List of Unicode characters

As of Unicode version 17.0, there are 297,334 assigned characters with code points, covering 172 modern and historical scripts, as well as multiple symbol sets. As it is not technically possible to list all of these characters in a single page, this list is limited to a subset of the most important characters for English-language readers, with links to other pages which list the supplementary characters. This article includes the 1,062 characters in the Multilingual European Character Set 2 subset, and some additional related characters.

Character reference overview

and XML provide ways to reference Unicode characters when the characters themselves either cannot or should not be used. A numeric character reference refers to a character by its Universal Character Set/Unicode code point, and a character entity reference refers to a character by a predefined name.
A numeric character reference uses the format
or
where nnnn is the code point in decimal form, and hhhh is the code point in hexadecimal form. The x must be lowercase in XML documents. The nnnn or hhhh may be any number of digits and may include leading zeros. The hhhh may mix uppercase and lowercase, though uppercase is the usual style.
In contrast, a character entity reference refers to a character by the name of an entity which has the desired character as its replacement text. The entity must either be predefined or explicitly declared in a Document Type Definition. The format is the same as for any entity reference:
where name is the case-sensitive name of the entity. The semicolon is required.
Because numbers are harder for humans to remember than names, character entity references are most often written by humans, while numeric character references are most often produced by computer programs.

Control codes

65 characters, including DEL. All belong to the common script.

	Code	Decimal	Octal	Description	Abbreviation / Key
C0	U+0000	0	000	Null character	NUL
C0	U+0001	1	001	Start of Heading	SOH / Ctrl-A
C0	U+0002	2	002	Start of Text	STX / Ctrl-B
C0	U+0003	3	003	End-of-text character	ETX / Ctrl-C¹
C0	U+0004	4	004	End-of-transmission character	EOT / Ctrl-D²
C0	U+0005	5	005	Enquiry character	ENQ / Ctrl-E
C0	U+0006	6	006	Acknowledge character	ACK / Ctrl-F
C0	U+0007	7	007	Bell character	BEL / Ctrl-G³
C0	U+0008	8	010	Backspace	BS / Ctrl-H
C0	U+0009	9	011	Horizontal tab	HT / Ctrl-I
C0	U+000A	10	012	Line feed	LF / Ctrl-J⁴
C0	U+000B	11	013	Vertical tab	VT / Ctrl-K
C0	U+000C	12	014	Form feed	FF / Ctrl-L
C0	U+000D	13	015	Carriage return	CR / Ctrl-M⁵
C0	U+000E	14	016	Shift Out	SO / Ctrl-N
C0	U+000F	15	017	Shift In	SI / Ctrl-O⁶
C0	U+0010	16	020	Data Link Escape	DLE / Ctrl-P
C0	U+0011	17	021	Device Control 1	DC1 / Ctrl-Q⁷
C0	U+0012	18	022	Device Control 2	DC2 / Ctrl-R
C0	U+0013	19	023	Device Control 3	DC3 / Ctrl-S⁸
C0	U+0014	20	024	Device Control 4	DC4 / Ctrl-T
C0	U+0015	21	025	Negative-acknowledge character	NAK / Ctrl-U⁹
C0	U+0016	22	026	Synchronous Idle	SYN / Ctrl-V
C0	U+0017	23	027	End of Transmission Block	ETB / Ctrl-W
C0	U+0018	24	030	Cancel character	CAN / Ctrl-X¹⁰
C0	U+0019	25	031	End of Medium	EM / Ctrl-Y
C0	U+001A	26	032	Substitute character	SUB / Ctrl-Z¹¹
C0	U+001B	27	033	Escape character	ESC
C0	U+001C	28	034	File Separator	FS
C0	U+001D	29	035	Group Separator	GS
C0	U+001E	30	036	Record Separator	RS
C0	U+001F	31	037	Unit Separator	US
	U+007F	127	0177	Delete	DEL
C1	U+0080	128	0302 0200	Padding Character	PAD
C1	U+0081	129	0302 0201	High Octet Preset	HOP
C1	U+0082	130	0302 0202	Break Permitted Here	BPH
C1	U+0083	131	0302 0203	No Break Here	NBH
C1	U+0084	132	0302 0204	Index	IND
C1	U+0085	133	0302 0205	Next Line	NEL
C1	U+0086	134	0302 0206	Start of Selected Area	SSA
C1	U+0087	135	0302 0207	End of Selected Area	ESA
C1	U+0088	136	0302 0210	Character Tabulation Set	HTS
C1	U+0089	137	0302 0211	Character Tabulation with Justification	HTJ
C1	U+008A	138	0302 0212	Line Tabulation Set	VTS
C1	U+008B	139	0302 0213	Partial Line Forward	PLD
C1	U+008C	140	0302 0214	Partial Line Backward	PLU
C1	U+008D	141	0302 0215	Reverse Line Feed	RI
C1	U+008E	142	0302 0216	Single-Shift Two	SS2
C1	U+008F	143	0302 0217	Single-Shift Three	SS3
C1	U+0090	144	0302 0220	Device Control String	DCS
C1	U+0091	145	0302 0221	Private Use 1	PU1
C1	U+0092	146	0302 0222	Private Use 2	PU2
C1	U+0093	147	0302 0223	Set Transmit State	STS
C1	U+0094	148	0302 0224	Cancel character	CCH
C1	U+0095	149	0302 0225	Message Waiting	MW
C1	U+0096	150	0302 0226	Start of Protected Area	SPA
C1	U+0097	151	0302 0227	End of Protected Area	EPA
C1	U+0098	152	0302 0230	Start of String	SOS
C1	U+0099	153	0302 0231	Single Graphic Character Introducer	SGCI
C1	U+009A	154	0302 0232	Single Character Intro Introducer	SCI
C1	U+009B	155	0302 0233	Control Sequence Introducer	CSI
C1	U+009C	156	0302 0234	String Terminator	ST
C1	U+009D	157	0302 0235	Operating System Command	OSC
C1	U+009E	158	0302 0236	Private Message	PM
C1	U+009F	159	0302 0237	Application Program Command	APC
	Code	Decimal	Octal	Description	Abbreviation

