π is the Unicode character MUSICAL SYMBOL SCANDICUS, code point U+1D1D6 (decimal 119254) in the Musical Symbols block, added in Unicode 3.1. In HTML write 𝇖, and in UTF-8 it is the 4 bytes F0 9D 87 96.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+1D1D6 |
| Decimal | 119254 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9D 87 96 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | D834 DDD6 |
| UTF-32 | 0001D1D6 |
| HTML decimal | 𝇖 |
| HTML hex | 𝇖 |
| CSS | \1D1D6 |
| JavaScript | \u{1D1D6} or \uD834\uDDD6 |
| JSON | \uD834\uDDD6 |
| Python | \U0001D1D6 |
| Python by name | \N{MUSICAL SYMBOL SCANDICUS} |
| Java, C# | \uD834\uDDD6 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{1D1D6} |
| Go, C, C++ | \U0001D1D6 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %F0%9D%87%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 | MUSICAL SYMBOL SCANDICUS |
| Code point | U+1D1D6 (decimal 119254) |
| Block | Musical Symbols (U+1D100βU+1D1FF) |
| 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 Musical Symbols
- π U+1D1CE Musical Symbol Tempus Imperfectum Cum Prolatione Imperfecta Diminution-3
- π U+1D1CF Musical Symbol Croix
- π U+1D1D0 Musical Symbol Gregorian C Clef
- π U+1D1D1 Musical Symbol Gregorian F Clef
- π U+1D1D2 Musical Symbol Square B
- π U+1D1D3 Musical Symbol Virga
- π U+1D1D4 Musical Symbol Podatus
- π U+1D1D5 Musical Symbol Clivis
- π U+1D1D7 Musical Symbol Climacus
- π U+1D1D8 Musical Symbol Torculus
- π U+1D1D9 Musical Symbol Porrectus
- π U+1D1DA Musical Symbol Porrectus Flexus
- π U+1D1DB Musical Symbol Scandicus Flexus
- π U+1D1DC Musical Symbol Torculus Resupinus
- π U+1D1DD Musical Symbol Pes Subpunctis
- π U+1D1DE Musical Symbol Kievan C Clef
All 256 characters: 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+1D1D6?
- F0 9D 87 96 (hex), 4 bytes. In a URL it is %F0%9D%87%96.
- How do I write U+1D1D6 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u{1D1D6} or \uD834\uDDD6. Python: \U0001D1D6.
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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