π is the Unicode character CUNEIFORM SIGN SAG TIMES HA, code point U+12299 (decimal 74393) in the Cuneiform block, added in Unicode 5.0. In HTML write 𒊙, and in UTF-8 it is the 4 bytes F0 92 8A 99.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+12299 |
| Decimal | 74393 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 92 8A 99 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | D808 DE99 |
| UTF-32 | 00012299 |
| HTML decimal | 𒊙 |
| HTML hex | 𒊙 |
| CSS | \12299 |
| JavaScript | \u{12299} or \uD808\uDE99 |
| JSON | \uD808\uDE99 |
| Python | \U00012299 |
| Python by name | \N{CUNEIFORM SIGN SAG TIMES HA} |
| Java, C# | \uD808\uDE99 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{12299} |
| Go, C, C++ | \U00012299 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %F0%92%8A%99 |
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 SAG TIMES HA |
| Code point | U+12299 (decimal 74393) |
| 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+12291 Cuneiform Sign Ri
- π U+12292 Cuneiform Sign Ru
- π U+12293 Cuneiform Sign Sa
- π U+12294 Cuneiform Sign Sag Nutillu
- π U+12295 Cuneiform Sign Sag
- π U+12296 Cuneiform Sign Sag Times A
- π U+12297 Cuneiform Sign Sag Times Du
- π U+12298 Cuneiform Sign Sag Times Dub
- π U+1229A Cuneiform Sign Sag Times Kak
- π U+1229B Cuneiform Sign Sag Times Kur
- π U+1229C Cuneiform Sign Sag Times Lum
- π U+1229D Cuneiform Sign Sag Times Mi
- π U+1229E Cuneiform Sign Sag Times Nun
- π U+1229F Cuneiform Sign Sag Times Sal
- π U+122A0 Cuneiform Sign Sag Times Shid
- π‘ U+122A1 Cuneiform Sign Sag Times Tab
All 922 characters: Cuneiform.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for π?
- Use 𒊙 (decimal) or 𒊙 (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+12299?
- F0 92 8A 99 (hex), 4 bytes. In a URL it is %F0%92%8A%99.
- How do I write U+12299 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u{12299} or \uD808\uDE99. Python: \U00012299.
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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