html-entity

=

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=

HTML named character reference = maps to U+003D.

Mapping

Named reference
=
Code point(s)
U+003D
Decimal
61
Characters
=

Numeric character references

Named
Decimal
Hex

Usage

Prefer a named reference when the character must survive encoding mistakes or is awkward to type. Numeric references (=) are always valid HTML for the mapped code point(s).

Related

Source

Unicode
16.0.0
WHATWG
snapshot 2026-08-02