+ is the Unicode character FULLWIDTH PLUS SIGN, code point U+FF0B (decimal 65291) in the Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write +, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes EF BC 8B.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+FF0B |
| Decimal | 65291 |
| UTF-8 bytes | EF BC 8B |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | FF0B |
| UTF-32 | 0000FF0B |
| HTML decimal | + |
| HTML hex | + |
| CSS | \FF0B |
| JavaScript | \uFF0B |
| JSON | \uFF0B |
| Python | \uFF0B |
| Python by name | \N{FULLWIDTH PLUS SIGN} |
| Java, C# | \uFF0B |
| Rust, Swift | \u{FF0B} |
| Go, C, C++ | \uFF0B |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %EF%BC%8B |
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 | FULLWIDTH PLUS SIGN |
| Code point | U+FF0B (decimal 65291) |
| Block | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms (U+FF00–U+FFEF) |
| 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 |
Decomposition
FULLWIDTH PLUS SIGN has a compatibility decomposition (wide) to the sequence below. NFKC and NFKD normalisation replace it with that sequence, which can change how text looks, so use them for search, not for storage.
Nearby in Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
- # U+FF03 Fullwidth Number Sign
- $ U+FF04 Fullwidth Dollar Sign
- % U+FF05 Fullwidth Percent Sign
- & U+FF06 Fullwidth Ampersand
- ' U+FF07 Fullwidth Apostrophe
- ( U+FF08 Fullwidth Left Parenthesis
- ) U+FF09 Fullwidth Right Parenthesis
- * U+FF0A Fullwidth Asterisk
- , U+FF0C Fullwidth Comma
- - U+FF0D Fullwidth Hyphen-Minus
- . U+FF0E Fullwidth Full Stop
- / U+FF0F Fullwidth Solidus
- 0 U+FF10 Fullwidth Digit Zero
- 1 U+FF11 Fullwidth Digit One
- 2 U+FF12 Fullwidth Digit Two
- 3 U+FF13 Fullwidth Digit Three
All 225 characters: Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for +?
- Use + (decimal) or + (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+FF0B?
- EF BC 8B (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %EF%BC%8B.
- How do I write U+FF0B in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \uFF0B. Python: \uFF0B.
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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