Unicode Character "&" (U+0026)

The character & (Ampersand) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+0026. 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 Ampersand
Unicode Codepoint U+0026
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Basic Latin
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

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

U+0026 Conversion

HTML (decimal) &
HTML (hex) &
HTML (named) &
URL Escape Code %26
CSS \000026
JavaScript, JSON \u0026
C, C++, Java \u0026
Python \u0026
Rust \u{0026}
Ruby \u0026

How to type "&"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 0 2 6. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 0 2 6. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0x26
UTF-16 (hex) 0x0026
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00000026

Characters based on "&" (U+0026)

References