# Character Entity Reference

Originally published: 2012-09-25
Canonical URL: /2012/Sep/character-entity-reference/

In addition to _—_ and _–_, there should also be an _&rdash;_ HTML character entity reference which specifies the [Unicode high voltage sign U+26A1](http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/26a1/index.htm) (⚡).