π is the Unicode emoji WAXING CRESCENT MOON SYMBOL (βwaxing crescent moonβ), code point U+1F312 (decimal 127762) in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block, added in Unicode 6.0. In HTML write 🌒, and in UTF-8 it is the 4 bytes F0 9F 8C 92.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+1F312 |
| Decimal | 127762 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 8C 92 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | D83C DF12 |
| UTF-32 | 0001F312 |
| HTML decimal | 🌒 |
| HTML hex | 🌒 |
| CSS | \1F312 |
| JavaScript | \u{1F312} or \uD83C\uDF12 |
| JSON | \uD83C\uDF12 |
| Python | \U0001F312 |
| Python by name | \N{WAXING CRESCENT MOON SYMBOL} |
| Java, C# | \uD83C\uDF12 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{1F312} |
| Go, C, C++ | \U0001F312 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %F0%9F%8C%92 |
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 | WAXING CRESCENT MOON SYMBOL |
| Emoji name | waxing crescent moon |
| Code point | U+1F312 (decimal 127762) |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs (U+1F300βU+1F5FF) |
| General category | So: Other symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 6.0 |
Nearby in Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
- π U+1F30A Water wave
- π U+1F30B Volcano
- π U+1F30C Milky way
- π U+1F30D Globe showing Europe-Africa
- π U+1F30E Globe showing Americas
- π U+1F30F Globe showing Asia-Australia
- π U+1F310 Globe with meridians
- π U+1F311 New moon
- π U+1F313 First quarter moon
- π U+1F314 Waxing gibbous moon
- π U+1F315 Full moon
- π U+1F316 Waning gibbous moon
- π U+1F317 Last quarter moon
- π U+1F318 Waning crescent moon
- π U+1F319 Crescent moon
- π U+1F31A New moon face
All 768 characters: Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for π?
- Use 🌒 (decimal) or 🌒 (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+1F312?
- F0 9F 8C 92 (hex), 4 bytes. In a URL it is %F0%9F%8C%92.
- How do I write U+1F312 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u{1F312} or \uD83C\uDF12. Python: \U0001F312.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3) and the Unicode emoji test data; 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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