V is the Unicode character LATIN CAPITAL LETTER V, code point U+0056 (decimal 86) in the Basic Latin block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write V, and in UTF-8 it is the single byte 56.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+0056 |
| Decimal | 86 |
| UTF-8 bytes | 56 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 0056 |
| UTF-32 | 00000056 |
| HTML decimal | V |
| HTML hex | V |
| CSS | \56 |
| JavaScript | \u0056 |
| JSON | \u0056 |
| Python | \u0056 |
| Python by name | \N{LATIN CAPITAL LETTER V} |
| Java, C# | \u0056 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{56} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u0056 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %56 |
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 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER V |
| Code point | U+0056 (decimal 86) |
| Block | Basic Latin (U+0000–U+007F) |
| General category | Lu: Uppercase letter |
| Script | Latin |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Upper and lower case
- v U+0076 Latin Small Letter V — Lowercase
Nearby in Basic Latin
- N U+004E Latin Capital Letter N
- O U+004F Latin Capital Letter O
- P U+0050 Latin Capital Letter P
- Q U+0051 Latin Capital Letter Q
- R U+0052 Latin Capital Letter R
- S U+0053 Latin Capital Letter S
- T U+0054 Latin Capital Letter T
- U U+0055 Latin Capital Letter U
- W U+0057 Latin Capital Letter W
- X U+0058 Latin Capital Letter X
- Y U+0059 Latin Capital Letter Y
- Z U+005A Latin Capital Letter Z
- [ U+005B Left Square Bracket
- \ U+005C Reverse Solidus
- ] U+005D Right Square Bracket
- ^ U+005E Circumflex Accent
All 128 characters: Basic Latin.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for V?
- Use V (decimal) or V (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+0056?
- 56 (hex), 1 byte. In a URL it is %56.
- How do I write U+0056 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u0056. Python: \u0056.
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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