π is the Unicode character CUNEIFORM SIGN SHU OVER INVERTED SHU, code point U+122D8 (decimal 74456) in the Cuneiform block, added in Unicode 5.0. In HTML write 𒋘, and in UTF-8 it is the 4 bytes F0 92 8B 98.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+122D8 |
| Decimal | 74456 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 92 8B 98 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | D808 DED8 |
| UTF-32 | 000122D8 |
| HTML decimal | 𒋘 |
| HTML hex | 𒋘 |
| CSS | \122D8 |
| JavaScript | \u{122D8} or \uD808\uDED8 |
| JSON | \uD808\uDED8 |
| Python | \U000122D8 |
| Python by name | \N{CUNEIFORM SIGN SHU OVER INVERTED SHU} |
| Java, C# | \uD808\uDED8 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{122D8} |
| Go, C, C++ | \U000122D8 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %F0%92%8B%98 |
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 SHU OVER INVERTED SHU |
| Code point | U+122D8 (decimal 74456) |
| 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+122D0 Cuneiform Sign Shim Times Mug
- π U+122D1 Cuneiform Sign Shim Times Sal
- π U+122D2 Cuneiform Sign Shinig
- π U+122D3 Cuneiform Sign Shir
- π U+122D4 Cuneiform Sign Shir Tenu
- π U+122D5 Cuneiform Sign Shir Over Shir Bur Over Bur
- π U+122D6 Cuneiform Sign Shita
- π U+122D7 Cuneiform Sign Shu
- π U+122D9 Cuneiform Sign Shu2
- π U+122DA Cuneiform Sign Shubur
- π U+122DB Cuneiform Sign Si
- π U+122DC Cuneiform Sign Si Gunu
- π U+122DD Cuneiform Sign Sig
- π U+122DE Cuneiform Sign Sig4
- π U+122DF Cuneiform Sign Sig4 Over Sig4 Shu2
- π U+122E0 Cuneiform Sign Sik2
All 922 characters: Cuneiform.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for π?
- Use 𒋘 (decimal) or 𒋘 (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+122D8?
- F0 92 8B 98 (hex), 4 bytes. In a URL it is %F0%92%8B%98.
- How do I write U+122D8 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u{122D8} or \uD808\uDED8. Python: \U000122D8.
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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