El estándar Unicode asigna un punto de código (un número) a cada carácter en todos los idiomas admitidos. UTF-8 permite codificar utilizando tamaños de datos de 8 bits y funciona bien con muchos de los sistemas operativos existentes.
Las referencias numéricas de caracteres especifican la posición del código de un carácter en el conjunto de caracteres del documento. Las referencias numéricas de caracteres pueden tener dos formas:
Para el intervalo ASCII de caracteres, UTF-8 es idéntico a la codificación ASCII y permite un conjunto mayor de caracteres. Para scripts español y griego, sin embargo, UTF-8 puede necesitar dos bytes para cada carácter.
| Descripcion | Caracter | Código | Descripcion | Caracter | Código |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left angle quotes | « | « | Right angle quotes | » | » |
| Lower-than sign | < | < | Greather-than sign | > | > |
| Plus-minus sign | ± | ± | Middle dot | · | · |
| Multiplication sign | × | × | Division sign | ÷ | ÷ |
| not equal to | ≠ | ≠ | square root sign | √ | √ |
| integral | ∫ | ∫ | per mille sign | ‰ | ‰ |
| fraction one-quarter | ¼ | ¼ | fraction one-half | ½ | ½ |
| Euro | € | € | Pound | £ | £ |
| Franc | ₣ | ₣ | Lira | ₤ | ₤ |
| Peseta | ₧ | ₧ | Degree sign | ° | ° |
| Capital O with slash | Ø | Ø | Small O with slash | ø | ø |
| Capital Y with acute | Ý | Ý | Small y with acute | ý | ý |
| Descripcion | Caracter | Código | Descripcion | Caracter | Código |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital A with umlaut | Ä | Ä | Small a with umlaut | ä | ä |
| Capital E with acute | É | É | Small e with acute | é | é |
| Capital O with umlaut | Ö | Ö | Small o with umlaut | ö | ö |
| Capital U with umlaut | Ü | Ü | Small u with umlaut | ü | ü |
| SZ ligature | ß | ß |
| Descripcion | Caracter | Código | Descripcion | Caracter | Código |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital A with grave | À | À | Small a with grave | à | à |
| Capital A with circumflex | Â | Â | Small a with circumflex | â | â |
| Capital AE Ligature | Æ | Æ | Small ae Ligature | æ | æ |
| Capital C with cedilla | Ç | Ç | Small c with cedilla | ç | ç |
| Capital E with grave | È | È | Small e with grave | è | è |
| Capital E with acute | É | É | Small e with acute | é | é |
| Capital E with circumflex | Ê | Ê | Small e with circumflex | ê | ê |
| Capital E with umlaut | Ë | Ë | Small e with umlaut | ë | ë |
| Capital I with circumflex | Î | Î | Small i with circumflex | î | î |
| Capital I with umlaut | Ï | Ï | Small i with umlaut | ï | ï |
| Capital O with circumflex | Ô | Ô | Small o with circumflex | ô | ô |
| Capital OE ligature | Œ | Œ | Small oe ligature | œ | œ |
| Capital U with grave | Ù | Ù | Small u with grave | ù | ù |
| Capital U with circumflex | Û | Û | Small u with circumflex | û | û |
| Capital U with umlaut | Ü | Ü | Small u with umlaut | ü | ü |
| Capital Y with diaeresis | Ÿ | Ÿ | Small Y with diaeresis | ÿ | ÿ |
| Descripcion | Caracter | Código | Descripcion | Caracter | Código |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital C with acute | Ć | Ć | Small C with acute | ć | ć |
| Capital C with caron | Č | Č | Small C with caron | č | č |
| Capital D with stroke | Đ | Đ | Small D with stroke | đ | đ |
| Capital S with caron | Š | Š | Small S with caron | š | š |
| Capital Z with caron | Ž | Ž | Small Z with caron | ž | ž |
| Descripcion | Caracter | Código | Descripcion | Caracter | Código |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital A with grave | À | À | Small a with grave | à | à |
| Capital E with grave | È | È | Small e with grave | è | è |
| Capital E with acute | É | É | Small e with acute | é | é |
| Capital I with grave | Ì | Ì | Small i with grave | ì | ì |
| Capital O with grave | Ò | Ò | Small o with grave | ò | ò |
| Capital U with grave | Ù | Ù | Small u with grave | ù | ù |
| Descripcion | Caracter | Código | Descripcion | Caracter | Código |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital A with acute | Á | Á | Small A with acute | á | á |
| Capital E with acute | É | É | Small e with acute | é | é |
| Capital I with acute | Í | Í | Small I with acute | í | í |
| Capital N with tilde | Ñ | Ñ | Small N with tilde | ñ | ñ |
| Capital O with acute | Ó | Ó | Small o with acute | ó | ó |
| Capital U with acute | Ú | Ú | Small U with acute | ú | ú |
| Capital U with umlaut | Ü | Ü | Small U with umlaut | ü | ü |
| Inverted question mark | ¿ | ¿ | Inverted exclamation point | ¡ | ¡ |
| Descripcion | Caracter | Código | Descripcion | Caracter | Código |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Alpha | Α | Α | Small Alpha | α | α |
| Capital Beta | Β | Β | Small Beta | β | β |
| Capital Gamma | Γ | Γ | Small Gamma | γ | γ |
| Capital Delta | Δ | Δ | Small Delta | δ | δ |
| Capital Epsilon | Ε | Ε | Small Epsilon | ε | ε |
| Capital Zeta | Ζ | Ζ | Small Zeta | ζ | ζ |
| Capital Eta | Η | Η | Small Eta | η | η |
| Capital Theta | Θ | Θ | Small Theta | θ | θ |
| Capital Iota | Ι | Ι | Small Iota | ι | ι |
| Capital Kappa | Κ | Κ | Small Kappa | κ | κ |
| Capital Lambda | Λ | Λ | Small Lambda | λ | λ |
| Capital Mu | Μ | Μ | Small Mu | μ | μ |
| Capital Nu | Ν | Ν | Small Nu | ν | ν |
| Capital Xi | Ξ | Ξ | Small Xi | ξ | ξ |
| Capital Omicron | Ο | Ο | Small Omicron | ο | ο |
| Capital Pi | Π | Π | Small Pi | π | π |
| Capital Rho | Ρ | Ρ | Small Rho | ρ | ρ |
| Capital Sigma | Σ | Σ | Small Sigma | σ | σ |
| Capital Tau | Τ | Τ | Small Tau | τ | τ |
| Capital Upsilon | Υ | Υ | Small Upsilon | υ | υ |
| Capital Phi | Φ | Φ | Small Phi | φ | φ |
| Capital Chi | Χ | Χ | Small Chi | χ | χ |
| Capital Psi | Ψ | Ψ | Small Psi | ψ | ψ |
| Capital Omega | Ω | Ω | Small Omega | ω | ω |