U+FF06 "＆" Fullwidth Ampersand Unicode Character

U+FF06 "＆" Fullwidth Ampersand is a typographic variant of the standard ampersand symbol, designed to occupy the same width as a CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) ideographic character, typically used in East Asian text layouts to maintain consistent vertical alignment and spacing. It is part of the Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms block in Unicode and is often employed in plain text contexts where a fullwidth punctuation mark is needed, such as in traditional Japanese or Chinese documents or in monospaced digital environments. This character should not be confused with its halfwidth counterpart U+0026, as it has a distinct visual appearance and different width characteristics for proper typographic integration.

General Properties

Code Point	U+FF06
Version Added	1.1
Name	Fullwidth Ampersand
Block	Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
General Category	Other Punctuation
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral
Decomposition Type	Wide
Decomposition Mapping	"&" U+0026 Ampersand

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	＆
HTML Hex Encoding	＆
UTF-8 Encoding	0xEF 0xBC 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding	0xFF06
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000FF06
C/C++/Java Escape	\uff06

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Fullwidth
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"&" U+0026 Ampersand
NFKC Simple Casefold	"&" U+0026 Ampersand
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other