Footnotes:

Latin script

The Unicode Standard classifies 1,492 characters as belonging to the Latin script.

Basic Latin

95 characters; the 52 alphabet characters belong to the Latin script. The remaining 43 belong to the common script.

The 33 characters classified as ASCII Punctuation & Symbols are also sometimes referred to as ASCII special characters. Often only these characters are what is meant when an organization says a password "requires punctuation marks".

	Code	Glyph	Decimal	Octal	Description	#
ASCII Punctuation & Symbols	U+0020		32	040	Space	0001
ASCII Punctuation & Symbols	U+0021	!	33	041	Exclamation mark	0002
ASCII Punctuation & Symbols	U+0022	"	34	042	Quotation mark	0003
ASCII Punctuation & Symbols	U+0023	#	35	043	Number sign, Hash, Octothorpe, Sharp	0004
ASCII Punctuation & Symbols	U+0024	$	36	044	Dollar sign	0005
ASCII Punctuation & Symbols	U+0025	%	37	045	Percent sign	0006
ASCII Punctuation & Symbols	U+0026	&	38	046	Ampersand	0007
ASCII Punctuation & Symbols	U+0027	'	39	047	Apostrophe	0008
ASCII Punctuation & Symbols	U+0028		41	051	Right parenthesis	0010
ASCII Punctuation & Symbols	U+002A	*	42	052	Asterisk	0011
ASCII Punctuation & Symbols	U+002B	+	43	053	Plus sign	0012
ASCII Punctuation & Symbols	U+002C	,	44	054	Comma	0013
ASCII Punctuation & Symbols	U+002D	-	45	055	Hyphen-minus	0014
ASCII Punctuation & Symbols	U+002E	.	46	056	Full stop	0015
ASCII Punctuation & Symbols	U+002F	/	47	057	Slash	0016
ASCII Digits	U+0030	0	48	060	Digit Zero	0017
ASCII Digits	U+0031	1	49	061	Digit One	0018
ASCII Digits	U+0032	2	50	062	Digit Two	0019
ASCII Digits	U+0033	3	51	063	Digit Three	0020
ASCII Digits	U+0034	4	52	064	Digit Four	0021
ASCII Digits	U+0035	5	53	065	Digit Five	0022
ASCII Digits	U+0036	6	54	066	Digit Six	0023
ASCII Digits	U+0037	7	55	067	Digit Seven	0024
ASCII Digits	U+0038	8	56	070	Digit Eight	0025
ASCII Digits	U+0039	9	57	071	Digit Nine	0026
ASCII Punctuation & Symbols	U+003A	:	58	072	Colon	0027
ASCII Punctuation & Symbols	U+003B	;	59	073	Semicolon	0028
ASCII Punctuation & Symbols	U+003C	<	60	074	Less-than sign	0029
ASCII Punctuation & Symbols	U+003D	=	61	075	Equal sign	0030
ASCII Punctuation & Symbols	U+003E	>	62	076	Greater-than sign	0031
ASCII Punctuation & Symbols	U+003F	?	63	077	Question mark	0032
ASCII Punctuation & Symbols	U+0040	@	64	0100	At sign	0033
Latin Alphabet: Uppercase	U+0041	A	65	0101	Latin Capital letter A	0034
Latin Alphabet: Uppercase	U+0042	B	66	0102	Latin Capital letter B	0035
Latin Alphabet: Uppercase	U+0043	C	67	0103	Latin Capital letter C	0036
Latin Alphabet: Uppercase	U+0044	D	68	0104	Latin Capital letter D	0037
Latin Alphabet: Uppercase	U+0045	E	69	0105	Latin Capital letter E	0038
Latin Alphabet: Uppercase	U+0046	F	70	0106	Latin Capital letter F	0039
Latin Alphabet: Uppercase	U+0047	G	71	0107	Latin Capital letter G	0040
Latin Alphabet: Uppercase	U+0048	H	72	0110	Latin Capital letter H	0041
Latin Alphabet: Uppercase	U+0049	I	73	0111	Latin Capital letter I	0042
Latin Alphabet: Uppercase	U+004A	J	74	0112	Latin Capital letter J	0043
Latin Alphabet: Uppercase	U+004B	K	75	0113	Latin Capital letter K	0044
Latin Alphabet: Uppercase	U+004C	L	76	0114	Latin Capital letter L	0045
Latin Alphabet: Uppercase	U+004D	M	77	0115	Latin Capital letter M	0046
