Unicode Character "？" (U+FF1F)

The character ？ (Fullwidth Question Mark) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+FF1F. 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 Question Mark
Unicode Codepoint U+FF1F
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+FF1F Conversion

HTML (decimal) ？
HTML (hex) ？
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %EF%BC%9F
CSS \00FF1F
JavaScript, JSON \uFF1F
C, C++, Java \uFF1F
Python \uFF1F
Rust \u{FF1F}
Ruby \uFF1F

How to type "？"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type F F 1 F. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type F F 1 F. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xEF 0xBC 0x9F
UTF-16 (hex) 0xFF1F
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000FF1F

References