܈ is the Unicode character SYRIAC SUPRALINEAR COLON SKEWED LEFT, code point U+0708 (decimal 1800) in the Syriac block, added in Unicode 3.0. In HTML write ܈, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes DC 88.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+0708 |
| Decimal | 1800 |
| UTF-8 bytes | DC 88 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 0708 |
| UTF-32 | 00000708 |
| HTML decimal | ܈ |
| HTML hex | ܈ |
| CSS | \708 |
| JavaScript | \u0708 |
| JSON | \u0708 |
| Python | \u0708 |
| Python by name | \N{SYRIAC SUPRALINEAR COLON SKEWED LEFT} |
| Java, C# | \u0708 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{708} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u0708 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %DC%88 |
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 | SYRIAC SUPRALINEAR COLON SKEWED LEFT |
| Code point | U+0708 (decimal 1800) |
| Block | Syriac (U+0700–U+074F) |
| General category | Po: Other punctuation |
| Script | Syriac |
| Bidirectional class | AL: Right-to-left (Arabic) |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 3.0 |
Nearby in Syriac
- ܀ U+0700 Syriac End Of Paragraph
- ܁ U+0701 Syriac Supralinear Full Stop
- ܂ U+0702 Syriac Sublinear Full Stop
- ܃ U+0703 Syriac Supralinear Colon
- ܄ U+0704 Syriac Sublinear Colon
- ܅ U+0705 Syriac Horizontal Colon
- ܆ U+0706 Syriac Colon Skewed Left
- ܇ U+0707 Syriac Colon Skewed Right
- ܉ U+0709 Syriac Sublinear Colon Skewed Right
- ܊ U+070A Syriac Contraction
- ܋ U+070B Syriac Harklean Obelus
- ܌ U+070C Syriac Harklean Metobelus
- ܍ U+070D Syriac Harklean Asteriscus
- U+070F Syriac Abbreviation Mark
- ܐ U+0710 Syriac Letter Alaph
- U+0711 Syriac Letter Superscript Alaph
All 77 characters: Syriac.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ܈?
- Use ܈ (decimal) or ܈ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+0708?
- DC 88 (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %DC%88.
- How do I write U+0708 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u0708. Python: \u0708.
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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