z
Lowercase z
PrintableASCII 122 | Hex 0x7A | U+007A
Lowercase z occupies ASCII 122, the last letter and the final printable character before the special characters in the ASCII table. In Unix, Ctrl+Z sends the SIGTSTP signal, suspending the foreground process. In web APIs, ISO 8601 timestamps end with Z to indicate UTC time (2024-01-15T10:30:00Z), where Z stands for "Zulu" in the NATO phonetic alphabet. The z-index CSS property controls stacking order of positioned elements, with higher values appearing in front.
ASCII Code
Decimal
122
Hexadecimal
0x7A
Octal
172
Binary
0111 1010
URL Escape
%7A
Unicode
Code Point
U+007A
Escape
\u007a
UTF-8 Hex
0x7A
UTF-8 Binary
01111010
UTF-16
0x007A
UTF-32
0x0000007A
HTML Entities
Numeric
z
Hex
z
How to Type
Windows Alt CodeAlt + 122
HTML Entity
z
Unicode InputU+007A
Source Code Representations
C / Java
"\u007A"CSS
\007AJavaScript
"\u007A"Perl
\x{007A}Python 2
u"\u007A"Python 3
\u007ARuby
\u{007A}Frequently Asked Questions
What is ASCII code 122?
ASCII code 122 represents the Lowercase z character. In hexadecimal it is 0x7A, in binary 0111 1010, and in octal 172. It is a printable character that appears as "z" in text.
How do I type ASCII 122 on a keyboard?
On Windows, hold Alt and type 122 on the numeric keypad. On Mac, you can use the Character Viewer (Edit > Emoji & Symbols). In HTML, use the entity z or z.