This is the Unicode character HEBREW POINT HOLAM HASER FOR VAV, code point U+05BA (decimal 1466) in the Hebrew block, added in Unicode 5.0. In HTML write ֺ, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes D6 BA.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+05BA |
| Decimal | 1466 |
| UTF-8 bytes | D6 BA |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 05BA |
| UTF-32 | 000005BA |
| HTML decimal | ֺ |
| HTML hex | ֺ |
| CSS | \5BA |
| JavaScript | \u05BA |
| JSON | \u05BA |
| Python | \u05BA |
| Python by name | \N{HEBREW POINT HOLAM HASER FOR VAV} |
| Java, C# | \u05BA |
| Rust, Swift | \u{5BA} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u05BA |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %D6%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 | HEBREW POINT HOLAM HASER FOR VAV |
| Code point | U+05BA (decimal 1466) |
| Block | Hebrew (U+0590–U+05FF) |
| General category | Mn: Non-spacing mark |
| Script | Hebrew |
| Bidirectional class | NSM: Non-spacing mark |
| Combining class | 19 |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 5.0 |
Nearby in Hebrew
- U+05B2 Hebrew Point Hataf Patah
- U+05B3 Hebrew Point Hataf Qamats
- U+05B4 Hebrew Point Hiriq
- U+05B5 Hebrew Point Tsere
- U+05B6 Hebrew Point Segol
- U+05B7 Hebrew Point Patah
- U+05B8 Hebrew Point Qamats
- U+05B9 Hebrew Point Holam
- U+05BB Hebrew Point Qubuts
- U+05BC Hebrew Point Dagesh Or Mapiq
- U+05BD Hebrew Point Meteg
- ־ U+05BE Hebrew Punctuation Maqaf
- U+05BF Hebrew Point Rafe
- ׀ U+05C0 Hebrew Punctuation Paseq
- U+05C1 Hebrew Point Shin Dot
- U+05C2 Hebrew Point Sin Dot
All 90 characters: Hebrew.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for HEBREW POINT HOLAM HASER FOR VAV?
- Use ֺ (decimal) or ֺ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+05BA?
- D6 BA (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %D6%BA.
- How do I write U+05BA in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u05BA. Python: \u05BA.
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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