π is the Unicode character CUNEIFORM SIGN USHX, code point U+12356 (decimal 74582) in the Cuneiform block, added in Unicode 5.0. In HTML write 𒍖, and in UTF-8 it is the 4 bytes F0 92 8D 96.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+12356 |
| Decimal | 74582 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 92 8D 96 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | D808 DF56 |
| UTF-32 | 00012356 |
| HTML decimal | 𒍖 |
| HTML hex | 𒍖 |
| CSS | \12356 |
| JavaScript | \u{12356} or \uD808\uDF56 |
| JSON | \uD808\uDF56 |
| Python | \U00012356 |
| Python by name | \N{CUNEIFORM SIGN USHX} |
| Java, C# | \uD808\uDF56 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{12356} |
| Go, C, C++ | \U00012356 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %F0%92%8D%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 USHX |
| Code point | U+12356 (decimal 74582) |
| 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+1234E Cuneiform Sign Uru Times Uruda
- π U+1234F Cuneiform Sign Uruda
- π U+12350 Cuneiform Sign Uruda Times U
- π U+12351 Cuneiform Sign Ush
- π U+12352 Cuneiform Sign Ush Times A
- π U+12353 Cuneiform Sign Ush Times Ku
- π U+12354 Cuneiform Sign Ush Times Kur
- π U+12355 Cuneiform Sign Ush Times Tak4
- π U+12357 Cuneiform Sign Ush2
- π U+12358 Cuneiform Sign Ushumx
- π U+12359 Cuneiform Sign Utuki
- π U+1235A Cuneiform Sign Uz3
- π U+1235B Cuneiform Sign Uz3 Times Kaskal
- π U+1235C Cuneiform Sign Uzu
- π U+1235D Cuneiform Sign Za
- π U+1235E Cuneiform Sign Za Tenu
All 922 characters: Cuneiform.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for π?
- Use 𒍖 (decimal) or 𒍖 (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+12356?
- F0 92 8D 96 (hex), 4 bytes. In a URL it is %F0%92%8D%96.
- How do I write U+12356 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u{12356} or \uD808\uDF56. Python: \U00012356.
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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