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Basic Latin (ASCII) Characters

The Basic Latin block is the first 128 code points of Unicode and is identical to ASCII. This page lists every printable character from space (U+0020) to tilde (U+007E) with its official Unicode name, so you can look up the code for @ (COMMERCIAL AT), # (NUMBER SIGN), & (AMPERSAND), \ (REVERSE SOLIDUS) and every other key on a US keyboard.

Codes here matter for programming: several of these characters must be escaped in HTML (< > & "), URLs (%20 %2F) and string literals (\\ \" \n).

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What basic latin (ascii) characters are used for

  • Looking up escape sequences for HTML, URLs, JSON and regex
  • Understanding ASCII tables and character codes
  • Explaining keyboard symbols to beginners
  • Character-code homework and CS fundamentals
  • Verifying the octal and hex value of a printable character

Basic Latin (ASCII) Characters: Unicode, hex, octal & HTML codes

Codes for every symbol in Basic Latin (ASCII)
SymbolNameUnicodeHexOctalHTML
SpaceU+00200x00200o40 
Exclamation MarkU+00210x00210o41!
Quotation MarkU+00220x00220o42"
Number SignU+00230x00230o43#
Dollar SignU+00240x00240o44$
Percent SignU+00250x00250o45%
AmpersandU+00260x00260o46&
ApostropheU+00270x00270o47'
Left ParenthesisU+00280x00280o50(
Right ParenthesisU+00290x00290o51)
AsteriskU+002A0x002A0o52*
Plus SignU+002B0x002B0o53+
CommaU+002C0x002C0o54,
Hyphen-minusU+002D0x002D0o55-
Full StopU+002E0x002E0o56.
SolidusU+002F0x002F0o57/
Digit ZeroU+00300x00300o600
Digit OneU+00310x00310o611
Digit TwoU+00320x00320o622
Digit ThreeU+00330x00330o633
Digit FourU+00340x00340o644
Digit FiveU+00350x00350o655
Digit SixU+00360x00360o666
Digit SevenU+00370x00370o677
Digit EightU+00380x00380o708
Digit NineU+00390x00390o719
ColonU+003A0x003A0o72:
SemicolonU+003B0x003B0o73&#x003B;
Less-than SignU+003C0x003C0o74<
Equals SignU+003D0x003D0o75=
Greater-than SignU+003E0x003E0o76>
Question MarkU+003F0x003F0o77?
Commercial AtU+00400x00400o100@
Capital letter AU+00410x00410o101A
Capital letter BU+00420x00420o102B
Capital letter CU+00430x00430o103C
Capital letter DU+00440x00440o104D
Capital letter EU+00450x00450o105E
Capital letter FU+00460x00460o106F
Capital letter GU+00470x00470o107G
Capital letter HU+00480x00480o110H
Capital letter IU+00490x00490o111I
Capital letter JU+004A0x004A0o112J
Capital letter KU+004B0x004B0o113K
Capital letter LU+004C0x004C0o114L
Capital letter MU+004D0x004D0o115M
Capital letter NU+004E0x004E0o116N
Capital letter OU+004F0x004F0o117O
Capital letter PU+00500x00500o120P
Capital letter QU+00510x00510o121Q
Capital letter RU+00520x00520o122R
Capital letter SU+00530x00530o123S
Capital letter TU+00540x00540o124T
Capital letter UU+00550x00550o125U
Capital letter VU+00560x00560o126V
Capital letter WU+00570x00570o127W
Capital letter XU+00580x00580o130X
Capital letter YU+00590x00590o131Y
Capital letter ZU+005A0x005A0o132Z
Left Square BracketU+005B0x005B0o133[
Reverse SolidusU+005C0x005C0o134\
Right Square BracketU+005D0x005D0o135]
Circumflex AccentU+005E0x005E0o136^
Low LineU+005F0x005F0o137_
Grave AccentU+00600x00600o140`
Small letter AU+00610x00610o141a
Small letter BU+00620x00620o142b
Small letter CU+00630x00630o143c
Small letter DU+00640x00640o144d
Small letter EU+00650x00650o145e
Small letter FU+00660x00660o146f
Small letter GU+00670x00670o147g
Small letter HU+00680x00680o150h
Small letter IU+00690x00690o151i
Small letter JU+006A0x006A0o152j
Small letter KU+006B0x006B0o153k
Small letter LU+006C0x006C0o154l
Small letter MU+006D0x006D0o155m
Small letter NU+006E0x006E0o156n
Small letter OU+006F0x006F0o157o
Small letter PU+00700x00700o160p
Small letter QU+00710x00710o161q
Small letter RU+00720x00720o162r
Small letter SU+00730x00730o163s
Small letter TU+00740x00740o164t
Small letter UU+00750x00750o165u
Small letter VU+00760x00760o166v
Small letter WU+00770x00770o167w
Small letter XU+00780x00780o170x
Small letter YU+00790x00790o171y
Small letter ZU+007A0x007A0o172z
Left Curly BracketU+007B0x007B0o173{
Vertical LineU+007C0x007C0o174|
Right Curly BracketU+007D0x007D0o175}
TildeU+007E0x007E0o176~

Frequently asked questions

How do I copy basic latin (ascii) characters?

Click any symbol on this page to copy it to your clipboard, then paste it anywhere: documents, email, social media, code or chat. Every character here is standard Unicode, so it works across Windows, macOS, iOS, Android and Linux.

How many basic latin (ascii) characters are on this page?

This collection contains 95 characters. Each one links to a detail page with its Unicode code point, decimal, hexadecimal and octal values, HTML entity, CSS escape, and JavaScript, Python and Java escape sequences.

Which ASCII characters must be escaped in HTML?

Five: < as &lt;, > as &gt;, & as &amp;, " as &quot; and ' as &#39; (or &apos; in HTML5). Everything else in Basic Latin can be typed literally.

What is the octal code for a space?

Space is decimal 32, hex 0x20, octal 040. Its Unicode name is SPACE and it is in the Zs (Separator, space) general category.

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