Unicode Character "&" U+FF06 Fullwidth Ampersand

Unicode Version 15.1

Summary

The unicode character "&" at code point U+FF06 is Fullwidth Ampersand. It is a character in the Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms block and is part of the Common script. The character is an other punctuation. The UTF-8 encoding of "&" is 0xEF 0xBC 0x86 and the UTF-16 encoding is 0xFF06.

General Properties

Code Point U+FF06
Version Added 1.1
Name Fullwidth Ampersand
Block Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
General Category Other Punctuation
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral
Decomposition Type Wide
Decomposition Mapping "&" U+0026 Ampersand

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding &
HTML Hex Encoding &
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEF 0xBC 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding 0xFF06
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000FF06
C/C++/Java Escape \uff06

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Fullwidth
Changes When NFKC Casefolded Yes
NFKC Casefold "&" U+0026 Ampersand
NFKC Simple Casefold "&" U+0026 Ampersand
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other