Less-Than Sign HTML Entity
<
Copy and Code Reference
The less-than sign can begin an HTML tag. Encode it whenever the character is intended to appear as ordinary text rather than markup.
HTML Codes
| Named entity | < |
|---|---|
| Decimal reference | < |
| Hexadecimal reference | < |
| Unicode | U+003C |
When to Use It
This is essential when displaying mathematical comparisons, template syntax, source code, or user-provided text inside an HTML document.
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.