π is the Unicode emoji SPARKLING HEART, code point U+1F496 (decimal 128150) 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 92 96.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+1F496 |
| Decimal | 128150 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 92 96 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | D83D DC96 |
| UTF-32 | 0001F496 |
| HTML decimal | 💖 |
| HTML hex | 💖 |
| CSS | \1F496 |
| JavaScript | \u{1F496} or \uD83D\uDC96 |
| JSON | \uD83D\uDC96 |
| Python | \U0001F496 |
| Python by name | \N{SPARKLING HEART} |
| Java, C# | \uD83D\uDC96 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{1F496} |
| Go, C, C++ | \U0001F496 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %F0%9F%92%96 |
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 | SPARKLING HEART |
| Emoji name | sparkling heart |
| Code point | U+1F496 (decimal 128150) |
| 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+1F48E Gem stone
- π U+1F48F Kiss
- π U+1F490 Bouquet
- π U+1F491 Couple with heart
- π U+1F492 Wedding
- π U+1F493 Beating heart
- π U+1F494 Broken heart
- π U+1F495 Two hearts
- π U+1F497 Growing heart
- π U+1F498 Heart with arrow
- π U+1F499 Blue heart
- π U+1F49A Green heart
- π U+1F49B Yellow heart
- π U+1F49C Purple heart
- π U+1F49D Heart with ribbon
- π U+1F49E Revolving hearts
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+1F496?
- F0 9F 92 96 (hex), 4 bytes. In a URL it is %F0%9F%92%96.
- How do I write U+1F496 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u{1F496} or \uD83D\uDC96. Python: \U0001F496.
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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