Non-Latin Characters

Entities Non-Latin Characters

Unicode supports writing systems from around the world, allowing webpages to display text far beyond the Latin alphabet. These characters include letters and symbols used by Hebrew, Armenian, Georgian, Thai, and many other languages and writing systems.

Most non-Latin characters do not have named HTML character references. They can be entered directly in a UTF-8 HTML document or represented with decimal or hexadecimal numeric character references.

Hebrew Characters

The Hebrew alphabet is written from right to left and is used primarily for Hebrew and related forms of written language. The following table lists the basic Hebrew letters.

Armenian Characters

The Armenian alphabet has distinct uppercase and lowercase letters. The following table shows representative characters from the Unicode Armenian block.

Georgian Characters

Georgian uses its own alphabet for writing the Georgian language and several related languages. The following table shows representative Mkhedruli letters from the Georgian Unicode block.

Thai Characters

The Thai script is used primarily for the Thai language. Unicode provides Thai consonants, vowels, tone marks, digits, and other characters. The following table shows representative Thai letters.

Using Non-Latin Characters in HTML

UTF-8 allows characters from different writing systems to appear together in the same HTML document. Numeric character references can also represent individual Unicode characters. Use the lang attribute to identify the language of content and dir="rtl" when right-to-left direction needs to be specified.

<p lang="he" dir="rtl">&#1513;&#1500;&#1493;&#1501;</p>
<p lang="hy">&#1377;&#1397;&#1381;&#1406;</p>
<p lang="ka">&#4306;&#4304;&#4315;&#4304;&#4320;&#4335;&#4317;&#4305;&#4304;</p>
<p lang="th">&#3626;&#3623;&#3633;&#3626;&#3604;&#3637;</p>