ע is the Unicode character HEBREW LETTER AYIN, code point U+05E2 (decimal 1506) in the Hebrew block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ע, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes D7 A2.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+05E2 |
| Decimal | 1506 |
| UTF-8 bytes | D7 A2 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 05E2 |
| UTF-32 | 000005E2 |
| HTML decimal | ע |
| HTML hex | ע |
| CSS | \5E2 |
| JavaScript | \u05E2 |
| JSON | \u05E2 |
| Python | \u05E2 |
| Python by name | \N{HEBREW LETTER AYIN} |
| Java, C# | \u05E2 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{5E2} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u05E2 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %D7%A2 |
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 LETTER AYIN |
| Code point | U+05E2 (decimal 1506) |
| Block | Hebrew (U+0590–U+05FF) |
| General category | Lo: Other letter |
| Script | Hebrew |
| Bidirectional class | R: Right-to-left |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Hebrew
- ך U+05DA Hebrew Letter Final Kaf
- כ U+05DB Hebrew Letter Kaf
- ל U+05DC Hebrew Letter Lamed
- ם U+05DD Hebrew Letter Final Mem
- מ U+05DE Hebrew Letter Mem
- ן U+05DF Hebrew Letter Final Nun
- נ U+05E0 Hebrew Letter Nun
- ס U+05E1 Hebrew Letter Samekh
- ף U+05E3 Hebrew Letter Final Pe
- פ U+05E4 Hebrew Letter Pe
- ץ U+05E5 Hebrew Letter Final Tsadi
- צ U+05E6 Hebrew Letter Tsadi
- ק U+05E7 Hebrew Letter Qof
- ר U+05E8 Hebrew Letter Resh
- ש U+05E9 Hebrew Letter Shin
- ת U+05EA Hebrew Letter Tav
All 90 characters: Hebrew.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ע?
- Use ע (decimal) or ע (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+05E2?
- D7 A2 (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %D7%A2.
- How do I write U+05E2 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u05E2. Python: \u05E2.
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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