Ж is the Unicode character CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER ZHE, code point U+0416 (decimal 1046) in the Cyrillic block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write Ж, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes D0 96.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+0416 |
| Decimal | 1046 |
| UTF-8 bytes | D0 96 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 0416 |
| UTF-32 | 00000416 |
| HTML decimal | Ж |
| HTML hex | Ж |
| HTML named | Ж |
| CSS | \416 |
| JavaScript | \u0416 |
| JSON | \u0416 |
| Python | \u0416 |
| Python by name | \N{CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER ZHE} |
| Java, C# | \u0416 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{416} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u0416 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %D0%96 |
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 | CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER ZHE |
| Code point | U+0416 (decimal 1046) |
| Block | Cyrillic (U+0400–U+04FF) |
| General category | Lu: Uppercase letter |
| Script | Cyrillic |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Upper and lower case
- ж U+0436 Cyrillic Small Letter Zhe — Lowercase
Nearby in Cyrillic
- Ў U+040E Cyrillic Capital Letter Short U
- Џ U+040F Cyrillic Capital Letter Dzhe
- А U+0410 Cyrillic Capital Letter A
- Б U+0411 Cyrillic Capital Letter Be
- В U+0412 Cyrillic Capital Letter Ve
- Г U+0413 Cyrillic Capital Letter Ghe
- Д U+0414 Cyrillic Capital Letter De
- Е U+0415 Cyrillic Capital Letter Ie
- З U+0417 Cyrillic Capital Letter Ze
- И U+0418 Cyrillic Capital Letter I
- Й U+0419 Cyrillic Capital Letter Short I
- К U+041A Cyrillic Capital Letter Ka
- Л U+041B Cyrillic Capital Letter El
- М U+041C Cyrillic Capital Letter Em
- Н U+041D Cyrillic Capital Letter En
- О U+041E Cyrillic Capital Letter O
All 256 characters: Cyrillic.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for Ж?
- Use the named entity Ж, or Ж (decimal) or Ж (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+0416?
- D0 96 (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %D0%96.
- How do I write U+0416 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u0416. Python: \u0416.
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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