Unicode Character "_" (U+005F)

The character _ (Low Line) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+005F. 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 Low Line
Unicode Codepoint U+005F
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 Connector Punctuation
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+005F Conversion

HTML (decimal) _
HTML (hex) _
HTML (named) _
URL Escape Code %5F
CSS \00005F
JavaScript, JSON \u005F
C, C++, Java \u005F
Python \u005F
Rust \u{005F}
Ruby \u005F

How to type "_"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0x5F
UTF-16 (hex) 0x005F
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000005F

Characters based on "_" (U+005F)

References