ASCII 215
Multiplication Sign (×)
Latin-1 Supplement
Multiplication sign (×), the visual × as opposed to the letter x.
Common uses & context
Decimal 215 (0xD7) is Multiplication Sign, part of the Latin-1 Supplement (128–255). Multiplication sign (×), the visual × as opposed to the letter x. It renders as '×' and its binary byte is 11010111.
This is where single-byte ASCII ends and encoding matters. In Latin-1 (ISO-8859-1) '×' is the single byte 0xD7. In UTF-8 — today's default for the web — the same character is the multi-byte sequence 0xC3 0x97. Treating a Latin-1 byte as UTF-8 (or vice versa) is the usual reason accented letters and symbols turn into mojibake like é or €. The Unicode code point is U+00D7, and in HTML you can write it as × or ×.
All encodings at a glance
| Decimal | 215 |
| Hexadecimal | 0xD7 |
| Octal | 0327 |
| Binary | 11010111 |
| HTML numeric entity | × |
| HTML named entity | × |
| URL encoding | %D7 |
| UTF-8 bytes | 0xC3 0x97 |
Code snippets
JavaScript
String.fromCharCode(215); // "×"
215.toString(16); // "d7"Python
chr(215) # control char ×
ord(chr(215)) # 215
hex(215) # '0xd7'HTML
× <!-- named entity -->
× <!-- numeric entity -->Programming notes
- ▸Single byte 0xD7 in Latin-1, but the multi-byte sequence 0xC3 0x97 in UTF-8 — never assume one byte per character above code 127.
- ▸Unicode code point U+00D7; HTML entity ×.
- ▸If '×' shows as mojibake, the encoding declared and the encoding used disagree — align both on UTF-8.
Unicode & UTF-8 note
In Unicode this is U+00D7. In UTF-8 it encodes to the byte sequence 0xC3 0x97. In legacy Latin-1 (ISO-8859-1) it is a single byte 0xD7, which is why Latin-1 files often appear as mojibake when interpreted as UTF-8.
Frequently asked questions
What character is ASCII code 215?
ASCII code 215 is the character '×' (Multiplication Sign). In hexadecimal it is 0xD7, in octal 0327, and in binary 11010111.
What is 0xD7 in ASCII?
Hexadecimal 0xD7 equals decimal 215, which is the character '×' (Multiplication Sign). To convert hex to ASCII yourself, read the two hex digits as a base-16 number (0xD7 = 215) and look up that code point.
How do I write the character with code 215 in code?
In JavaScript use String.fromCharCode(215); in Python use chr(215); in HTML use the numeric entity × or the named entity ×. In a URL it is percent-encoded as %D7, and in UTF-8 it is stored as the byte sequence 0xC3 0x97.
Is '×' part of standard ASCII?
No. Standard ASCII covers codes 0–127 only. '×' is code 215, part of the Latin-1 Supplement (128–255, sometimes called "extended ASCII"). It is a single byte 0xD7 in Latin-1 but a multi-byte sequence (0xC3 0x97) in UTF-8.