π is the Unicode character BYZANTINE MUSICAL SYMBOL LYGISMA, code point U+1D05D (decimal 118877) in the Byzantine Musical Symbols block, added in Unicode 3.1. In HTML write 𝁝, and in UTF-8 it is the 4 bytes F0 9D 81 9D.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+1D05D |
| Decimal | 118877 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9D 81 9D |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | D834 DC5D |
| UTF-32 | 0001D05D |
| HTML decimal | 𝁝 |
| HTML hex | 𝁝 |
| CSS | \1D05D |
| JavaScript | \u{1D05D} or \uD834\uDC5D |
| JSON | \uD834\uDC5D |
| Python | \U0001D05D |
| Python by name | \N{BYZANTINE MUSICAL SYMBOL LYGISMA} |
| Java, C# | \uD834\uDC5D |
| Rust, Swift | \u{1D05D} |
| Go, C, C++ | \U0001D05D |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %F0%9D%81%9D |
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 | BYZANTINE MUSICAL SYMBOL LYGISMA |
| Code point | U+1D05D (decimal 118877) |
| Block | Byzantine Musical Symbols (U+1D000βU+1D0FF) |
| General category | So: Other symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 3.1 |
Nearby in Byzantine Musical Symbols
- π U+1D055 Byzantine Musical Symbol Elafron
- π U+1D056 Byzantine Musical Symbol Chamili
- π U+1D057 Byzantine Musical Symbol Mikron Ison
- π U+1D058 Byzantine Musical Symbol Vareia Neo
- π U+1D059 Byzantine Musical Symbol Piasma Neo
- π U+1D05A Byzantine Musical Symbol Psifiston Neo
- π U+1D05B Byzantine Musical Symbol Omalon
- π U+1D05C Byzantine Musical Symbol Antikenoma
- π U+1D05E Byzantine Musical Symbol Paraklitiki Neo
- π U+1D05F Byzantine Musical Symbol Parakalesma Neo
- π U+1D060 Byzantine Musical Symbol Eteron Parakalesma
- π‘ U+1D061 Byzantine Musical Symbol Kylisma
- π’ U+1D062 Byzantine Musical Symbol Antikenokylisma
- π£ U+1D063 Byzantine Musical Symbol Tromikon Neo
- π€ U+1D064 Byzantine Musical Symbol Ekstrepton
- π₯ U+1D065 Byzantine Musical Symbol Synagma Neo
All 246 characters: Byzantine Musical Symbols.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for π?
- Use 𝁝 (decimal) or 𝁝 (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+1D05D?
- F0 9D 81 9D (hex), 4 bytes. In a URL it is %F0%9D%81%9D.
- How do I write U+1D05D in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u{1D05D} or \uD834\uDC5D. Python: \U0001D05D.
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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