+ is the Unicode character PLUS SIGN, code point U+002B (decimal 43) in the Basic Latin block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write +, and in UTF-8 it is the single byte 2B.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+002B |
| Decimal | 43 |
| UTF-8 bytes | 2B |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 002B |
| UTF-32 | 0000002B |
| HTML decimal | + |
| HTML hex | + |
| HTML named | + |
| CSS | \2B |
| JavaScript | \u002B |
| JSON | \u002B |
| Python | \u002B |
| Python by name | \N{PLUS SIGN} |
| Java, C# | \u002B |
| Rust, Swift | \u{2B} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u002B |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %2B |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | PLUS SIGN |
| Code point | U+002B (decimal 43) |
| Block | Basic Latin (U+0000–U+007F) |
| General category | Sm: Math symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ES: European number separator |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Basic Latin
- # U+0023 Number Sign
- $ U+0024 Dollar Sign
- % U+0025 Percent Sign
- & U+0026 Ampersand
- ' U+0027 Apostrophe
- ( U+0028 Left Parenthesis
- ) U+0029 Right Parenthesis
- * U+002A Asterisk
- , U+002C Comma
- - U+002D Hyphen-Minus
- . U+002E Full Stop
- / U+002F Solidus
- 0 U+0030 Digit Zero
- 1 U+0031 Digit One
- 2 U+0032 Digit Two
- 3 U+0033 Digit Three
All 128 characters: Basic Latin.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for +?
- Use the named entity +, or + (decimal) or + (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+002B?
- 2B (hex), 1 byte. In a URL it is %2B.
- How do I write U+002B in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u002B. Python: \u002B.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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