Category	`coded form` (`direct form`)	Notes
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Miscellany	`&` (`&`) `<` (`<`) `>` (`>`) `[` (`[`) `]` (`]`) `'` (`'`) `\|` (`\|`)	Use these characters directly in general, unless they interfere with HTML or wiki markup. Apostrophes and pipe symbols can alternatively be coded with `(('))` and `((!))` or `((pipe))`. See also character-substitution templates and WP:ENCODE.
Greek letters	`Α` (`Α`) `Β` (`Β`) `Ε` (`Ε`) `Ζ` (`Ζ`) `Η` (`Η`) `Ι` (`Ι`) `Κ` (`Κ`) `Μ` (`Μ`) `Ν` (`Ν`) `Ο` (`Ο`) `Ρ` (`Ρ`) `Τ` (`Τ`) `Υ` (`Υ`) `Χ` (`Χ`) `κ` (`κ`) `ο` (`ο`) `ρ` (`ρ`)	In isolation, use coded forms to avoid confusion with similar-looking Latin letters; in a Greek word or text, use the direct characters.
Quotes	`‘` (`‘`) `’` (`’`) `&sbquo;` (`‚`) `“` (`“`) `”` (`”`) `&bdquo;` (`„`) `´` (`´`) `′` (`′`) `″` (`″`) ``` (`)	Can be confused with straight quotes (`"` and `'`), commas, and with one another. MOS:STRAIGHT generally requires conversion to straight quotes, except when discussing the characters themselves or sometimes with non-English languages. See next row for prime characters.
Apostrophe-like	' ` ′ ´ ʻ ʼ ʽ ʾ ʼ ʽ ʻ ʼ	Use ((prime)) and ((pprime)) for ′ and ″ in math, especially arcminutes and arcseconds - see MOS:UNITS Use ((coord)) for full latitude and longitude Per MOS:UNITS, do not use apostrophe-like nor quote-like characters for feet and inches; ((convert)) is usually the best solution. Chinese languages: Use ((wg-apos)) in Wade-Giles transliterations of Chinese, but straight apostrophe for Pinyin Use ((r-apos)), the "right apostrophe" for Mathews transliterations of Chinese according to Wade-Giles Article titles may need to be changed to be consistent with the templates (but templates should not be used in article titles; see also Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Chinese)) ´ - Use ((keraia)) for native Greek numerals Glottal stop in Polynesian languages should use template or non-ASCII Unicode character per MOS:APOSTROPHE (partial chart on ʻokina): ʻ - Use ((okina)) for Hawaiian, Marquesan, Samoan, Cook Islands Māori, and other Polynesian languages by default ʻ - Use ((fakau'a)) for fakauʻa, to use the correct character per Tongan language § Alphabet (has its own template because it is subject to change) ʼ - Use (('eta)) for the Tahitian language, which is visually distinct from the ʻokina ʻ - Use ((fakamoga)) for the Wallisian language and the Futunan language Arabic: ʽ - Use ((ayin)) for transliterated Arabic ayin per MOS:APOSTROPHE ʾ - Use ((rhr)) for transliterated Arabic aleph per MOS:APOSTROPHE ʼ - Use ((hamza)) for transliterated Arabic hamza per MOS:APOSTROPHE Romanization of Japanese - use ASCII apostrophe per general convention Romanization of Hebrew - use ASCII apostrophe per Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Hebrew) Romanization of Korean - use ASCII apostrophe per general convention Turkish language - use ASCII, it's a true apostrophe Gwichʼin language - use U+02BC ʼ MODIFIER LETTER APOSTROPHE (maybe make a template for this?) (more notes to be added as more languages are clarified)
Dashes, minuses, hyphens	`–` (`–`) `—` (`—`) `−` (`−`) `-` (hyphen) `` (soft hyphen)	Can be confused with one another. For dashes and minuses, both forms are used (as well as `((endash))` and `((emdash))`). Soft hyphens should always be coded with the HTML entity or template. Plain hyphens are usually direct, though at times `((hyphen))` may be preferable (e.g. Help:CS1#Pages). See MOS:DASH, MOS:SHY, and MOS:MINUS for guidelines.
Whitespace	` ` `&emsp;` `&ensp;` ` ` `&hairsp;` `&zwj;` `&zwnj;`	In direct form these are nearly impossible to distinguish from a normal space. See also MOS:NBSP.
Non-printing	`&lrm;` `&rlm;`	In direct form these are nearly impossible to identify. See MOS:RTL.
Mathematics-related	`&and;` (`∧`) `&or;` (`∨`) `&lang;` (`⟨`) `&rang;` (`⟩`)	Can be confused with `x` `^` `v` `<` `>`. In some cases TeX markup is preferred to Unicode characters; see MOS:FORMULA. Use ((angbr)) instead of `⟨`) / (`⟩`)
Dots	`⋅` (`⋅`) `·` (`·`) `•` (`•`)	Can be confused with one another. Interpuncts (`·`) are common in horizontal lists and to indicate syllables in words. Multiplication dots (`⋅`) are used for math. In practice, the dots are used directly instead of the HTML entities.