Unicode Character "%" (U+0025)

The character % (Percent Sign) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+0025. It is encoded in the Basic Latin block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as %.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Percent Sign
Unicode Codepoint U+0025
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Basic Latin
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class European Terminator (ET)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Punctuation
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+0025 Conversion

HTML (decimal) %
HTML (hex) %
HTML (named) %
URL Escape Code %25
CSS \000025
JavaScript, JSON \u0025
C, C++, Java \u0025
Python \u0025
Rust \u{0025}
Ruby \u0025

How to type "%"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 0 2 5. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 0 2 5. Release Alt.

Preview

  • %
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • %
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • %
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0x25
UTF-16 (hex) 0x0025
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00000025

Characters based on "%" (U+0025)

References