U+0038 "8" Digit Eight Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
8
U+0038 "8" Digit Eight is a standard numeric symbol within the Basic Latin block, directly inherited from the ASCII encoding standard where it holds the decimal value 56. This character represents the Arabic numeral eight, used universally in mathematics, counting, and various digital systems to denote the number following seven and preceding nine. Its glyph is typically depicted as a single closed loop or two stacked circles, depending on the font, and it plays a fundamental role in data representation, numerical input, and text processing across all modern computing platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0038 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Digit Eight |
| Block | Basic Latin |
| General Category | Decimal Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | European Number |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 8 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 8 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0x38 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0038 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000038 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0038 |