Writing any Unicode (UTF-8) character in HTML ============================================= The browser interprets given HTML Codes for Unicode characters and displays them. You may use either the * entity name * hex code * decimal code .. note:: Emojis have an CLDR short name. This **does not** serve as entity name for HTML. It is used by applications (e.g. messenger) as a way to enter emojis, but cannot be interpreted by browser: You need to use either the hex or the decimal code for emojis. | Entity names for Unicode characters: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/named-characters.html. | Unicode hex & decimal codes (incl. emojis): https://symbl.cc/en/unicode-table/ **HTML Syntax** +--------------+------------+ | Type | Form | +==============+============+ | Entity name | &; | +--------------+------------+ | Decimal code | &#; | +--------------+------------+ | Hex code | &#x; | +--------------+------------+ **Example** .. code-block:: html

Using entity name:

×

Using decimal code:

😀

Using hex code:

😀

is interpreted as: .. raw:: html

Using entity name: ×

Using decimal code: 😀

Using hex code: 😀