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About
An HTML entity is a combination of characters which will be displayed within an HTML browser as a single character. All HTML entities begin with "&" (ampersand) and end with ";" (semicolon). Many entities have mnemonic names (such as "&", which displays an ampersand); any possible character can be displayed as an entity by using the format "&#number;" where number is the output character's ASCII value in decimal.
see also: wikipedia:Percent-encoding
Reference
Questions
- Does Google resolve html entities when indexing web pages? That is, if I spelled a word (e.g. "schmerglefrotz") entirely using html entities, would someone be able to find that page using google by typing "schmerglefrotz" (after the site had been spidered, of course)? (As a test, I will spell a completely different word using HTML entities, and try Googling it later: FRELGKLOTZ)
- 2007-07-15 answer: Yes, it does find it (though it took several months at least before this page got indexed).
- 2016-11-28 answer: Searching for the word in question no longer produces any results. Neither does searching for "schmerglefrotz".
Note
2017-11-11 MediaWiki 1.28.0 apparently no longer supports the "&#d;" style of entity; you now have to use named entities.
Entities by Number
- 0-8 are not translated
- 9 is probably TAB
- 10 is probably LF
- 13 is probably CR
- 14-31 are not translated
- 32 is a standard space
| lower ASCII |
upper ASCII
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| ! |
!
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| " |
"
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| # |
#
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| $ |
$
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| % |
%
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| & |
& &
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| ' |
'
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| ( |
(
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| ) |
)
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| * |
*
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| + |
+
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| , |
,
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| - |
-
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| . |
.
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| / |
/
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| 0 |
0
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| 1 |
1
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| 2 |
2
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| 3 |
3
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| 4 |
4
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| 5 |
5
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| 6 |
6
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| 7 |
7
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| 8 |
8
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| 9 |
9
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| : |
:
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| ; |
;
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| < |
<
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| = |
=
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| > |
>
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| ? |
?
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| @ |
@
|
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| A |
A
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| B |
B
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| C |
C
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| D |
D
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| E |
E
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| F |
F
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| G |
G
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| H |
H
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| I |
I
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| J |
J
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| K |
K
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| L |
L
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| M |
M
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| N |
N
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| O |
O
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| P |
P
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| Q |
Q
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| R |
R
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| S |
S
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| T |
T
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| U |
U
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| V |
V
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| W |
W
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| X |
X
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| Y |
Y
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| Z |
Z
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| [ |
[
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| \ |
\
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| ] |
]
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| ^ |
^
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| _ |
_
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| ` |
`
|
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| a |
a
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| b |
b
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| c |
c
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| d |
d
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| e |
e
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| f |
f
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| g |
g
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| h |
h
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| i |
i
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| j |
j
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| k |
k
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| l |
l
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| m |
m
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| n |
n
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| o |
o
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| p |
p
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| q |
q
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| r |
r
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| s |
s
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| t |
t
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| u |
u
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| v |
v
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| w |
w
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| x |
x
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| y |
y
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| z |
z
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| { |
{
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|
|
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| } |
}
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| ~ |
~
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|  |

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| € |
€
|
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|  |

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| ‚ |
‚
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| ƒ |
ƒ
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| „ |
„
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| … |
…
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| † |
†
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| ‡ |
‡
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| ˆ |
ˆ
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| ‰ |
‰
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| Š |
Š
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| ‹ |
‹
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| Π|
Œ
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|  |

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| Ž |
Ž
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|  |

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|  |

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| ‘ |
‘
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| ’ |
’
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| “ |
“
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| ” |
”
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| • |
•
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| – |
–
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| — |
—
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| ˜ |
˜
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| ™ |
™ ™
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| š |
š
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| › |
›
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| œ |
œ
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|  |

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| ž |
ž
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| Ÿ |
Ÿ
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| |
 
|
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| ¡ |
¡
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| ¢ |
¢
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| £ |
£ £
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| ¤ |
¤
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| ¥ |
¥
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| ¦ |
¦
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| § |
§ §
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| ¨ |
¨
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| © |
© ©
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| ª |
ª
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| « |
«
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| ¬ |
¬
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| |
­
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| ® |
®
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| ¯ |
¯
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| ° |
°
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| ± |
±
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| ² |
²
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| ³ |
³
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| ´ |
´
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| µ |
µ
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| ¶ |
¶
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| · |
·
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| ¸ |
¸
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| ¹ |
¹
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| º |
º
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| » |
»
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| ¼ |
¼
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| ½ |
½
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| ¾ |
¾
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| ¿ |
¿
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| À |
À À
|
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| Á |
Á Á
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| Â |
Â
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| Ã |
à Ã
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| Ä |
Ä Ä
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| Å |
Å
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| Æ |
Æ Æ
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| Ç |
Ç Ç
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| È |
È
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| É |
É
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| Ê |
Ê
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| Ë |
Ë
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| Ì |
Ì
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| Í |
Í
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| Î |
Î
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| Ï |
Ï
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| Ð |
Ð
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| Ñ |
Ñ
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| Ò |
Ò
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| Ó |
Ó
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| Ô |
Ô
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| Õ |
Õ
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| Ö |
Ö
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| × |
×
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| Ø |
Ø
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| Ù |
Ù
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| Ú |
Ú
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| Û |
Û
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| Ü |
Ü
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| Ý |
Ý
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| Þ |
Þ
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| ß |
ß
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| à |
à
|
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| á |
á
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| â |
â
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| ã |
ã
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| ä |
ä
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| å |
å
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| æ |
æ
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| ç |
ç ç
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| è |
è
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| é |
é
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| ê |
ê
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| ë |
ë
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| ì |
ì
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| í |
í
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| î |
î
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| ï |
ï
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| ð |
ð
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| ñ |
ñ
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| ò |
ò
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| ó |
ó
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| ô |
ô
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| õ |
õ
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| ö |
ö
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| ÷ |
÷
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| ø |
ø ø
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| ù |
ù
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| ú |
ú
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| û |
û
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| ü |
ü
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| ý |
ý
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| þ |
þ þ
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| ÿ |
ÿ
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| Ā |
Ā
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And yes, it keeps going after this: āĂă...
Others:
- ’ - ’ - right single-quote
- ‘ - ‘ - left single-quote
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