Basic escaping: & and < and > and "...
Here's a test with some higher-order unicode characters to escape...
Given we're dealing almost exclusively with english it's probably OK to escape 言葉 like この言葉。
Here's some currency characters: $€¥¢£₨
Here's some arrows: ☚⇝⇥⇡⇞⥥⬇⬆⬅➡