IJ is the Unicode character LATIN CAPITAL LIGATURE IJ, code point U+0132 (decimal 306) in the Latin Extended-A block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write IJ, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes C4 B2.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+0132 |
| Decimal | 306 |
| UTF-8 bytes | C4 B2 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 0132 |
| UTF-32 | 00000132 |
| HTML decimal | IJ |
| HTML hex | IJ |
| HTML named | IJ |
| CSS | \132 |
| JavaScript | \u0132 |
| JSON | \u0132 |
| Python | \u0132 |
| Python by name | \N{LATIN CAPITAL LIGATURE IJ} |
| Java, C# | \u0132 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{132} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u0132 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %C4%B2 |
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 | LATIN CAPITAL LIGATURE IJ |
| Code point | U+0132 (decimal 306) |
| Block | Latin Extended-A (U+0100–U+017F) |
| General category | Lu: Uppercase letter |
| Script | Latin |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Decomposition
LATIN CAPITAL LIGATURE IJ has a compatibility decomposition (compat) to the sequence below. NFKC and NFKD normalisation replace it with that sequence, which can change how text looks, so use them for search, not for storage.
Upper and lower case
- ij U+0133 Latin Small Ligature Ij — Lowercase
Nearby in Latin Extended-A
- Ī U+012A Latin Capital Letter I With Macron
- ī U+012B Latin Small Letter I With Macron
- Ĭ U+012C Latin Capital Letter I With Breve
- ĭ U+012D Latin Small Letter I With Breve
- Į U+012E Latin Capital Letter I With Ogonek
- į U+012F Latin Small Letter I With Ogonek
- İ U+0130 Latin Capital Letter I With Dot Above
- ı U+0131 Latin Small Letter Dotless I
- ij U+0133 Latin Small Ligature Ij
- Ĵ U+0134 Latin Capital Letter J With Circumflex
- ĵ U+0135 Latin Small Letter J With Circumflex
- Ķ U+0136 Latin Capital Letter K With Cedilla
- ķ U+0137 Latin Small Letter K With Cedilla
- ĸ U+0138 Latin Small Letter Kra
- Ĺ U+0139 Latin Capital Letter L With Acute
- ĺ U+013A Latin Small Letter L With Acute
All 128 characters: Latin Extended-A.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for IJ?
- Use the named entity IJ, or IJ (decimal) or IJ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+0132?
- C4 B2 (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %C4%B2.
- How do I write U+0132 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u0132. Python: \u0132.
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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