U0071

U+0071 is the Unicode code point for the lowercase Latin letter q. It is located in the Basic Latin block, which corresponds to the ASCII character set, and is widely supported across fonts and platforms. The formal Unicode name for this code point is LATIN SMALL LETTER Q. Its uppercase counterpart is LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Q (U+0051).

Encoding and representation: In UTF-8, U+0071 is encoded as a single byte 0x71. In UTF-16, it is represented as 0x0071. In HTML and XML, it can be referenced using numeric character references such as q or q.

Usage: The character represents the lowercase form of the letter q used in many languages that use the Latin alphabet. In English and other languages, it commonly appears in words and names, typically accompanied by the letter u in many spellings (for example, quick, quiet). As a basic Latin letter, it also functions as a variable or identifier in programming and as a symbol in various technical contexts.

Typography and rendering: The glyph shape of q can vary between fonts, with differences in the bowl and tail in some typefaces. However, the underlying code point and its case mappings remain consistent across environments.

See also: U+0051 (LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Q), ASCII, Basic Latin, and related Latin letters in the Unicode range U+0070 to U+0072.

Notes: U+0071 has been part of Unicode since the earliest versions, reflecting its long-standing role as the lowercase form of the Latin letter q in modern text processing.