This is the Unicode character Single Character Introducer, code point U+009A (decimal 154) in the Latin-1 Supplement block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write š, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes C2 9A.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+009A |
| Decimal | 154 |
| UTF-8 bytes | C2 9A |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 009A |
| UTF-32 | 0000009A |
| HTML | not valid in HTML (a numeric reference to it is a parse error) |
| CSS | \9A |
| JavaScript | \u009A |
| JSON | \u009A |
| Python | \u009A |
| Java, C# | \u009A |
| Rust, Swift | \u{9A} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u009A |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %C2%9A |
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 | Single Character Introducer |
| Code point | U+009A (decimal 154) |
| 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+0092 Private Use Two
- U+0093 Set Transmit State
- U+0094 Cancel Character
- U+0095 Message Waiting
- U+0096 Start Of Guarded Area
- U+0097 End Of Guarded Area
- U+0098 Start Of String
- U+0099 Single Graphic Character Introducer
- U+009B Control Sequence Introducer
- U+009C String Terminator
- U+009D Operating System Command
- U+009E Privacy Message
- U+009F Application Program Command
- U+00A0 No-Break Space
- ¡ U+00A1 Inverted Exclamation Mark
- ¢ U+00A2 Cent Sign
All 128 characters: Latin-1 Supplement.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for Single Character Introducer?
- Use š (decimal) or š (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+009A?
- C2 9A (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %C2%9A.
- How do I write U+009A in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u009A. Python: \u009A.
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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