html-entity

∶

∶

HTML named character reference ∶ maps to U+2236.

Mapping

Named reference
∶
Code point(s)
U+2236
Decimal
8758
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