ẁ is the Unicode character LATIN SMALL LETTER W WITH GRAVE, code point U+1E81 (decimal 7809) in the Latin Extended Additional block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ẁ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E1 BA 81.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+1E81 |
| Decimal | 7809 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E1 BA 81 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 1E81 |
| UTF-32 | 00001E81 |
| HTML decimal | ẁ |
| HTML hex | ẁ |
| CSS | \1E81 |
| JavaScript | \u1E81 |
| JSON | \u1E81 |
| Python | \u1E81 |
| Python by name | \N{LATIN SMALL LETTER W WITH GRAVE} |
| Java, C# | \u1E81 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{1E81} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u1E81 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E1%BA%81 |
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 | LATIN SMALL LETTER W WITH GRAVE |
| Code point | U+1E81 (decimal 7809) |
| Block | Latin Extended Additional (U+1E00–U+1EFF) |
| General category | Ll: Lowercase letter |
| Script | Latin |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Decomposition
LATIN SMALL LETTER W WITH GRAVE is canonically equivalent to the sequence below. Normalising text to NFD splits it into these parts; NFC joins them back into U+1E81. Search and comparison should normalise first, or the two spellings will not match.
Upper and lower case
- Ẁ U+1E80 Latin Capital Letter W With Grave — Uppercase
Nearby in Latin Extended Additional
- ṹ U+1E79 Latin Small Letter U With Tilde And Acute
- Ṻ U+1E7A Latin Capital Letter U With Macron And Diaeresis
- ṻ U+1E7B Latin Small Letter U With Macron And Diaeresis
- Ṽ U+1E7C Latin Capital Letter V With Tilde
- ṽ U+1E7D Latin Small Letter V With Tilde
- Ṿ U+1E7E Latin Capital Letter V With Dot Below
- ṿ U+1E7F Latin Small Letter V With Dot Below
- Ẁ U+1E80 Latin Capital Letter W With Grave
- Ẃ U+1E82 Latin Capital Letter W With Acute
- ẃ U+1E83 Latin Small Letter W With Acute
- Ẅ U+1E84 Latin Capital Letter W With Diaeresis
- ẅ U+1E85 Latin Small Letter W With Diaeresis
- Ẇ U+1E86 Latin Capital Letter W With Dot Above
- ẇ U+1E87 Latin Small Letter W With Dot Above
- Ẉ U+1E88 Latin Capital Letter W With Dot Below
- ẉ U+1E89 Latin Small Letter W With Dot Below
All 256 characters: Latin Extended Additional.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ẁ?
- Use ẁ (decimal) or ẁ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+1E81?
- E1 BA 81 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E1%BA%81.
- How do I write U+1E81 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u1E81. Python: \u1E81.
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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