؍ is the Unicode character ARABIC DATE SEPARATOR, code point U+060D (decimal 1549) in the Arabic block, added in Unicode 4.0. In HTML write ؍, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes D8 8D.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+060D |
| Decimal | 1549 |
| UTF-8 bytes | D8 8D |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 060D |
| UTF-32 | 0000060D |
| HTML decimal | ؍ |
| HTML hex | ؍ |
| CSS | \60D |
| JavaScript | \u060D |
| JSON | \u060D |
| Python | \u060D |
| Python by name | \N{ARABIC DATE SEPARATOR} |
| Java, C# | \u060D |
| Rust, Swift | \u{60D} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u060D |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %D8%8D |
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 DATE SEPARATOR |
| Code point | U+060D (decimal 1549) |
| Block | Arabic (U+0600–U+06FF) |
| General category | Po: Other punctuation |
| Script | Arabic |
| Bidirectional class | AL: Right-to-left (Arabic) |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 4.0 |
Nearby in Arabic
- U+0605 Arabic Number Mark Above
- ؆ U+0606 Arabic-Indic Cube Root
- ؇ U+0607 Arabic-Indic Fourth Root
- ؈ U+0608 Arabic Ray
- ؉ U+0609 Arabic-Indic Per Mille Sign
- ؊ U+060A Arabic-Indic Per Ten Thousand Sign
- ؋ U+060B Afghani Sign
- ، U+060C Arabic Comma
- ؎ U+060E Arabic Poetic Verse Sign
- ؏ U+060F Arabic Sign Misra
- U+0610 Arabic Sign Sallallahou Alayhe Wassallam
- U+0611 Arabic Sign Alayhe Assallam
- U+0612 Arabic Sign Rahmatullah Alayhe
- U+0613 Arabic Sign Radi Allahou Anhu
- U+0614 Arabic Sign Takhallus
- U+0615 Arabic Small High Tah
All 256 characters: Arabic.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ؍?
- Use ؍ (decimal) or ؍ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+060D?
- D8 8D (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %D8%8D.
- How do I write U+060D in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u060D. Python: \u060D.
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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