# & U+0026 AMPERSAND

Ampersand, the and sign, originally a ligature of e and t, used in names like Smith & Co and in code.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `&` |
| Codepoint | U+0026 |
| Name | AMPERSAND |
| Also known as | and |
| Block | [Basic Latin](https://unicodekit.com/block/basic-latin) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Other Punctuation (Po) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `&` `&` |
| CSS | `\26` |
| JavaScript | `\u0026` |
| UTF-8 | 26 |
| UTF-16 | 0026 |

## Notes

- originally derived from a ligature of 'e' and 't'

## Related characters

- % [U+0025 PERCENT SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/0025)
- ' [U+0027 APOSTROPHE](https://unicodekit.com/char/0027)
- $ [U+0024 DOLLAR SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/0024)
- ( [U+0028 LEFT PARENTHESIS](https://unicodekit.com/char/0028)
- # [U+0023 NUMBER SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/0023)
- ) [U+0029 RIGHT PARENTHESIS](https://unicodekit.com/char/0029)
- " [U+0022 QUOTATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/0022)
- * [U+002A ASTERISK](https://unicodekit.com/char/002A)
- ! [U+0021 EXCLAMATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/0021)
- + [U+002B PLUS SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/002B)
- [U+0020 SPACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/0020)
- , [U+002C COMMA](https://unicodekit.com/char/002C)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/0026 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/0026