Basic Latin Unicode block

The Unicode block Basic Latin ( English Basic Latin or C0 Controls and Basic Latin , U + 0000 to U + 007F) corresponds to the ASCII ( American Standard Code for Information Interchange ), i.e. That is, the characters include the uppercase and lowercase Latin alphabet , Arabic numerals, and some control characters and punctuation marks. Together with the block Unicode block Latin-1, supplement , they correspond to ISO 8859-1 .

In addition to this basic block, there are other blocks for Latin letters in Unicode .

See also : Unicode block symbols for control characters

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Unicode number	Characters (400%)	category	Bidirectional class	Official name	description
U + 0000 (0)	<control>	Tax (control) signs	neutral limit	ZERO	Null character (NUL)
U + 0001 (1)	<control>	Tax (control) signs	neutral limit	START OF HEADING	Start of heading (SOH)
U + 0002 (2)	<control>	Tax (control) signs	neutral limit	START OF TEXT	Start of text (STX)
U + 0003 (3)	<control>	Tax (control) signs	neutral limit	END OF TEXT	End of text (ETX)
U + 0004 (4)	<control>	Tax (control) signs	neutral limit	END OF TRANSMISSION	End of transmission (EOT)
U + 0005 (5)	<control>	Tax (control) signs	neutral limit	INQUIRY	Query (ENQ)
U + 0006 (6)	<control>	Tax (control) signs	neutral limit	ACKNOWLEDGE	Confirmation (ACK)
U + 0007 (7)	<control>	Tax (control) signs	neutral limit	ALERT	Beep (BEL)
U + 0008 (8)	<control>	Tax (control) signs	neutral limit	BACKSPACE	Backspace (BS)
U + 0009 (9)	<control>	Tax (control) signs	Segment separator	HORIZONTAL TABULATION	Horizontal tab character (HT)
U + 000A (10)	<control>	Tax (control) signs	Section separator	LINE FEED	Line feed (LF)
U + 000B (11)	<control>	Tax (control) signs	Segment separator	VERTICAL TABULATION	Vertical tab character (VT)
U + 000C (12)	<control>	Tax (control) signs	Whitespace	FORM FEED	Page break (FF)
U + 000D (13)	<control>	Tax (control) signs	Section separator	CARRIAGE RETURN	Line break (formerly carriage return , CR)
U + 000E (14)	<control>	Tax (control) signs	neutral limit	SHIFT OUT	Shift key off (SO)
U + 000F (15)	<control>	Tax (control) signs	neutral limit	SHIFT IN	Shift key on (SI)
U + 0010 (16)	<control>	Tax (control) signs	neutral limit	DATA LINK ESCAPE	Data transfer switching (DLE)
U + 0011 (17)	<control>	Tax (control) signs	neutral limit	DEVICE CONTROL ONE	Device control 1 (DC1)
U + 0012 (18)	<control>	Tax (control) signs	neutral limit	DEVICE CONTROL TWO	Device control 2 (DC2)
U + 0013 (19)	<control>	Tax (control) signs	neutral limit	DEVICE CONTROL THREE	Device control 3 (DC3)
U + 0014 (20)	<control>	Tax (control) signs	neutral limit	DEVICE CONTROL FOUR	Device control 4 (DC4)
U + 0015 (21)	<control>	Tax (control) signs	neutral limit	NEGATIVE ACKNOWLEDGE	Rejection (NAK)
U + 0016 (22)	<control>	Tax (control) signs	neutral limit	SYNCHRONOUS IDLE	Synchronous idle (SYN)
U + 0017 (23)	<control>	Tax (control) signs	neutral limit	END OF TRANSMISSION BLOCK	Transmission block end (ETB)
U + 0018 (24)	<control>	Tax (control) signs	neutral limit	CANCEL	Abort (CAN)
U + 0019 (25)	<control>	Tax (control) signs	neutral limit	END OF MEDIUM	End of media (EM)
U + 001A (26)	<control>	Tax (control) signs	neutral limit	SUBSTITUTES	Replacement (SUB)
U + 001B (27)	<control>	Tax (control) signs	neutral limit	ESCAPE	Escape character (ESC)
U + 001C (28)	<control>	Tax (control) signs	Section separator	FILE SEPARATOR	File separator (FS)
U + 001D (29)	<control>	Tax (control) signs	Section separator	GROUP SEPARATOR	Group separator (GS)
U + 001E (30)	<control>	Tax (control) signs	Section separator	RECORD SEPARATOR	Record separator (RS)
U + 001F (31)	<control>	Tax (control) signs	Segment separator	UNIT SEPARATOR	Unit separator (US)
U + 0020 (32)		Separator (space) characters	Whitespace	SPACE	Spaces
U + 0021 (33)	!	other punctuation	other neutral sign	EXCLAMATION MARK	Exclamation mark
U + 0022 (34)	"	other punctuation	other neutral sign	QUOTATION MARK	quotation marks
U + 0023 (35)	#	other punctuation	European closing bell	NUMBER SIGN	Double cross
U + 0024 (36)	$	Currency symbol	European closing bell	DOLLAR SIGN	Dollar sign
U + 0025 (37)	%	other punctuation	European closing bell	PERCENT SIGN	Percent sign
U + 0026 (38)	&	other punctuation	other neutral sign	AMPERSAND	Ampersands ( ampersand )
U + 0027 (39)	'	other punctuation	other neutral sign	APOSTROPHE	apostrophe
