× is the Unicode character MULTIPLICATION SIGN, code point U+00D7 (decimal 215) in the Latin-1 Supplement block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ×, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes C3 97.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+00D7 |
| Decimal | 215 |
| UTF-8 bytes | C3 97 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 00D7 |
| UTF-32 | 000000D7 |
| HTML decimal | × |
| HTML hex | × |
| HTML named | × |
| CSS | \D7 |
| JavaScript | \u00D7 |
| JSON | \u00D7 |
| Python | \u00D7 |
| Python by name | \N{MULTIPLICATION SIGN} |
| Java, C# | \u00D7 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{D7} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u00D7 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %C3%97 |
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 | MULTIPLICATION SIGN |
| Code point | U+00D7 (decimal 215) |
| Block | Latin-1 Supplement (U+0080–U+00FF) |
| General category | Sm: Math symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Latin-1 Supplement
- Ï U+00CF Latin Capital Letter I With Diaeresis
- Ð U+00D0 Latin Capital Letter Eth
- Ñ U+00D1 Latin Capital Letter N With Tilde
- Ò U+00D2 Latin Capital Letter O With Grave
- Ó U+00D3 Latin Capital Letter O With Acute
- Ô U+00D4 Latin Capital Letter O With Circumflex
- Õ U+00D5 Latin Capital Letter O With Tilde
- Ö U+00D6 Latin Capital Letter O With Diaeresis
- Ø U+00D8 Latin Capital Letter O With Stroke
- Ù U+00D9 Latin Capital Letter U With Grave
- Ú U+00DA Latin Capital Letter U With Acute
- Û U+00DB Latin Capital Letter U With Circumflex
- Ü U+00DC Latin Capital Letter U With Diaeresis
- Ý U+00DD Latin Capital Letter Y With Acute
- Þ U+00DE Latin Capital Letter Thorn
- ß U+00DF Latin Small Letter Sharp S
All 128 characters: Latin-1 Supplement.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ×?
- Use the named entity ×, or × (decimal) or × (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+00D7?
- C3 97 (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %C3%97.
- How do I write U+00D7 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u00D7. Python: \u00D7.
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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