Ẍ is the Unicode character LATIN CAPITAL LETTER X WITH DIAERESIS, code point U+1E8C (decimal 7820) in the Latin Extended Additional block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write Ẍ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E1 BA 8C.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+1E8C |
| Decimal | 7820 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E1 BA 8C |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 1E8C |
| UTF-32 | 00001E8C |
| HTML decimal | Ẍ |
| HTML hex | Ẍ |
| CSS | \1E8C |
| JavaScript | \u1E8C |
| JSON | \u1E8C |
| Python | \u1E8C |
| Python by name | \N{LATIN CAPITAL LETTER X WITH DIAERESIS} |
| Java, C# | \u1E8C |
| Rust, Swift | \u{1E8C} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u1E8C |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E1%BA%8C |
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 CAPITAL LETTER X WITH DIAERESIS |
| Code point | U+1E8C (decimal 7820) |
| Block | Latin Extended Additional (U+1E00–U+1EFF) |
| General category | Lu: Uppercase letter |
| Script | Latin |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Decomposition
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER X WITH DIAERESIS is canonically equivalent to the sequence below. Normalising text to NFD splits it into these parts; NFC joins them back into U+1E8C. Search and comparison should normalise first, or the two spellings will not match.
Upper and lower case
- ẍ U+1E8D Latin Small Letter X With Diaeresis — Lowercase
Nearby in Latin Extended Additional
- 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
- Ẋ U+1E8A Latin Capital Letter X With Dot Above
- ẋ U+1E8B Latin Small Letter X With Dot Above
- ẍ U+1E8D Latin Small Letter X With Diaeresis
- Ẏ U+1E8E Latin Capital Letter Y With Dot Above
- ẏ U+1E8F Latin Small Letter Y With Dot Above
- Ẑ U+1E90 Latin Capital Letter Z With Circumflex
- ẑ U+1E91 Latin Small Letter Z With Circumflex
- Ẓ U+1E92 Latin Capital Letter Z With Dot Below
- ẓ U+1E93 Latin Small Letter Z With Dot Below
- Ẕ U+1E94 Latin Capital Letter Z With Line Below
All 256 characters: Latin Extended Additional.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for Ẍ?
- Use Ẍ (decimal) or Ẍ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+1E8C?
- E1 BA 8C (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E1%BA%8C.
- How do I write U+1E8C in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u1E8C. Python: \u1E8C.
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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