U+FF0C · Other punctuation
Fullwidth Comma Symbol ,
, is fullwidth comma, U+FF0C. Unicode records it as a compatibility form of , (wide form). It was added in Unicode 1.1, and Unicode files it under Other punctuation.
What Unicode says about ,
in Chinese, indicates a pause
— annotation from the Unicode Standard, NamesList.txt
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+FF0C | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | , | |
| HTML decimal | , | |
| CSS | \FF0C | |
| JavaScript | \u{FF0C} | |
| Python | \U0000FF0C | |
| Java / C# | \uFF0C | |
| Rust | \u{ff0c} | |
| Swift | \u{FF0C} | |
| PHP | \u{FF0C} | |
| URL encoded | %EF%BC%8C | |
| UTF-8 bytes | EF BC 8C | |
| UTF-16 bytes | FF0C | |
| Base64 | 77yM | |
| Decimal | 65292 | |
| Decomposes to | , (wide form) | |
| Category | Other punctuation (Po) | |
| Introduced | Unicode 1.1 | |
Will , survive being pasted?
- Normalisation. No. Anything that applies NFKC — search indexes, usernames, domain names, programming identifiers — rewrites , as
,. Safe for display, not for storage. - Legacy encodings. , is Unicode-only — it has no Latin-1 equivalent, so a system stuck on an 8-bit encoding cannot represent it.
- Size. 3 bytes in UTF-8. Character-limited fields — SMS, bios, some form validators — usually count bytes, not characters.
Unicode cross-references
The standard points readers of , at these characters — usually because they look alike, or because one is the correct choice where the other is often used by mistake.
Other comma characters
Unicode names 13 characters ending in “comma”. They differ by direction, weight or decoration rather than by meaning.
Nearby in Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
Latin characters at the width of a CJK ideograph, and katakana at half width — a compatibility block for legacy East Asian encodings. Fullwidth text is often used online for a spaced-out aesthetic; it normalises straight back to ASCII.
How to type ,
| Windows | Type FF0C then press Alt+X |
|---|---|
| macOS | Press Ctrl+Cmd+Space, then search for “fullwidth comma” |
| Linux | Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type ff0c, press Enter |
| HTML | , |
About Unicode’s Other punctuation category
Unicode files this under "other punctuation", the category for marks that are not brackets, dashes or quotes.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I type the , fullwidth comma symbol?
- On Windows, type FF0C and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then ff0c. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
- What is the code for ,?
- Fullwidth Comma is U+FF0C. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
- Will , survive being pasted anywhere?
- Not always. Fullwidth Comma is a compatibility character: any system that applies Unicode NFKC normalisation — search indexes, usernames, identifiers — replaces it with ,. Use it for display, not where text is normalised.