Latin Alphabet: Uppercase	U+004E	N	78	0116	Latin Capital letter N	0047
Latin Alphabet: Uppercase	U+004F	O	79	0117	Latin Capital letter O	0048
Latin Alphabet: Uppercase	U+0050	P	80	0120	Latin Capital letter P	0049
Latin Alphabet: Uppercase	U+0051	Q	81	0121	Latin Capital letter Q	0050
Latin Alphabet: Uppercase	U+0052	R	82	0122	Latin Capital letter R	0051
Latin Alphabet: Uppercase	U+0053	S	83	0123	Latin Capital letter S	0052
Latin Alphabet: Uppercase	U+0054	T	84	0124	Latin Capital letter T	0053
Latin Alphabet: Uppercase	U+0055	U	85	0125	Latin Capital letter U	0054
Latin Alphabet: Uppercase	U+0056	V	86	0126	Latin Capital letter V	0055
Latin Alphabet: Uppercase	U+0057	W	87	0127	Latin Capital letter W	0056
Latin Alphabet: Uppercase	U+0058	X	88	0130	Latin Capital letter X	0057
Latin Alphabet: Uppercase	U+0059	Y	89	0131	Latin Capital letter Y	0058
Latin Alphabet: Uppercase	U+005A	Z	90	0132	Latin Capital letter Z	0059
ASCII Punctuation & Symbols	U+005B	[	91	0133	Left square bracket	0060
ASCII Punctuation & Symbols	U+005C	\	92	0134	Backslash	0061
ASCII Punctuation & Symbols	U+005D	]	93	0135	Right square bracket	0062
ASCII Punctuation & Symbols	U+005E	^	94	0136	Circumflex accent	0063
ASCII Punctuation & Symbols	U+005F	_	95	0137	Low line	0064
ASCII Punctuation & Symbols	U+0060	`	96	0140	Grave accent	0065
Latin Alphabet: Lowercase	U+0061	a	97	0141	Latin Small Letter A	0066
Latin Alphabet: Lowercase	U+0062	b	98	0142	Latin Small Letter B	0067
Latin Alphabet: Lowercase	U+0063	c	99	0143	Latin Small Letter C	0068
Latin Alphabet: Lowercase	U+0064	d	100	0144	Latin Small Letter D	0069
Latin Alphabet: Lowercase	U+0065	e	101	0145	Latin Small Letter E	0070
Latin Alphabet: Lowercase	U+0066	f	102	0146	Latin Small Letter F	0071
Latin Alphabet: Lowercase	U+0067	g	103	0147	Latin Small Letter G	0072
Latin Alphabet: Lowercase	U+0068	h	104	0150	Latin Small Letter H	0073
Latin Alphabet: Lowercase	U+0069	i	105	0151	Latin Small Letter I	0074
Latin Alphabet: Lowercase	U+006A	j	106	0152	Latin Small Letter J	0075
Latin Alphabet: Lowercase	U+006B	k	107	0153	Latin Small Letter K	0076
Latin Alphabet: Lowercase	U+006C	l	108	0154	Latin Small Letter L	0077
Latin Alphabet: Lowercase	U+006D	m	109	0155	Latin Small Letter M	0078
Latin Alphabet: Lowercase	U+006E	n	110	0156	Latin Small Letter N	0079
Latin Alphabet: Lowercase	U+006F	o	111	0157	Latin Small Letter O	0080
Latin Alphabet: Lowercase	U+0070	p	112	0160	Latin Small Letter P	0081
Latin Alphabet: Lowercase	U+0071	q	113	0161	Latin Small Letter Q	0082
Latin Alphabet: Lowercase	U+0072	r	114	0162	Latin Small Letter R	0083
Latin Alphabet: Lowercase	U+0073	s	115	0163	Latin Small Letter S	0084
Latin Alphabet: Lowercase	U+0074	t	116	0164	Latin Small Letter T	0085
Latin Alphabet: Lowercase	U+0075	u	117	0165	Latin Small Letter U	0086
Latin Alphabet: Lowercase	U+0076	v	118	0166	Latin Small Letter V	0087
Latin Alphabet: Lowercase	U+0077	w	119	0167	Latin Small Letter W	0088
Latin Alphabet: Lowercase	U+0078	x	120	0170	Latin Small Letter X	0089
Latin Alphabet: Lowercase	U+0079	y	121	0171	Latin Small Letter Y	0090
Latin Alphabet: Lowercase	U+007A	z	122	0172	Latin Small Letter Z	0091
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