π is the Unicode character LINEAR B SYMBOL B086, code point U+1005C (decimal 65628) in the Linear B Syllabary block, added in Unicode 4.0. In HTML write 𐁜, and in UTF-8 it is the 4 bytes F0 90 81 9C.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+1005C |
| Decimal | 65628 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 90 81 9C |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | D800 DC5C |
| UTF-32 | 0001005C |
| HTML decimal | 𐁜 |
| HTML hex | 𐁜 |
| CSS | \1005C |
| JavaScript | \u{1005C} or \uD800\uDC5C |
| JSON | \uD800\uDC5C |
| Python | \U0001005C |
| Python by name | \N{LINEAR B SYMBOL B086} |
| Java, C# | \uD800\uDC5C |
| Rust, Swift | \u{1005C} |
| Go, C, C++ | \U0001005C |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %F0%90%81%9C |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character takes two code units (a surrogate pair) and "π".length is 2. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | LINEAR B SYMBOL B086 |
| Code point | U+1005C (decimal 65628) |
| Block | Linear B Syllabary (U+10000βU+1007F) |
| General category | Lo: Other letter |
| Script | Linear B |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 4.0 |
Nearby in Linear B Syllabary
- π U+10054 Linear B Symbol B047
- π U+10055 Linear B Symbol B049
- π U+10056 Linear B Symbol B056
- π U+10057 Linear B Symbol B063
- π U+10058 Linear B Symbol B064
- π U+10059 Linear B Symbol B079
- π U+1005A Linear B Symbol B082
- π U+1005B Linear B Symbol B083
- π U+1005D Linear B Symbol B089
All 88 characters: Linear B Syllabary.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for π?
- Use 𐁜 (decimal) or 𐁜 (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+1005C?
- F0 90 81 9C (hex), 4 bytes. In a URL it is %F0%90%81%9C.
- How do I write U+1005C in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u{1005C} or \uD800\uDC5C. Python: \U0001005C.
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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