π is the Unicode character MUSICAL SYMBOL TORCULUS, code point U+1D1D8 (decimal 119256) 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 98.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+1D1D8 |
| Decimal | 119256 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9D 87 98 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | D834 DDD8 |
| UTF-32 | 0001D1D8 |
| HTML decimal | 𝇘 |
| HTML hex | 𝇘 |
| CSS | \1D1D8 |
| JavaScript | \u{1D1D8} or \uD834\uDDD8 |
| JSON | \uD834\uDDD8 |
| Python | \U0001D1D8 |
| Python by name | \N{MUSICAL SYMBOL TORCULUS} |
| Java, C# | \uD834\uDDD8 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{1D1D8} |
| Go, C, C++ | \U0001D1D8 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %F0%9D%87%98 |
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 TORCULUS |
| Code point | U+1D1D8 (decimal 119256) |
| 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+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+1D1D6 Musical Symbol Scandicus
- π U+1D1D7 Musical Symbol Climacus
- 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
- π U+1D1DF Musical Symbol Kievan End Of Piece
- π U+1D1E0 Musical Symbol Kievan Final Note
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+1D1D8?
- F0 9D 87 98 (hex), 4 bytes. In a URL it is %F0%9D%87%98.
- How do I write U+1D1D8 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u{1D1D8} or \uD834\uDDD8. Python: \U0001D1D8.
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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