"&" U+0026 Ampersand

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Unicode Data

The Unicode character U+0026, displayed as & and named "Ampersand" is located in the Basic Latin block. This character was introduced in Unicode version 1.1 (1993). Find its HTML entities, UTF-8/UTF-16 encodings, hex values, and copy-paste details below.

Name:: Ampersand
Category:: Other Punctuation
Block:: Basic Latin
Script:: Common
Bidirectional:: Other Neutrals
Mirrored:: No
Unicode Version:: Unicode 1.1

Character Encodings

HTML Entity - Named:

&

&AMP;

HTML Entity - Decimal:

&

HTML Entity - Hex:

&

Unicode:

U+0026;

Decimal:

38

CSS:

\000026

Javascript:

\u0026

Perl:

\x{26}

Ruby:

\u{26}

Python:

u'\u0026'

UTF-8 Encoding:

26

UTF-16 Encoding:

0026

UTF-32 Encoding:

00000026

Other Characters Based on - & (U+0026)

Image	Browser	Unicode	Name
	﹠	U+FE60	Small Ampersand
	＆	U+FF06	Fullwidth Ampersand