ص is the Unicode character ARABIC LETTER SAD, code point U+0635 (decimal 1589) in the Arabic block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ص, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes D8 B5.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+0635 |
| Decimal | 1589 |
| UTF-8 bytes | D8 B5 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 0635 |
| UTF-32 | 00000635 |
| HTML decimal | ص |
| HTML hex | ص |
| CSS | \635 |
| JavaScript | \u0635 |
| JSON | \u0635 |
| Python | \u0635 |
| Python by name | \N{ARABIC LETTER SAD} |
| Java, C# | \u0635 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{635} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u0635 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %D8%B5 |
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 LETTER SAD |
| Code point | U+0635 (decimal 1589) |
| Block | Arabic (U+0600–U+06FF) |
| General category | Lo: Other letter |
| Script | Arabic |
| Bidirectional class | AL: Right-to-left (Arabic) |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Arabic
- ح U+062D Arabic Letter Hah
- خ U+062E Arabic Letter Khah
- د U+062F Arabic Letter Dal
- ذ U+0630 Arabic Letter Thal
- ر U+0631 Arabic Letter Reh
- ز U+0632 Arabic Letter Zain
- س U+0633 Arabic Letter Seen
- ش U+0634 Arabic Letter Sheen
- ض U+0636 Arabic Letter Dad
- ط U+0637 Arabic Letter Tah
- ظ U+0638 Arabic Letter Zah
- ع U+0639 Arabic Letter Ain
- غ U+063A Arabic Letter Ghain
- ػ U+063B Arabic Letter Keheh With Two Dots Above
- ؼ U+063C Arabic Letter Keheh With Three Dots Below
- ؽ U+063D Arabic Letter Farsi Yeh With Inverted V
All 256 characters: Arabic.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ص?
- Use ص (decimal) or ص (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+0635?
- D8 B5 (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %D8%B5.
- How do I write U+0635 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u0635. Python: \u0635.
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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