π is the Unicode emoji HELICOPTER, code point U+1F681 (decimal 128641) in the Transport and Map Symbols block, added in Unicode 6.0. In HTML write 🚁, and in UTF-8 it is the 4 bytes F0 9F 9A 81.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+1F681 |
| Decimal | 128641 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 9A 81 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | D83D DE81 |
| UTF-32 | 0001F681 |
| HTML decimal | 🚁 |
| HTML hex | 🚁 |
| CSS | \1F681 |
| JavaScript | \u{1F681} or \uD83D\uDE81 |
| JSON | \uD83D\uDE81 |
| Python | \U0001F681 |
| Python by name | \N{HELICOPTER} |
| Java, C# | \uD83D\uDE81 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{1F681} |
| Go, C, C++ | \U0001F681 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %F0%9F%9A%81 |
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 | HELICOPTER |
| Emoji name | helicopter |
| Code point | U+1F681 (decimal 128641) |
| Block | Transport and Map Symbols (U+1F680βU+1F6FF) |
| 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 Transport and Map Symbols
- π U+1F680 Rocket
- π U+1F682 Locomotive
- π U+1F683 Railway car
- π U+1F684 High-speed train
- π U+1F685 Bullet train
- π U+1F686 Train
- π U+1F687 Metro
- π U+1F688 Light rail
- π U+1F689 Station
All 120 characters: Transport and Map Symbols.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for π?
- Use 🚁 (decimal) or 🚁 (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+1F681?
- F0 9F 9A 81 (hex), 4 bytes. In a URL it is %F0%9F%9A%81.
- How do I write U+1F681 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u{1F681} or \uD83D\uDE81. Python: \U0001F681.
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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