Unicode Character "ž" (U+017E)

The character ž (Latin Small Letter Z With Caron) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+017E. It is encoded in the Latin Extended-A block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ž.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Latin Small Letter Z With Caron
Unicode Codepoint U+017E
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Latin Extended-A
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Left To Right (L)
Is mirrored? No

Character Case

Case Lowercase
Uppercase character Ž (U+017D)

Other Unicode Data

Category Lowercase Letter
Script Latin
Combining Class Not Reordered
Decomposition mapping

U+017E Conversion

HTML (decimal) ž
HTML (hex) ž
HTML (named) ž
URL Escape Code %C5%BE
CSS \00017E
JavaScript, JSON \u017E
C, C++, Java \u017E
Python \u017E
Rust \u{017E}
Ruby \u017E

How to type "ž"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 1 7 E. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 1 7 E. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xC5 0xBE
UTF-16 (hex) 0x017E
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000017E

Characters based on "ž" (U+017E)

  • Dž U+01C5

    Latin Capital Letter D With Small Letter Z With Caron

  • dž U+01C6

    Latin Small Letter Dz With Caron

References