Q: How do I write U in HTML?

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

Question 1

What is the character U+0055?

Accepted Answer

U+0055 U is officially named LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U. It belongs to the Basic Latin block and the category Uppercase letter.

Question 2

How do I type U?

Accepted Answer

Windows (Word, WordPad): type 0055, then press Alt+X. Linux (GTK/IBus): Ctrl+Shift+U 0055, then Space. macOS: enable the “Unicode Hex Input” keyboard, hold Option and type 0055. Or simply copy it from this page.

Question 3

How do I write U in HTML?

Accepted Answer

As a numeric character reference &#85; (decimal) or &#x0055; (hexadecimal). In UTF-8 documents you can also insert the character directly.

Question 4

How is U encoded in UTF-8?

Accepted Answer

In UTF-8 the character takes 1 bytes: 55. In UTF-16: 0055.

Name	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U
Code point	`U+0055`
Decimal	`85`
Block	Basic Latin
Category	Uppercase letter (Lu)
UTF-8	`55`
UTF-16	`0055`
UTF-32	`00000055`
HTML	`U` `U`
CSS	`\0055`
JavaScript	`\u0055`
Python	`\u0055`
URL-encoded	`%55`
Upper/lower case	u U+0075

U+0055 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U

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