This is the Unicode character Start Of Guarded Area, code point U+0096 (decimal 150) in the Latin-1 Supplement block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write –, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes C2 96.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+0096 |
| Decimal | 150 |
| UTF-8 bytes | C2 96 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 0096 |
| UTF-32 | 00000096 |
| HTML | not valid in HTML (a numeric reference to it is a parse error) |
| CSS | \96 |
| JavaScript | \u0096 |
| JSON | \u0096 |
| Python | \u0096 |
| Java, C# | \u0096 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{96} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u0096 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %C2%96 |
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 | Start Of Guarded Area |
| Code point | U+0096 (decimal 150) |
| Block | Latin-1 Supplement (U+0080–U+00FF) |
| General category | Cc: Control character |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | BN: Boundary neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Latin-1 Supplement
- U+008E Single Shift Two
- U+008F Single Shift Three
- U+0090 Device Control String
- U+0091 Private Use One
- U+0092 Private Use Two
- U+0093 Set Transmit State
- U+0094 Cancel Character
- U+0095 Message Waiting
- U+0097 End Of Guarded Area
- U+0098 Start Of String
- U+0099 Single Graphic Character Introducer
- U+009A Single Character Introducer
- U+009B Control Sequence Introducer
- U+009C String Terminator
- U+009D Operating System Command
- U+009E Privacy Message
All 128 characters: Latin-1 Supplement.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for Start Of Guarded Area?
- Use – (decimal) or – (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+0096?
- C2 96 (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %C2%96.
- How do I write U+0096 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u0096. Python: \u0096.
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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