π is the Unicode emoji SHOOTING STAR, code point U+1F320 (decimal 127776) 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 A0.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+1F320 |
| Decimal | 127776 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 8C A0 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | D83C DF20 |
| UTF-32 | 0001F320 |
| HTML decimal | 🌠 |
| HTML hex | 🌠 |
| CSS | \1F320 |
| JavaScript | \u{1F320} or \uD83C\uDF20 |
| JSON | \uD83C\uDF20 |
| Python | \U0001F320 |
| Python by name | \N{SHOOTING STAR} |
| Java, C# | \uD83C\uDF20 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{1F320} |
| Go, C, C++ | \U0001F320 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %F0%9F%8C%A0 |
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 | SHOOTING STAR |
| Emoji name | shooting star |
| Code point | U+1F320 (decimal 127776) |
| 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+1F318 Waning crescent moon
- π U+1F319 Crescent moon
- π U+1F31A New moon face
- π U+1F31B First quarter moon face
- π U+1F31C Last quarter moon face
- π U+1F31D Full moon face
- π U+1F31E Sun with face
- π U+1F31F Glowing star
- π‘ U+1F321 Thermometer
- π’ U+1F322 Black Droplet
- π£ U+1F323 White Sun
- π€ U+1F324 Sun behind small cloud
- π₯ U+1F325 Sun behind large cloud
- π¦ U+1F326 Sun behind rain cloud
- π§ U+1F327 Cloud with rain
- π¨ U+1F328 Cloud with snow
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+1F320?
- F0 9F 8C A0 (hex), 4 bytes. In a URL it is %F0%9F%8C%A0.
- How do I write U+1F320 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u{1F320} or \uD83C\uDF20. Python: \U0001F320.
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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