Unicode Character "^" (U+005E)

The character ^ (Circumflex Accent) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+005E. 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 Circumflex Accent
Unicode Codepoint U+005E
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 Modifier Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+005E Conversion

HTML (decimal) ^
HTML (hex) ^
HTML (named) ^
URL Escape Code %5E
CSS \00005E
JavaScript, JSON \u005E
C, C++, Java \u005E
Python \u005E
Rust \u{005E}
Ruby \u005E

How to type "^"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0x5E
UTF-16 (hex) 0x005E
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000005E

Characters based on "^" (U+005E)

References