HTML - Tags Reference (A–Z)
This reference lists common HTML elements with short descriptions and minimal examples. For semantics, accessibility, and cross-browser details, see the relevant topic pages and MDN.
<a>
    Hyperlink anchor
    <a href='/home'>Home</a><link>
    External resource
    <link rel='icon' href='/favicon.ico'><abbr>
    Abbreviation with optional title
    <abbr title="Internationalization">i18n</abbr><address>
    Contact info
    <address>123 Web St</address><area>
    Image map area
    <area shape="rect" coords="0,0,100,100" href="#"><article>
    Independent content
    <article><h2>Title</h2><p>...</p></article><aside>
    Sidebar content
    <aside>Related</aside><audio>
    Sound content
    <audio controls src="sound.mp3"></audio><b>
    Stylistic offset
    <p><b>Bold</b> (not semantic)</p><base>
    Base URL for relative links
    <base href="https://example.com/"><bdi>
    Isolate text direction
    <bdi>abc</bdi><bdo>
    Override text direction
    <bdo dir="rtl">text</bdo><blockquote>
    Quoted section
    <blockquote>Quote</blockquote><body>
    Document body
    <body>...</body><br>
    Line break
    Line<br>Break<button>
    Button control
    <button type="button">Click</button><canvas>
    Scriptable bitmap
    <canvas width="150" height="50"></canvas><caption>
    Table caption
    <caption>Title</caption><cite>
    Cited work
    <cite>Book</cite><code>
    Code fragment
    <code>const x=1;</code><col>
    Column definition
    <col span="2"><colgroup>
    Column group
    <colgroup><col><col></colgroup><data>
    Machine-readable value
    <data value="42">Answer</data><datalist>
    Suggested options
    <datalist id="opts"><option value="A"></option></datalist><dd>
    Definition description
    <dd>Term description</dd><del>
    Deleted text
    <del>old</del><details>
    Disclosure widget
    <details><summary>More</summary>Hidden</details><dfn>
    Definition term
    <dfn>Term</dfn><dialog>
    Dialog box
    <dialog open>Hi</dialog><div>
    Generic container
    <div>...</div><dl>
    Definition list
    <dl><dt>Term</dt><dd>Def</dd></dl><dt>
    Definition term
    <dt>Term</dt><em>
    Emphasis
    <em>Important</em><embed>
    External content
    <embed src="file.svg" type="image/svg+xml"><fieldset>
    Group form controls
    <fieldset><legend>Info</legend>...</fieldset><figcaption>
    Figure caption
    <figcaption>Caption</figcaption><figure>
    Self-contained content
    <figure>...</figure><footer>
    Footer
    <footer>©</footer><form>
    Form
    <form action="/" method="post"></form><h1–h6>
    Headings
    <h1>Title</h1> ...<head>
    Document head
    <head>...</head><header>
    Introductory content
    <header>...</header><hgroup>
    Heading group
    <hgroup><h1>T</h1><h2>S</h2></hgroup><hr>
    Thematic break
    <hr><html>
    Root element
    <html lang="en"><i>
    Alternate voice
    <i>Latin phrase</i><iframe>
    Inline frame
    <iframe src="/page.html"></iframe><img>
    Image
    <img src="x.jpg" alt=""><input>
    Input control
    <input type="text"><ins>
    Inserted text
    <ins>new</ins><kbd>
    User input
    <kbd>Ctrl+C</kbd><label>
    Form label
    <label for="id">Text</label><legend>
    Fieldset caption
    <legend>Info</legend><li>
    List item
    <li>Item</li><main>
    Main content
    <main>...</main><map>
    Image map
    <map name="m"></map><mark>
    Highlight
    <mark>Highlight</mark><meta>
    Metadata
    <meta charset="utf-8"><meter>
    Scalar measurement
    <meter value="0.6">60%</meter><nav>
    Navigation
    <nav>...</nav><noscript>
    Fallback content
    <noscript>Enable JS</noscript><object>
    External resource
    <object data="file.svg" type="image/svg+xml"></object><ol>
    Ordered list
    <ol><li>1</li></ol><optgroup>
    Group options
    <optgroup label="A"></optgroup><option>
    Select option
    <option>Value</option><output>
    Form output
    <output id="o">0</output><p>
    Paragraph
    <p>Text</p><picture>
    Image sources
    <picture>...</picture><pre>
    Preformatted text
    <pre>  text</pre><progress>
    Progress indicator
    <progress value="50" max="100">50%</progress><q>
    Inline quote
    <q>Quote</q><rp>
    Ruby parentheses
    <rp>(</rp><rt>
    Ruby text
    <rt>annotation</rt><ruby>
    Ruby annotation
    <ruby>漢<rt>kan</rt></ruby><s>
    No longer accurate
    <s>Old price</s><samp>
    Sample output
    <samp>output</samp><script>
    Script
    <script></script><search>
    Search (proposed)
    <search>...</search><section>
    Thematic grouping
    <section>...</section><select>
    Drop-down control
    <select></select><slot>
    Web component slot
    <slot></slot><small>
    Fine print
    <small>Note</small><source>
    Media source
    <source src="x.mp4" type="video/mp4"><span>
    Inline container
    <span>...</span><strong>
    Strong importance
    <strong>Important</strong><style>
    Style info
    <style>body{}</style><sub>
    Subscript
    H<sub>2</sub>O<summary>
    Details summary
    <summary>Open</summary><sup>
    Superscript
    E=mc<sup>2</sup><table>
    Table
    <table></table><tbody>
    Table body
    <tbody></tbody><td>
    Table cell
    <td>Cell</td><template>
    Template fragment
    <template>...</template><textarea>
    Multi-line input
    <textarea></textarea><tfoot>
    Table footer
    <tfoot></tfoot><th>
    Table header cell
    <th>Head</th><thead>
    Table head
    <thead></thead><time>
    Date/time
    <time datetime="2025-09-05">Sept 5</time><title>
    Document title
    <title>Title</title><tr>
    Table row
    <tr></tr><track>
    Timed text tracks
    <track kind="captions"><u>
    Underline (non-semantic)
    <u>Decorated</u><ul>
    Unordered list
    <ul><li>A</li></ul><var>
    Variable
    <var>x</var><video>
    Video
    <video controls></video><wbr>
    Word break opportunity
    co<wbr>opTip: Some entries (like search, slot) are proposed or used in specific contexts (Web Components). Always check MDN and the HTML Standard for current support.