π is the Unicode character CUNEIFORM SIGN TUM, code point U+12308 (decimal 74504) in the Cuneiform block, added in Unicode 5.0. In HTML write 𒌈, and in UTF-8 it is the 4 bytes F0 92 8C 88.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+12308 |
| Decimal | 74504 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 92 8C 88 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | D808 DF08 |
| UTF-32 | 00012308 |
| HTML decimal | 𒌈 |
| HTML hex | 𒌈 |
| CSS | \12308 |
| JavaScript | \u{12308} or \uD808\uDF08 |
| JSON | \uD808\uDF08 |
| Python | \U00012308 |
| Python by name | \N{CUNEIFORM SIGN TUM} |
| Java, C# | \uD808\uDF08 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{12308} |
| Go, C, C++ | \U00012308 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %F0%92%8C%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 TUM |
| Code point | U+12308 (decimal 74504) |
| 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+12300 Cuneiform Sign Til
- π U+12301 Cuneiform Sign Tir
- π U+12302 Cuneiform Sign Tir Times Tak4
- π U+12303 Cuneiform Sign Tir Over Tir
- π U+12304 Cuneiform Sign Tir Over Tir Gad Over Gad Gar Over Gar
- π U+12305 Cuneiform Sign Tu
- π U+12306 Cuneiform Sign Tug2
- π U+12307 Cuneiform Sign Tuk
- π U+12309 Cuneiform Sign Tur
- π U+1230A Cuneiform Sign Tur Over Tur Za Over Za
- π U+1230B Cuneiform Sign U
- π U+1230C Cuneiform Sign U Gud
- π U+1230D Cuneiform Sign U U U
- π U+1230E Cuneiform Sign U Over U Pa Over Pa Gar Over Gar
- π U+1230F Cuneiform Sign U Over U Sur Over Sur
- π U+12310 Cuneiform Sign U Over U U Reversed Over U Reversed
All 922 characters: Cuneiform.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for π?
- Use 𒌈 (decimal) or 𒌈 (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+12308?
- F0 92 8C 88 (hex), 4 bytes. In a URL it is %F0%92%8C%88.
- How do I write U+12308 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u{12308} or \uD808\uDF08. Python: \U00012308.
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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