Ư is the Unicode character LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH HORN, code point U+01AF (decimal 431) in the Latin Extended-B block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write Ư, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes C6 AF.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+01AF |
| Decimal | 431 |
| UTF-8 bytes | C6 AF |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 01AF |
| UTF-32 | 000001AF |
| HTML decimal | Ư |
| HTML hex | Ư |
| CSS | \1AF |
| JavaScript | \u01AF |
| JSON | \u01AF |
| Python | \u01AF |
| Python by name | \N{LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH HORN} |
| Java, C# | \u01AF |
| Rust, Swift | \u{1AF} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u01AF |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %C6%AF |
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 LETTER U WITH HORN |
| Code point | U+01AF (decimal 431) |
| Block | Latin Extended-B (U+0180–U+024F) |
| 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 LETTER U WITH HORN is canonically equivalent to the sequence below. Normalising text to NFD splits it into these parts; NFC joins them back into U+01AF. Search and comparison should normalise first, or the two spellings will not match.
Upper and lower case
- ư U+01B0 Latin Small Letter U With Horn — Lowercase
Nearby in Latin Extended-B
- Ƨ U+01A7 Latin Capital Letter Tone Two
- ƨ U+01A8 Latin Small Letter Tone Two
- Ʃ U+01A9 Latin Capital Letter Esh
- ƪ U+01AA Latin Letter Reversed Esh Loop
- ƫ U+01AB Latin Small Letter T With Palatal Hook
- Ƭ U+01AC Latin Capital Letter T With Hook
- ƭ U+01AD Latin Small Letter T With Hook
- Ʈ U+01AE Latin Capital Letter T With Retroflex Hook
- ư U+01B0 Latin Small Letter U With Horn
- Ʊ U+01B1 Latin Capital Letter Upsilon
- Ʋ U+01B2 Latin Capital Letter V With Hook
- Ƴ U+01B3 Latin Capital Letter Y With Hook
- ƴ U+01B4 Latin Small Letter Y With Hook
- Ƶ U+01B5 Latin Capital Letter Z With Stroke
- ƶ U+01B6 Latin Small Letter Z With Stroke
- Ʒ U+01B7 Latin Capital Letter Ezh
All 208 characters: Latin Extended-B.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for Ư?
- Use Ư (decimal) or Ư (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+01AF?
- C6 AF (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %C6%AF.
- How do I write U+01AF in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u01AF. Python: \u01AF.
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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