@

Technical information

Symbol	@
Name	Commercial at
Unicode number	U+0040
Category	ASCII Table 4. ASCII punctuation and symbols

Description

The Unicode character @, or U+0040, is known as the "Commercial At". It belongs to the "Basic Latin" block and falls under the "Punctuation, Other" category in the Unicode standard. The symbol is widely recognized for its use in email addresses, where it separates the user name from the domain name. It's also used on social media platforms to mention or address users. It was originally used for commercial invoices, denoting 'at the rate of'. However, its exact appearance and usage can vary depending on the system and application it's used in.

Encoding

HTML Entity	@
HTML Entity (hex)	@
HTML Entity (named)	@
URL Escape Code	%40
UTF-8 (hex)	0x40
UTF-8 (binary)	01000000
UTF-16	0x0040
UTF-32	0x00000040

Source Code

C, C++, and Java	"\u0040"
CSS Code	\0040
JavaScript	"\u0040"
Perl	\x{0040}
Python 2	u"\u0040"
Python 3	\u0040
Ruby	\u{0040}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this @ in sentence and in bold like this @ and in italic like this @.

CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input

disabled input

input-group

select

button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#64;</span>

span {
    content: "\0040";
}

The symbol in different fonts

-apple-system

Apple Color Emoji

Arial

BlinkMacSystemFont

Courier New

Georgia

Droid Sans

Helvetica

Noto Sans

Oxygen

Roboto

"Segoe UI"

sans-serif

Segoe UI Emoji

Segoe UI Symbol

system-ui

Times New Roman

Ubuntu

Verdana

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