Unicode Character "＆" (U+FF06)

The character ＆ (Fullwidth Ampersand) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+FF06. It is encoded in the Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms 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 Fullwidth Ampersand
Unicode Codepoint U+FF06
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
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
Decomposition mapping

U+FF06 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ＆
HTML (hex) ＆
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %EF%BC%86
CSS \00FF06
JavaScript, JSON \uFF06
C, C++, Java \uFF06
Python \uFF06
Rust \u{FF06}
Ruby \uFF06

How to type "＆"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xEF 0xBC 0x86
UTF-16 (hex) 0xFF06
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000FF06

References