π is the Unicode character CUNEIFORM SIGN NINDA2 TIMES GUD, code point U+12256 (decimal 74326) in the Cuneiform block, added in Unicode 5.0. In HTML write 𒉖, and in UTF-8 it is the 4 bytes F0 92 89 96.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+12256 |
| Decimal | 74326 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 92 89 96 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | D808 DE56 |
| UTF-32 | 00012256 |
| HTML decimal | 𒉖 |
| HTML hex | 𒉖 |
| CSS | \12256 |
| JavaScript | \u{12256} or \uD808\uDE56 |
| JSON | \uD808\uDE56 |
| Python | \U00012256 |
| Python by name | \N{CUNEIFORM SIGN NINDA2 TIMES GUD} |
| Java, C# | \uD808\uDE56 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{12256} |
| Go, C, C++ | \U00012256 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %F0%92%89%96 |
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 | CUNEIFORM SIGN NINDA2 TIMES GUD |
| Code point | U+12256 (decimal 74326) |
| Block | Cuneiform (U+12000βU+123FF) |
| General category | Lo: Other letter |
| Script | Cuneiform |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 5.0 |
Nearby in Cuneiform
- π U+1224E Cuneiform Sign Ni2
- π U+1224F Cuneiform Sign Nim
- π U+12250 Cuneiform Sign Nim Times Gan2 Tenu
- π U+12251 Cuneiform Sign Nim Times Gar Plus Gan2 Tenu
- π U+12252 Cuneiform Sign Ninda2
- π U+12253 Cuneiform Sign Ninda2 Times An
- π U+12254 Cuneiform Sign Ninda2 Times Ash
- π U+12255 Cuneiform Sign Ninda2 Times Ash Plus Ash
- π U+12257 Cuneiform Sign Ninda2 Times Me Plus Gan2 Tenu
- π U+12258 Cuneiform Sign Ninda2 Times Ne
- π U+12259 Cuneiform Sign Ninda2 Times Nun
- π U+1225A Cuneiform Sign Ninda2 Times She
- π U+1225B Cuneiform Sign Ninda2 Times She Plus A An
- π U+1225C Cuneiform Sign Ninda2 Times She Plus Ash
- π U+1225D Cuneiform Sign Ninda2 Times She Plus Ash Plus Ash
- π U+1225E Cuneiform Sign Ninda2 Times U2 Plus Ash
All 922 characters: Cuneiform.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for π?
- Use 𒉖 (decimal) or 𒉖 (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+12256?
- F0 92 89 96 (hex), 4 bytes. In a URL it is %F0%92%89%96.
- How do I write U+12256 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u{12256} or \uD808\uDE56. Python: \U00012256.
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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