U+0062 "b" Latin Small Letter B Unicode Character

U+0062 "b" Latin Small Letter B is a fundamental encoding in the Unicode Standard, representing the lowercase form of the second letter in the Latin alphabet. It belongs to the Basic Latin block, also known as ASCII, where its assigned numeric code point is 98 in decimal. This character is used across virtually all digital text systems that employ the Latin script, serving as a common building block for writing English and many other languages. Its shape typically features a vertical stem with a rounded closed loop or bowl on the right side. As a purely alphabetical character, it does not carry diacritical marks or combine with other characters as a base form.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0062
Version Added	1.1
Name	Latin Small Letter B
Block	Basic Latin
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	b
HTML Hex Encoding	b
UTF-8 Encoding	0x62
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0062
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000062
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0062

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
Lowercase	Yes
Simple Uppercase Code Point	"B" U+0042 Latin Capital Letter B
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"B" U+0042 Latin Capital Letter B
Uppercase Code Point	"B" U+0042 Latin Capital Letter B
Titlecase Code Point	"B" U+0042 Latin Capital Letter B
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Titlecased	Yes
Changes When Uppercased	Yes
Script	Latin
Script Extensions	Latin
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Hex Digit	Yes
ASCII Hex Digit	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	Lower