ێ is the Unicode character ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH SMALL V, code point U+06CE (decimal 1742) in the Arabic block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ێ, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes DB 8E.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+06CE |
| Decimal | 1742 |
| UTF-8 bytes | DB 8E |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 06CE |
| UTF-32 | 000006CE |
| HTML decimal | ێ |
| HTML hex | ێ |
| CSS | \6CE |
| JavaScript | \u06CE |
| JSON | \u06CE |
| Python | \u06CE |
| Python by name | \N{ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH SMALL V} |
| Java, C# | \u06CE |
| Rust, Swift | \u{6CE} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u06CE |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %DB%8E |
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 YEH WITH SMALL V |
| Code point | U+06CE (decimal 1742) |
| 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
- ۆ U+06C6 Arabic Letter Oe
- ۇ U+06C7 Arabic Letter U
- ۈ U+06C8 Arabic Letter Yu
- ۉ U+06C9 Arabic Letter Kirghiz Yu
- ۊ U+06CA Arabic Letter Waw With Two Dots Above
- ۋ U+06CB Arabic Letter Ve
- ی U+06CC Arabic Letter Farsi Yeh
- ۍ U+06CD Arabic Letter Yeh With Tail
- ۏ U+06CF Arabic Letter Waw With Dot Above
- ې U+06D0 Arabic Letter E
- ۑ U+06D1 Arabic Letter Yeh With Three Dots Below
- ے U+06D2 Arabic Letter Yeh Barree
- ۓ U+06D3 Arabic Letter Yeh Barree With Hamza Above
- ۔ U+06D4 Arabic Full Stop
- ە U+06D5 Arabic Letter Ae
- U+06D6 Arabic Small High Ligature Sad With Lam With Alef Maksura
All 256 characters: Arabic.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ێ?
- Use ێ (decimal) or ێ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+06CE?
- DB 8E (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %DB%8E.
- How do I write U+06CE in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u06CE. Python: \u06CE.
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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