ۿ is the Unicode character ARABIC LETTER HEH WITH INVERTED V, code point U+06FF (decimal 1791) in the Arabic block, added in Unicode 4.0. In HTML write ۿ, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes DB BF.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+06FF |
| Decimal | 1791 |
| UTF-8 bytes | DB BF |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 06FF |
| UTF-32 | 000006FF |
| HTML decimal | ۿ |
| HTML hex | ۿ |
| CSS | \6FF |
| JavaScript | \u06FF |
| JSON | \u06FF |
| Python | \u06FF |
| Python by name | \N{ARABIC LETTER HEH WITH INVERTED V} |
| Java, C# | \u06FF |
| Rust, Swift | \u{6FF} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u06FF |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %DB%BF |
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 HEH WITH INVERTED V |
| Code point | U+06FF (decimal 1791) |
| 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 | 4.0 |
Nearby in Arabic
- ۷ U+06F7 Extended Arabic-Indic Digit Seven
- ۸ U+06F8 Extended Arabic-Indic Digit Eight
- ۹ U+06F9 Extended Arabic-Indic Digit Nine
- ۺ U+06FA Arabic Letter Sheen With Dot Below
- ۻ U+06FB Arabic Letter Dad With Dot Below
- ۼ U+06FC Arabic Letter Ghain With Dot Below
- ۽ U+06FD Arabic Sign Sindhi Ampersand
- ۾ U+06FE Arabic Sign Sindhi Postposition Men
All 256 characters: Arabic.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ۿ?
- Use ۿ (decimal) or ۿ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+06FF?
- DB BF (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %DB%BF.
- How do I write U+06FF in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u06FF. Python: \u06FF.
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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