


In this tool's options, you can select the desired output base and decide whether to use numerical codes or special names for characters. For example, the capital English letter "A" has the code point 65 and can be written as "A" in the decimal base, or "A" in the hexadecimal base. For such characters, a unique number (character's code point) is used in the hexadecimal or decimal format. However, not all Unicode characters have a corresponding entity name. For example, the string "©" means the copyright symbol "©" and the string "±" means the plus or minus symbol "±". In the middle, it uses either the entity name (in which case it's known as a character entity reference) or a decimal or hex number (in which case it's known as a numeric character reference).

An HTML entity begins with an ampersand "&" and ends with a semicolon " ". It's also used to show invisible characters, such as non-breaking spaces and to express symbols that cannot easily be entered with a keyboard. HTML entities are special characters that are used to display reserved HTML symbols that are otherwise interpreted as HTML code. This browser-based utility converts your Unicode text to HTML entities.
