Here's some Big5 Chinese:
問余何意棲碧山 笑而不答心自閑 桃花流水杳然去 別有天地非人間

Here's the same Big5 Chinese, but inside a span marked <span lang="zh-TW">:
問余何意棲碧山 笑而不答心自閑 桃花流水杳然去 別有天地非人間

numbered entities

 

first

second

third

fourth

 

character

code

character

code

character

code

character

code

a

ā

&#257;

á

&#225;

ǎ

&#462;

à

&#224;

e

ē

&#275;

é

&#233;

ĕ

&#277;

è

&#232;

i

ī

&#299;

í

&#237;

ǐ

&#464;

ì

&#236;

o

ō

&#333;

ó

&#243;

ǒ

&#466;

ò

&#242;

u

ū

&#363;

ú

&#250;

ǔ

&#468;

ù

&#249;

u:

ǖ

&#470;

ǘ

&#472;

ǚ

&#474;

ǜ

&#476;

Here are the same characters, this time not in a table:

A  ā á ǎ à
E  ē é ĕ è 
I  ī í ǐ ì 
O  ō ó ǒ ò 
U  ū ú ǔ ù 
U:  ǖ ǘ ǚ ǜ

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named entities

 

first

second

third

fourth

 

character

code

character

code

character

code

character

code

a

n/a

n/a

á

&aacute;

n/a

n/a

à

&agrave;

e

n/a

n/a

é

&eacute;

n/a

n/a

è

&egrave;

i

n/a

n/a

í

&iacute;

n/a

n/a

ì

&igrave;

o

n/a

n/a

ó

&oacute;

n/a

n/a

ò

&ograve;

u

n/a

n/a

ú

&uacute;

n/a

n/a

ù

&ugrave;

u:

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Here are the same characters, this time not in a table:

A á à
E é è
I í ì
O ó ò
U ú ù


moving diacritics

 

first

second

third

fourth

a

a&#772;

a&#769;

a&#780;

a&#768;

e

e&#772;

e&#769;

e&#780;

e&#768;

i

i&#772;

i&#769;

i&#780;

i&#768;

o

o&#772;

o&#769;

o&#780;

o&#768;

u

u&#772;

u&#769;

u&#780;

u&#768;

u:

ǖ

ü&#772;

ǘ

ü&#769;

ǚ

ü&#780;

ǜ

ü&#768;

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