; is the Unicode character FULLWIDTH SEMICOLON, code point U+FF1B (decimal 65307) 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 9B.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+FF1B |
| Decimal | 65307 |
| UTF-8 bytes | EF BC 9B |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | FF1B |
| UTF-32 | 0000FF1B |
| HTML decimal | ; |
| HTML hex | ; |
| CSS | \FF1B |
| JavaScript | \uFF1B |
| JSON | \uFF1B |
| Python | \uFF1B |
| Python by name | \N{FULLWIDTH SEMICOLON} |
| Java, C# | \uFF1B |
| Rust, Swift | \u{FF1B} |
| Go, C, C++ | \uFF1B |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %EF%BC%9B |
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 SEMICOLON |
| Code point | U+FF1B (decimal 65307) |
| Block | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms (U+FF00–U+FFEF) |
| General category | Po: Other punctuation |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Decomposition
FULLWIDTH SEMICOLON 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
- 3 U+FF13 Fullwidth Digit Three
- 4 U+FF14 Fullwidth Digit Four
- 5 U+FF15 Fullwidth Digit Five
- 6 U+FF16 Fullwidth Digit Six
- 7 U+FF17 Fullwidth Digit Seven
- 8 U+FF18 Fullwidth Digit Eight
- 9 U+FF19 Fullwidth Digit Nine
- : U+FF1A Fullwidth Colon
- < U+FF1C Fullwidth Less-Than Sign
- = U+FF1D Fullwidth Equals Sign
- > U+FF1E Fullwidth Greater-Than Sign
- ? U+FF1F Fullwidth Question Mark
- @ U+FF20 Fullwidth Commercial At
- A U+FF21 Fullwidth Latin Capital Letter A
- B U+FF22 Fullwidth Latin Capital Letter B
- C U+FF23 Fullwidth Latin Capital Letter C
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+FF1B?
- EF BC 9B (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %EF%BC%9B.
- How do I write U+FF1B in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \uFF1B. Python: \uFF1B.
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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