Unicode Character ";" (U+003B)

The character ; (Semicolon) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+003B. 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 &#x003B;.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Semicolon
Unicode Codepoint U+003B
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+003B Conversion

HTML (decimal) &#59;
HTML (hex) &#x003B;
HTML (named) ;
URL Escape Code %3B
CSS \00003B
JavaScript, JSON \u003B
C, C++, Java \u003B
Python \u003B
Rust \u{003B}
Ruby \u003B

How to type ";"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 0 3 B. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 0 3 B. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0x3B
UTF-16 (hex) 0x003B
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000003B

Characters based on ";" (U+003B)

References