Q: How do I write H in HTML?

As a numeric character reference H (decimal) or H (hexadecimal). In UTF-8 documents you can also insert the character directly.

Question 1

What is the character U+0048?

Accepted Answer

U+0048 H is officially named LATIN CAPITAL LETTER H. It belongs to the Basic Latin block and the category Uppercase letter.

Question 2

How do I type H?

Accepted Answer

Windows (Word, WordPad): type 0048, then press Alt+X. Linux (GTK/IBus): Ctrl+Shift+U 0048, then Space. macOS: enable the “Unicode Hex Input” keyboard, hold Option and type 0048. Or simply copy it from this page.

Question 3

How do I write H in HTML?

Accepted Answer

As a numeric character reference &#72; (decimal) or &#x0048; (hexadecimal). In UTF-8 documents you can also insert the character directly.

Question 4

How is H encoded in UTF-8?

Accepted Answer

In UTF-8 the character takes 1 bytes: 48. In UTF-16: 0048.

Name	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER H
Code point	`U+0048`
Decimal	`72`
Block	Basic Latin
Category	Uppercase letter (Lu)
UTF-8	`48`
UTF-16	`0048`
UTF-32	`00000048`
HTML	`H` `H`
CSS	`\0048`
JavaScript	`\u0048`
Python	`\u0048`
URL-encoded	`%48`
Upper/lower case	h U+0068

U+0048 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER H

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