U+0042 "B" Latin Capital Letter B Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+0042 "B" Latin Capital Letter B is a fundamental component of the Latin alphabet, specifically the second letter in its standard English ordering. In the Unicode standard, it occupies code point 0042 in hexadecimal, and it is used to represent the voiced bilabial plosive sound, as in the words "bat" or "big." This character directly inherits its shape and phonetic value from the ancient Roman alphabet, which itself derived from the Greek letter beta. In digital systems, it is encoded using a single byte in ASCII and UTF-8, making it one of the most universally recognized and stable characters across computing platforms.
General Properties
Code Point
U+0042
Name
Latin Capital Letter B
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
B
HTML Hex Encoding
B
UTF-8 Encoding
0x42
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0042
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000042
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0042
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Simple Lowercase Code Point
Lowercase Code Point
Simple Case Folding
Case Folding
NFKC Casefold
NFKC Simple Casefold
Script Extensions
Latin