U+0058 "X" Latin Capital Letter X Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0058 "X" Latin Capital Letter X is a graphic symbol that represents the twenty fourth letter of the modern English alphabet and is used across many Latin based writing systems. In digital encoding, it corresponds to ASCII code 88 and appears as a single character with a specific design that typically consists of two diagonal lines crossing at the center. This character is commonly employed in mathematics to denote the variable x, in science to mark an unknown or a coordinate axis, and in everyday writing for tasks such as indicating a checkbox or representing the Roman numeral for ten. Its standardized position in Unicode ensures consistent rendering across different platforms and software applications.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0058 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Latin Capital Letter X |
| Block | Basic Latin |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | X |
| HTML Hex Encoding | X |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0x58 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0058 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000058 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0058 |
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 | "x" U+0078 Latin Small Letter X |
| Lowercase Code Point | "x" U+0078 Latin Small Letter X |
| Simple Case Folding | "x" U+0078 Latin Small Letter X |
| Case Folding | "x" U+0078 Latin Small Letter X |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "x" U+0078 Latin Small Letter X |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "x" U+0078 Latin Small Letter X |
| 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 |