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| Character | 
 & 
 | 
| Unicode name | 
FULLWIDTH AMPERSAND | 
| Unicode block | 
Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms | 
| Codepoint | 
U+FF06 | 
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Translingual
Symbol
&
-  fullwidth encoding of & (the ampersand)
 
Usage notes
According to The Unicode Standard, this character ("&") is needed for compatibility with certain East-Asian character encoding systems and does not generally represent a different concept than the more common "&".