter o with grave |
| ó | oacute; | ó | Latin small letter o with acute |
| ô | ocirc; | ô | Latin small letter o with circumflex |
| õ | otilde; | õ | Latin small letter o with tilde |
| ö | ouml; | ö | Latin small letter o with diaeresis |
| ÷ | divide; | ÷ | division sign |
| ø | oslash; | ø | Latin small letter o with stroke |
| ù | ugrave; | ù | Latin small letter u with grave |
| ú | uacute; | ú | Latin small letter u with acute |
| û | ucirc; | û | Latin small letter u with circumflex |
| ü | uuml; | ü | Latin small letter u with diaeresis |
| ý | yacute; | ý | Latin small letter y with acute |
| þ | thorn; | þ | Latin small letter thorn |
| ÿ | yuml; | ÿ | Latin small letter y with diaeresis |