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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
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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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