8 is the Unicode character DIGIT EIGHT, code point U+0038 (decimal 56) in the Basic Latin block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write 8, and in UTF-8 it is the single byte 38.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+0038 |
| Decimal | 56 |
| UTF-8 bytes | 38 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 0038 |
| UTF-32 | 00000038 |
| HTML decimal | 8 |
| HTML hex | 8 |
| CSS | \38 |
| JavaScript | \u0038 |
| JSON | \u0038 |
| Python | \u0038 |
| Python by name | \N{DIGIT EIGHT} |
| Java, C# | \u0038 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{38} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u0038 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %38 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | DIGIT EIGHT |
| Code point | U+0038 (decimal 56) |
| Block | Basic Latin (U+0000–U+007F) |
| General category | Nd: Decimal digit |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | EN: European number |
| Numeric value | 8 |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Basic Latin
- 0 U+0030 Digit Zero
- 1 U+0031 Digit One
- 2 U+0032 Digit Two
- 3 U+0033 Digit Three
- 4 U+0034 Digit Four
- 5 U+0035 Digit Five
- 6 U+0036 Digit Six
- 7 U+0037 Digit Seven
- 9 U+0039 Digit Nine
- : U+003A Colon
- ; U+003B Semicolon
- < U+003C Less-Than Sign
- = U+003D Equals Sign
- > U+003E Greater-Than Sign
- ? U+003F Question Mark
- @ U+0040 Commercial At
All 128 characters: Basic Latin.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for 8?
- Use 8 (decimal) or 8 (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+0038?
- 38 (hex), 1 byte. In a URL it is %38.
- How do I write U+0038 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u0038. Python: \u0038.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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