π is the Unicode character CUNEIFORM SIGN SHIM TIMES BAL, code point U+122C8 (decimal 74440) in the Cuneiform block, added in Unicode 5.0. In HTML write 𒋈, and in UTF-8 it is the 4 bytes F0 92 8B 88.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+122C8 |
| Decimal | 74440 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 92 8B 88 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | D808 DEC8 |
| UTF-32 | 000122C8 |
| HTML decimal | 𒋈 |
| HTML hex | 𒋈 |
| CSS | \122C8 |
| JavaScript | \u{122C8} or \uD808\uDEC8 |
| JSON | \uD808\uDEC8 |
| Python | \U000122C8 |
| Python by name | \N{CUNEIFORM SIGN SHIM TIMES BAL} |
| Java, C# | \uD808\uDEC8 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{122C8} |
| Go, C, C++ | \U000122C8 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %F0%92%8B%88 |
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 SHIM TIMES BAL |
| Code point | U+122C8 (decimal 74440) |
| 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+122C0 Cuneiform Sign Shesh
- π U+122C1 Cuneiform Sign Shesh2
- π U+122C2 Cuneiform Sign Sheshlam
- π U+122C3 Cuneiform Sign Shid
- π U+122C4 Cuneiform Sign Shid Times A
- π U+122C5 Cuneiform Sign Shid Times Im
- π U+122C6 Cuneiform Sign Shim
- π U+122C7 Cuneiform Sign Shim Times A
- π U+122C9 Cuneiform Sign Shim Times Bulug
- π U+122CA Cuneiform Sign Shim Times Din
- π U+122CB Cuneiform Sign Shim Times Gar
- π U+122CC Cuneiform Sign Shim Times Igi
- π U+122CD Cuneiform Sign Shim Times Igi Gunu
- π U+122CE Cuneiform Sign Shim Times Kushu2
- π U+122CF Cuneiform Sign Shim Times Lul
- π U+122D0 Cuneiform Sign Shim Times Mug
All 922 characters: Cuneiform.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for π?
- Use 𒋈 (decimal) or 𒋈 (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+122C8?
- F0 92 8B 88 (hex), 4 bytes. In a URL it is %F0%92%8B%88.
- How do I write U+122C8 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u{122C8} or \uD808\uDEC8. Python: \U000122C8.
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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