html-entity

%

%

%

HTML named character reference % maps to U+0025.

Mapping

Named reference
%
Code point(s)
U+0025
Decimal
37
Characters
%

Numeric character references

Named
Decimal
Hex

Usage

Prefer a named reference when the character must survive encoding mistakes or is awkward to type. Numeric references (%) are always valid HTML for the mapped code point(s).

Related

Source

Unicode
16.0.0
WHATWG
snapshot 2026-08-02