HTML Entity ( Unicode ) Character UI Reference List

1. How do I add Unicode characters in HTML?
2. How do you show a less than (<) in an an HTML page?

How do I add Unicode characters in HTML?

You can enter any Unicode character in an HTML file by taking its decimal numeric character reference and adding an ampersand and a hash at the front and a semi-colon at the end, for example &#8212; should display as an em dash (—). This is the method used in the Unicode test pages.

How do you show a less than (<) in an an HTML page?

To display a less than sign (<) we must write: &lt; or &#60; Advantage of using an entity name: An entity name is easy to remember.