ʺ is the Unicode character MODIFIER LETTER DOUBLE PRIME, code point U+02BA (decimal 698) in the Spacing Modifier Letters block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ʺ, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes CA BA.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+02BA |
| Decimal | 698 |
| UTF-8 bytes | CA BA |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 02BA |
| UTF-32 | 000002BA |
| HTML decimal | ʺ |
| HTML hex | ʺ |
| CSS | \2BA |
| JavaScript | \u02BA |
| JSON | \u02BA |
| Python | \u02BA |
| Python by name | \N{MODIFIER LETTER DOUBLE PRIME} |
| Java, C# | \u02BA |
| Rust, Swift | \u{2BA} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u02BA |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %CA%BA |
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 | MODIFIER LETTER DOUBLE PRIME |
| Code point | U+02BA (decimal 698) |
| Block | Spacing Modifier Letters (U+02B0–U+02FF) |
| General category | Lm: Modifier letter |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Spacing Modifier Letters
- ʲ U+02B2 Modifier Letter Small J
- ʳ U+02B3 Modifier Letter Small R
- ʴ U+02B4 Modifier Letter Small Turned R
- ʵ U+02B5 Modifier Letter Small Turned R With Hook
- ʶ U+02B6 Modifier Letter Small Capital Inverted R
- ʷ U+02B7 Modifier Letter Small W
- ʸ U+02B8 Modifier Letter Small Y
- ʹ U+02B9 Modifier Letter Prime
- ʻ U+02BB Modifier Letter Turned Comma
- ʼ U+02BC Modifier Letter Apostrophe
- ʽ U+02BD Modifier Letter Reversed Comma
- ʾ U+02BE Modifier Letter Right Half Ring
- ʿ U+02BF Modifier Letter Left Half Ring
- ˀ U+02C0 Modifier Letter Glottal Stop
- ˁ U+02C1 Modifier Letter Reversed Glottal Stop
- ˂ U+02C2 Modifier Letter Left Arrowhead
All 80 characters: Spacing Modifier Letters.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ʺ?
- Use ʺ (decimal) or ʺ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+02BA?
- CA BA (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %CA%BA.
- How do I write U+02BA in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u02BA. Python: \u02BA.
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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