j
Lowercase j
PrintableASCII 106 | Hex 0x6A | U+006A
Lowercase j at ASCII 106. In Python, j (not i) denotes imaginary numbers in complex literals (3+4j), following the electrical engineering convention. The letter j was the last to be added to the Latin alphabet, not fully distinguished from i until the 17th century. In vim, j moves the cursor down one line. jQuery's $ function and j-prefixed variable names became a common JavaScript convention in the 2010s.
ASCII Code
Decimal
106
Hexadecimal
0x6A
Octal
152
Binary
0110 1010
URL Escape
%6A
Unicode
Code Point
U+006A
Escape
\u006a
UTF-8 Hex
0x6A
UTF-8 Binary
01101010
UTF-16
0x006A
UTF-32
0x0000006A
HTML Entities
Numeric
j
Hex
j
How to Type
Windows Alt CodeAlt + 106
HTML Entity
j
Unicode InputU+006A
Source Code Representations
C / Java
"\u006A"CSS
\006AJavaScript
"\u006A"Perl
\x{006A}Python 2
u"\u006A"Python 3
\u006ARuby
\u{006A}Frequently Asked Questions
What is ASCII code 106?
ASCII code 106 represents the Lowercase j character. In hexadecimal it is 0x6A, in binary 0110 1010, and in octal 152. It is a printable character that appears as "j" in text.
How do I type ASCII 106 on a keyboard?
On Windows, hold Alt and type 106 on the numeric keypad. On Mac, you can use the Character Viewer (Edit > Emoji & Symbols). In HTML, use the entity j or j.