¶PunctuationPunctuationBasic LatinReviewed 2026-08-08

AMPERSAND

Ampersand, the ASCII ligature that stands for the word and.

U+0026 · 15.1.0 · Common script

About this character

The ampersand is used in prose, company names, and programming syntax. It traces back to a ligature of the Latin word et.

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CSS\000026
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Python\u0026
URL%26

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