Unicode Character "*" U+FF0A Fullwidth Asterisk

Unicode Version 15.1

Summary

The unicode character "*" at code point U+FF0A is Fullwidth Asterisk. 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 0x8A and the UTF-16 encoding is 0xFF0A.

General Properties

Code Point U+FF0A
Version Added 1.1
Name Fullwidth Asterisk
Block Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
General Category Other Punctuation
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral
Decomposition Type Wide
Decomposition Mapping "*" U+002A Asterisk

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding *
HTML Hex Encoding *
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEF 0xBC 0x8A
UTF-16 Encoding 0xFF0A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000FF0A
C/C++/Java Escape \uff0a

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+002A Asterisk
NFKC Simple Casefold "*" U+002A Asterisk
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