U + 0028 (40)	(	opening dotting (of a pair)	other neutral sign	LEFT PARENTHESIS	Left parenthesis
U + 0029 (41)	)	closing punctuation (of a pair)	other neutral sign	RIGHT PARENTHESIS	Right round bracket
U + 002A (42)	*	other punctuation	other neutral sign	ASTERISK	asterisk
U + 002B (43)	+	math symbol	European delimiter	PLUS SIGN	Plus sign
U + 002C (44)	,	other punctuation	general separator	COMMA	comma
U + 002D (45)	-	line punctuation	European delimiter	HYPHEN-MINUS	Hyphen-minus
U + 002E (46)	.	other punctuation	general separator	FULL STOP	Point
U + 002F (47)	/	other punctuation	general separator	SOLIDUS	slash
U + 0030 (48)	0	Decimal digit	European digit	DIGIT ZERO	Digit zero
U + 0031 (49)	1	Decimal digit	European digit	DIGIT ONE	Digit one
U + 0032 (50)	2	Decimal digit	European digit	DIGIT TWO	Digit two
U + 0033 (51)	3	Decimal digit	European digit	DIGIT THREE	Digit three
U + 0034 (52)	4th	Decimal digit	European digit	DIGIT FOUR	Digit four
U + 0035 (53)	5	Decimal digit	European digit	DIGIT FIVE	Digit five
U + 0036 (54)	6th	Decimal digit	European digit	DIGIT SIX	Digit six
U + 0037 (55)	7th	Decimal digit	European digit	DIGIT SEVEN	Digit seven
U + 0038 (56)	8th	Decimal digit	European digit	DIGIT EIGHT	Digit eight
U + 0039 (57)	9	Decimal digit	European digit	DIGIT NINE	Digit nine
U + 003A (58)	:	other punctuation	general separator	COLON	Colon
U + 003B (59)	;	other punctuation	other neutral sign	SEMICOLON	semicolon
U + 003C (60)	<	math symbol	other neutral sign	LESS-THAN SIGN	Less than sign
U + 003D (61)	=	math symbol	other neutral sign	EQUALS SIGN	Equal sign
U + 003E (62)	>	math symbol	other neutral sign	GREATER-THAN SIGN	Greater than sign
U + 003F (63)	?	other punctuation	other neutral sign	QUESTION MARK	Question mark
U + 0040 (64)	@	other punctuation	other neutral sign	COMMERCIAL AT	At sign
U + 0041 (65)	A.	Capital letter	from left to right	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A	Latin capital letter A
U + 0042 (66)	B.	Capital letter	from left to right	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B	Latin capital letter B
U + 0043 (67)	C.	Capital letter	from left to right	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C	Latin capital letter C
U + 0044 (68)	D.	Capital letter	from left to right	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D	Latin capital letter D.
U + 0045 (69)	E.	Capital letter	from left to right	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E.	Latin capital letter E.
U + 0046 (70)	F.	Capital letter	from left to right	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER F.	Latin capital letter F
U + 0047 (71)	G	Capital letter	from left to right	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G	Latin capital letter G
U + 0048 (72)	H	Capital letter	from left to right	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER H	Latin capital letter H
U + 0049 (73)	I.	Capital letter	from left to right	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I.	Latin capital letter I.
U + 004A (74)	J	Capital letter	from left to right	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER J	Latin capital letter J
U + 004B (75)	K	Capital letter	from left to right	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K	Latin capital letter K
U + 004C (76)	L.	Capital letter	from left to right	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L	Latin capital letter L
U + 004D (77)	M.	Capital letter	from left to right	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER M	Latin capital letter M
U + 004E (78)	N	Capital letter	from left to right	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N	Latin capital letter N
U + 004F (79)	O	Capital letter	from left to right	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O	Latin capital letter O
U + 0050 (80)	P	Capital letter	from left to right	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P	Latin capital letter P
U + 0051 (81)	Q	Capital letter	from left to right	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Q	Latin capital letter Q
U + 0052 (82)	R.	Capital letter	from left to right	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R	Latin capital letter R
U + 0053 (83)	S.	Capital letter	from left to right	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S	Latin capital letter S
U + 0054 (84)	T	Capital letter	from left to right	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T	Latin capital letter T
