This is the Unicode character ARABIC NUMBER SIGN, code point U+0600 (decimal 1536) in the Arabic block, added in Unicode 4.0. In HTML write ؀, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes D8 80.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+0600 |
| Decimal | 1536 |
| UTF-8 bytes | D8 80 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 0600 |
| UTF-32 | 00000600 |
| HTML decimal | ؀ |
| HTML hex | ؀ |
| CSS | \600 |
| JavaScript | \u0600 |
| JSON | \u0600 |
| Python | \u0600 |
| Python by name | \N{ARABIC NUMBER SIGN} |
| Java, C# | \u0600 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{600} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u0600 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %D8%80 |
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 | ARABIC NUMBER SIGN |
| Code point | U+0600 (decimal 1536) |
| Block | Arabic (U+0600–U+06FF) |
| General category | Cf: Format character |
| Script | Arabic |
| Bidirectional class | AN: Arabic number |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 4.0 |
Nearby in Arabic
- U+0601 Arabic Sign Sanah
- U+0602 Arabic Footnote Marker
- U+0603 Arabic Sign Safha
- U+0604 Arabic Sign Samvat
- U+0605 Arabic Number Mark Above
- ؆ U+0606 Arabic-Indic Cube Root
- ؇ U+0607 Arabic-Indic Fourth Root
- ؈ U+0608 Arabic Ray
All 256 characters: Arabic.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ARABIC NUMBER SIGN?
- Use ؀ (decimal) or ؀ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+0600?
- D8 80 (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %D8%80.
- How do I write U+0600 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u0600. Python: \u0600.
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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