Unicode Character "&" U+0026 Ampersand

Unicode Version 15.1

&

Summary

The unicode character "&" at code point U+0026 is Ampersand. It is a character in the Basic Latin block and is part of the Common script. The character is an other punctuation. The UTF-8 encoding of "&" is 0x26 and the UTF-16 encoding is 0x0026.

General Properties

Code Point U+0026
Version Added 1.1
Name Ampersand
Block Basic Latin
General Category Other Punctuation
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Entity &
&
HTML Decimal Encoding &
HTML Hex Encoding &
UTF-8 Encoding 0x26
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0026
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000026
C/C++/Java Escape \u0026

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
East Asian Width Narrow
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Pattern Syntax Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other