This is the Unicode character COMBINING PARENTHESES OVERLAY, code point U+1ABE (decimal 6846) in the Combining Diacritical Marks Extended block, added in Unicode 7.0. In HTML write ᪾, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E1 AA BE.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+1ABE |
| Decimal | 6846 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E1 AA BE |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 1ABE |
| UTF-32 | 00001ABE |
| HTML decimal | ᪾ |
| HTML hex | ᪾ |
| CSS | \1ABE |
| JavaScript | \u1ABE |
| JSON | \u1ABE |
| Python | \u1ABE |
| Python by name | \N{COMBINING PARENTHESES OVERLAY} |
| Java, C# | \u1ABE |
| Rust, Swift | \u{1ABE} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u1ABE |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E1%AA%BE |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | COMBINING PARENTHESES OVERLAY |
| Code point | U+1ABE (decimal 6846) |
| Block | Combining Diacritical Marks Extended (U+1AB0–U+1AFF) |
| General category | Me: Enclosing mark |
| Script | Inherited |
| Bidirectional class | NSM: Non-spacing mark |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 7.0 |
Nearby in Combining Diacritical Marks Extended
- U+1AB6 Combining Wiggly Line Below
- U+1AB7 Combining Open Mark Below
- U+1AB8 Combining Double Open Mark Below
- U+1AB9 Combining Light Centralization Stroke Below
- U+1ABA Combining Strong Centralization Stroke Below
- U+1ABB Combining Parentheses Above
- U+1ABC Combining Double Parentheses Above
- U+1ABD Combining Parentheses Below
- U+1ABF Combining Latin Small Letter W Below
- U+1AC0 Combining Latin Small Letter Turned W Below
- U+1AC1 Combining Left Parenthesis Above Left
- U+1AC2 Combining Right Parenthesis Above Right
- U+1AC3 Combining Left Parenthesis Below Left
- U+1AC4 Combining Right Parenthesis Below Right
- U+1AC5 Combining Square Brackets Above
- U+1AC6 Combining Number Sign Above
All 65 characters: Combining Diacritical Marks Extended.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for COMBINING PARENTHESES OVERLAY?
- Use ᪾ (decimal) or ᪾ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+1ABE?
- E1 AA BE (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E1%AA%BE.
- How do I write U+1ABE in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u1ABE. Python: \u1ABE.
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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