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| Symbol | Unicode | Hex Code | HTML Code | HTML Entity | CSS Entity | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ⅻ | U+0217B | ⅻ | ⅻ | None | \217B | SMALL ROMAN NUMERAL TWELVE |
| ⅱ | U+02171 | ⅱ | ⅱ | None | \2171 | SMALL ROMAN NUMERAL TWO |
| 3 | U+00033 | 3 | 3 | None | \0033 | THREE |
| 2 | U+00032 | 2 | 2 | None | \0032 | TWO |
| ⅝ | U+0215D | ⅝ | ⅝ | ⅝ | \215D | VULGAR FRACTION FIVE EIGHTHS |
| ⅚ | U+0215A | ⅚ | ⅚ | ⅚ | \215A | VULGAR FRACTION FIVE SIXTHS |
| ⅘ | U+02158 | ⅘ | ⅘ | ⅘ | \2158 | VULGAR FRACTION FOUR FIFTHS |
| ⅛ | U+0215B | ⅛ | ⅛ | ⅛ | \215B | VULGAR FRACTION ONE EIGHTH |
| ⅕ | U+02155 | ⅕ | ⅕ | ⅕ | \2155 | VULGAR FRACTION ONE FIFTH |
| ⅑ | U+02151 | ⅑ | ⅑ | None | \2151 | VULGAR FRACTION ONE NINTH |
| ⅐ | U+02150 | ⅐ | ⅐ | None | \2150 | VULGAR FRACTION ONE SEVENTH |
| ⅙ | U+02159 | ⅙ | ⅙ | ⅙ | \2159 | VULGAR FRACTION ONE SIXTH |
| ⅒ | U+02152 | ⅒ | ⅒ | None | \2152 | VULGAR FRACTION ONE TENTH |
| ⅓ | U+02153 | ⅓ | ⅓ | ⅓ | \2153 | VULGAR FRACTION ONE THIRD |
| ⅜ | U+0215C | ⅜ | ⅜ | ⅜ | \215C | VULGAR FRACTION THREE EIGHTHS |
| ⅗ | U+02157 | ⅗ | ⅗ | ⅗ | \2157 | VULGAR FRACTION THREE FIFTHS |
| ⅖ | U+02156 | ⅖ | ⅖ | ⅖ | \2156 | VULGAR FRACTION TWO FIFTHS |
| ⅔ | U+02154 | ⅔ | ⅔ | ⅔ | \2154 | VULGAR FRACTION TWO THIRDS |
| ↉ | U+02189 | ↉ | ↉ | None | \2189 | VULGAR FRACTION ZERO THIRDS |
| 0 | U+00030 | 0 | 0 | None | \0030 | Zero |
| ´ | U+000B4 | ´ | ´ | ´ | \00B4 | ACUTE ACCENT |
| & | U+00026 | & | & | & | \0026 | AMPERSAND |
| ' | U+00027 | ' | ' | ' | \0027 | APOSTROPHE |
| * | U+0002A | * | * | * | \002A | ASTERISK |
| ⁂ | U+02042 | ⁂ | ⁂ | None | \2042 | ASTERISM |
| \ | U+0005C | \ | \ | \ | \005C | BACKSLASH |
| ⁌ | U+0204C | ⁌ | ⁌ | None | \204C | BLACK LEFT BULLET |
| ⁍ | U+0204D | ⁍ | ⁍ | None | \204D | BLACK RIGHT BULLET |
| ¦ | U+000A6 | ¦ | ¦ | ¦ | \00A6 | BROKEN VERTICAL BAR |
| • | U+02022 | • | • | • | \2022 | BULLET |
| ‸ | U+02038 | ‸ | ‸ | None | \2038 | CARET |
| ^ | U+0005E | ^ | ^ | ^ | \005E | CARET |
| ⁁ | U+02041 | ⁁ | ⁁ | ⁁ | \2041 | CARET INSERTION POINT |
| ⁀ | U+02040 | ⁀ | ⁀ | None | \2040 | CHARACTER TIE |
| ⁐ | U+02050 | ⁐ | ⁐ | None | \2050 | CLOSE UP |
| : | U+0003A | : | : | : | \003A | COLON |
| , | U+0002C | , | , | , | \002C | COMMA |
| ⁒ | U+02052 | ⁒ | ⁒ | None | \2052 | COMMERCIAL MINUS SIGN |
| † | U+02020 | † | † | † | \2020 | DAGGER |
| ‡ | U+02021 | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | \2021 | DOUBLE DAGGER |
| ‼ | U+0203C | ‼ | ‼ | None | \203C | DOUBLE EXCLAMATION MARK |
| ‟ | U+0201F | ‟ | ‟ | None | \201F | DOUBLE HIGH-REVERSED-9 QUOTATION MARK |
| « | U+000AB | « | « | « | \00AB | DOUBLE LEFT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION MARK |
| ‗ | U+02017 | ‗ | ‗ | None | \2017 | DOUBLE LOW LINE |
| „ | U+0201E | „ | „ | „ | \201E | DOUBLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK |
| ″ | U+02033 | ″ | ″ | ″ | \2033 | DOUBLE PRIME |
| ⁇ | U+02047 | ⁇ | ⁇ | None | \2047 | DOUBLE QUESTION MARK |
| » | U+000BB | » | » | » | \00BB | DOUBLE RIGHT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION MARK |
| ‖ | U+02016 | ‖ | ‖ | ‖ | \2016 | DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE |
| — | U+02014 | — | — | — | \2014 | EM DASH |