U + 0055 (85)	U	Capital letter	from left to right	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U	Latin capital letter U
U + 0056 (86)	V	Capital letter	from left to right	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER V	Latin capital letter V
U + 0057 (87)	W.	Capital letter	from left to right	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W	Latin capital letter W
U + 0058 (88)	X	Capital letter	from left to right	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER X	Latin capital letter X
U + 0059 (89)	Y	Capital letter	from left to right	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y	Latin capital letter Y
U + 005A (90)	Z	Capital letter	from left to right	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z	Latin capital letter Z
U + 005B (91)	[	opening dotting (of a pair)	other neutral sign	LEFT SQUARE BRACKET	Left square bracket
U + 005C (92)	\	other punctuation	other neutral sign	REVERSE SOLIDUS	Backslash
U + 005D (93)	]	closing punctuation (of a pair)	other neutral sign	RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET	Right square bracket
U + 005E (94)	^	modifying symbol	other neutral sign	CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT	circumflex
U + 005F (95)	_	connecting punctuation	other neutral sign	LOW LINE	Underscore
U + 0060 (96)	`	modifying symbol	other neutral sign	GRAVE ACCENT	Grave accent
U + 0061 (97)	a	Lowercase letter	from left to right	LATIN SMALL LETTER A	Latin small letter a
U + 0062 (98)	b	Lowercase letter	from left to right	LATIN SMALL LETTER B	Latin Small Letter b
U + 0063 (99)	c	Lowercase letter	from left to right	LATIN SMALL LETTER C	Latin small letter c
U + 0064 (100)	d	Lowercase letter	from left to right	LATIN SMALL LETTER D	Latin small letter d
U + 0065 (101)	e	Lowercase letter	from left to right	LATIN SMALL LETTER E.	Latin small letter e
U + 0066 (102)	f	Lowercase letter	from left to right	LATIN SMALL LETTER F.	Latin small letter f
U + 0067 (103)	G	Lowercase letter	from left to right	LATIN SMALL LETTER G	Latin Small Letter G
U + 0068 (104)	H	Lowercase letter	from left to right	LATIN SMALL LETTER H	Latin Small Letter H.
U + 0069 (105)	i	Lowercase letter	from left to right	LATIN SMALL LETTER I.	Latin small letter i
U + 006A (106)	j	Lowercase letter	from left to right	LATIN SMALL LETTER J	LATIN SMALL LETTER J
U + 006B (107)	k	Lowercase letter	from left to right	LATIN SMALL LETTER K	Latin small letter k
U + 006C (108)	l	Lowercase letter	from left to right	LATIN SMALL LETTER L	Latin Small Letter L.
U + 006D (109)	m	Lowercase letter	from left to right	LATIN SMALL LETTER M	Latin Small Letter M.
U + 006E (110)	n	Lowercase letter	from left to right	LATIN SMALL LETTER N	Latin Small Letter N.
U + 006F (111)	O	Lowercase letter	from left to right	LATIN SMALL LETTER O	Latin Small Letter O
U + 0070 (112)	p	Lowercase letter	from left to right	LATIN SMALL LETTER P	Latin Small Letter P.
U + 0071 (113)	q	Lowercase letter	from left to right	LATIN SMALL LETTER Q	Latin Small Letter Q
U + 0072 (114)	r	Lowercase letter	from left to right	LATIN SMALL LETTER R	Latin Small Letter R.
U + 0073 (115)	s	Lowercase letter	from left to right	LATIN SMALL LETTER S	Latin Small Letter S.
U + 0074 (116)	t	Lowercase letter	from left to right	LATIN SMALL LETTER T	Latin Small Letter T
U + 0075 (117)	u	Lowercase letter	from left to right	LATIN SMALL LETTER U	Latin Small Letter &
U + 0076 (118)	v	Lowercase letter	from left to right	LATIN SMALL LETTER V	Latin Small Letter V.
U + 0077 (119)	w	Lowercase letter	from left to right	LATIN SMALL LETTER W	Latin Small Letter W.
U + 0078 (120)	x	Lowercase letter	from left to right	LATIN SMALL LETTER X	Latin Small Letter X
U + 0079 (121)	y	Lowercase letter	from left to right	LATIN SMALL LETTER Y	Latin Small Letter Y
U + 007A (122)	z	Lowercase letter	from left to right	LATIN SMALL LETTER Z	Latin small letter z
U + 007B (123)	{	opening dotting (of a pair)	other neutral sign	LEFT CURLY BRACKET	Left curly bracket
U + 007C (124)	|	math symbol	other neutral sign	VERTICAL LINE	Vertical line
U + 007D (125)	}	closing punctuation (of a pair)	other neutral sign	RIGHT CURLY BRACKET	Right curly bracket
U + 007E (126)	~	math symbol	other neutral sign	TILDE	tilde
U + 007F (127)	<control>	Tax (control) signs	neutral limit	DELETE	Delete (DEL)

1. ↑ The correct alias in Unicode is "ALERT" and not, as in ISO 6429, "BELL", because "BELL" is already used for U + 1F514 BELL.

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