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HTML Entity Detail
HTML Entity - Backslash
Backslash is a reserved HTML characters and special typographic symbols. This HTML entity enables web developers to display this character reliably across all browsers without encoding issues.
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\
Unicode
U+0005C
HTML entity
\
CSS code
\005C
Usage Examples
Use the HTML entity to safely display reserved HTML characters in web content. For example, if you want to show a code snippet on your page, use <div> instead of raw <div> to prevent the browser from interpreting it as HTML.
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Common Mistakes
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Mistake: Forgetting to encode special HTML characters in user-generated content
Fix: Always encode &, <, >, ", and ' as HTML entities when displaying user input to prevent XSS attacks and rendering issues.
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Mistake: Using HTML entities inside <script> or <style> tags where they won't be parsed
Fix: HTML entities are only parsed in HTML context. In JavaScript strings, use escape sequences like \x26 instead of &.
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Category: Special Chars & Html
| Unicode | U+0005C |
|---|---|
| Hex Code | \ |
| HTML Code | \ |
| HTML Entity | \ |
| CSS Code | \005C |
| Windows Shortcut | |
| Mac Shortcut | |
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Last updated: 21 Jun 2026
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