Apostrophe HTML Entity
'
Copy and Code Reference
An apostrophe must be encoded inside a single-quoted HTML attribute value when it belongs to the value rather than ending the attribute.
HTML Codes
| Named entity | ' |
|---|---|
| Decimal reference | ' |
| Hexadecimal reference | ' |
| Unicode | U+0027 |
When to Use It
Both ' and ' represent the straight apostrophe in HTML5. The decimal form is common in older web examples.
Keep the final semicolon in every character reference. Modern UTF-8 documents can also contain the literal character when it is not part of HTML syntax.