π is the Unicode character SQUARED LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S, code point U+1F142 (decimal 127298) in the Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement block, added in Unicode 5.2. In HTML write 🅂, and in UTF-8 it is the 4 bytes F0 9F 85 82.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+1F142 |
| Decimal | 127298 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 85 82 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | D83C DD42 |
| UTF-32 | 0001F142 |
| HTML decimal | 🅂 |
| HTML hex | 🅂 |
| CSS | \1F142 |
| JavaScript | \u{1F142} or \uD83C\uDD42 |
| JSON | \uD83C\uDD42 |
| Python | \U0001F142 |
| Python by name | \N{SQUARED LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S} |
| Java, C# | \uD83C\uDD42 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{1F142} |
| Go, C, C++ | \U0001F142 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %F0%9F%85%82 |
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 | SQUARED LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S |
| Code point | U+1F142 (decimal 127298) |
| Block | Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement (U+1F100βU+1F1FF) |
| General category | So: Other symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 5.2 |
Decomposition
SQUARED LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S has a compatibility decomposition (square) 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 Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement
- πΊ U+1F13A Squared Latin Capital Letter K
- π» U+1F13B Squared Latin Capital Letter L
- πΌ U+1F13C Squared Latin Capital Letter M
- π½ U+1F13D Squared Latin Capital Letter N
- πΎ U+1F13E Squared Latin Capital Letter O
- πΏ U+1F13F Squared Latin Capital Letter P
- π U+1F140 Squared Latin Capital Letter Q
- π U+1F141 Squared Latin Capital Letter R
- π U+1F143 Squared Latin Capital Letter T
- π U+1F144 Squared Latin Capital Letter U
- π U+1F145 Squared Latin Capital Letter V
- π U+1F146 Squared Latin Capital Letter W
- π U+1F147 Squared Latin Capital Letter X
- π U+1F148 Squared Latin Capital Letter Y
- π U+1F149 Squared Latin Capital Letter Z
- π U+1F14A Squared Hv
All 201 characters: Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for π ?
- Use 🅂 (decimal) or 🅂 (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+1F142?
- F0 9F 85 82 (hex), 4 bytes. In a URL it is %F0%9F%85%82.
- How do I write U+1F142 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u{1F142} or \uD83C\uDD42. Python: \U0001F142.
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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