U+0048 "H" Latin Capital Letter H Unicode Character

U+0048 "H" Latin Capital Letter H is a member of the Basic Latin block, representing the eighth letter of the English alphabet and many other Latin-based writing systems. As a fundamental typographic symbol, its encoded form ensures consistent digital representation across all platforms and devices. This specific code point is assigned to the uppercase or majuscule form of the letter, which visually consists of two vertical strokes connected by a horizontal bar, and it is distinguished from its lowercase counterpart U+0068 "h". In computing, it is often used in hexadecimal notation and as a standard character in ASCII and UTF-8 encodings, where it carries the decimal value 72.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0048
Version Added	1.1
Name	Latin Capital Letter H
Block	Basic Latin
General Category	Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	H
HTML Hex Encoding	H
UTF-8 Encoding	0x48
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0048
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000048
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0048

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
East Asian Width	Narrow
Uppercase	Yes
Simple Lowercase Code Point	"h" U+0068 Latin Small Letter H
Lowercase Code Point	"h" U+0068 Latin Small Letter H
Simple Case Folding	"h" U+0068 Latin Small Letter H
Case Folding	"h" U+0068 Latin Small Letter H
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casefolded	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Lowercased	Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"h" U+0068 Latin Small Letter H
NFKC Simple Casefold	"h" U+0068 Latin Small Letter H
Script	Latin
Script Extensions	Latin
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	Upper