π ½ is the Unicode character NEGATIVE SQUARED LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N, code point U+1F17D (decimal 127357) in the Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement block, added in Unicode 6.0. In HTML write 🅽, and in UTF-8 it is the 4 bytes F0 9F 85 BD.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+1F17D |
| Decimal | 127357 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 85 BD |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | D83C DD7D |
| UTF-32 | 0001F17D |
| HTML decimal | 🅽 |
| HTML hex | 🅽 |
| CSS | \1F17D |
| JavaScript | \u{1F17D} or \uD83C\uDD7D |
| JSON | \uD83C\uDD7D |
| Python | \U0001F17D |
| Python by name | \N{NEGATIVE SQUARED LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N} |
| Java, C# | \uD83C\uDD7D |
| Rust, Swift | \u{1F17D} |
| Go, C, C++ | \U0001F17D |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %F0%9F%85%BD |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character takes two code units (a surrogate pair) and "π ½".length is 2. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | NEGATIVE SQUARED LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N |
| Code point | U+1F17D (decimal 127357) |
| 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 | 6.0 |
Nearby in Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement
- π ΅ U+1F175 Negative Squared Latin Capital Letter F
- π Ά U+1F176 Negative Squared Latin Capital Letter G
- π · U+1F177 Negative Squared Latin Capital Letter H
- π Έ U+1F178 Negative Squared Latin Capital Letter I
- π Ή U+1F179 Negative Squared Latin Capital Letter J
- π Ί U+1F17A Negative Squared Latin Capital Letter K
- π » U+1F17B Negative Squared Latin Capital Letter L
- π Ό U+1F17C Negative Squared Latin Capital Letter M
- π Ύ U+1F17E O button (blood type)
- π Ώ U+1F17F P button
- π U+1F180 Negative Squared Latin Capital Letter Q
- π U+1F181 Negative Squared Latin Capital Letter R
- π U+1F182 Negative Squared Latin Capital Letter S
- π U+1F183 Negative Squared Latin Capital Letter T
- π U+1F184 Negative Squared Latin Capital Letter U
- π U+1F185 Negative Squared Latin Capital Letter V
All 201 characters: Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for π ½?
- Use 🅽 (decimal) or 🅽 (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+1F17D?
- F0 9F 85 BD (hex), 4 bytes. In a URL it is %F0%9F%85%BD.
- How do I write U+1F17D in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u{1F17D} or \uD83C\uDD7D. Python: \U0001F17D.
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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