π is the Unicode character MATHEMATICAL DOUBLE-STRUCK CAPITAL I, code point U+1D540 (decimal 120128) in the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, added in Unicode 3.1. In HTML write 𝕀, and in UTF-8 it is the 4 bytes F0 9D 95 80.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+1D540 |
| Decimal | 120128 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9D 95 80 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | D835 DD40 |
| UTF-32 | 0001D540 |
| HTML decimal | 𝕀 |
| HTML hex | 𝕀 |
| HTML named | 𝕀 |
| CSS | \1D540 |
| JavaScript | \u{1D540} or \uD835\uDD40 |
| JSON | \uD835\uDD40 |
| Python | \U0001D540 |
| Python by name | \N{MATHEMATICAL DOUBLE-STRUCK CAPITAL I} |
| Java, C# | \uD835\uDD40 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{1D540} |
| Go, C, C++ | \U0001D540 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %F0%9D%95%80 |
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 | MATHEMATICAL DOUBLE-STRUCK CAPITAL I |
| Code point | U+1D540 (decimal 120128) |
| Block | Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols (U+1D400βU+1D7FF) |
| General category | Lu: Uppercase letter |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 3.1 |
Decomposition
MATHEMATICAL DOUBLE-STRUCK CAPITAL I has a compatibility decomposition (font) to the sequence below. NFKC and NFKD normalisation replace it with that sequence, which can change how text looks, so use them for search, not for storage.
Nearby in Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
- πΆ U+1D536 Mathematical Fraktur Small Y
- π· U+1D537 Mathematical Fraktur Small Z
- πΈ U+1D538 Mathematical Double-Struck Capital A
- πΉ U+1D539 Mathematical Double-Struck Capital B
- π» U+1D53B Mathematical Double-Struck Capital D
- πΌ U+1D53C Mathematical Double-Struck Capital E
- π½ U+1D53D Mathematical Double-Struck Capital F
- πΎ U+1D53E Mathematical Double-Struck Capital G
- π U+1D541 Mathematical Double-Struck Capital J
- π U+1D542 Mathematical Double-Struck Capital K
- π U+1D543 Mathematical Double-Struck Capital L
- π U+1D544 Mathematical Double-Struck Capital M
- π U+1D546 Mathematical Double-Struck Capital O
- π U+1D54A Mathematical Double-Struck Capital S
- π U+1D54B Mathematical Double-Struck Capital T
- π U+1D54C Mathematical Double-Struck Capital U
All 997 characters: Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for π?
- Use the named entity 𝕀, or 𝕀 (decimal) or 𝕀 (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+1D540?
- F0 9D 95 80 (hex), 4 bytes. In a URL it is %F0%9D%95%80.
- How do I write U+1D540 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u{1D540} or \uD835\uDD40. Python: \U0001D540.
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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