π is the Unicode character LIGHT WHITE SQUARE, code point U+1F78E (decimal 128910) in the Geometric Shapes Extended block, added in Unicode 7.0. In HTML write 🞎, and in UTF-8 it is the 4 bytes F0 9F 9E 8E.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+1F78E |
| Decimal | 128910 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 9E 8E |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | D83D DF8E |
| UTF-32 | 0001F78E |
| HTML decimal | 🞎 |
| HTML hex | 🞎 |
| CSS | \1F78E |
| JavaScript | \u{1F78E} or \uD83D\uDF8E |
| JSON | \uD83D\uDF8E |
| Python | \U0001F78E |
| Python by name | \N{LIGHT WHITE SQUARE} |
| Java, C# | \uD83D\uDF8E |
| Rust, Swift | \u{1F78E} |
| Go, C, C++ | \U0001F78E |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %F0%9F%9E%8E |
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 | LIGHT WHITE SQUARE |
| Code point | U+1F78E (decimal 128910) |
| Block | Geometric Shapes Extended (U+1F780βU+1F7FF) |
| General category | So: Other symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 7.0 |
Nearby in Geometric Shapes Extended
- π U+1F786 Bold White Circle
- π U+1F787 Heavy White Circle
- π U+1F788 Very Heavy White Circle
- π U+1F789 Extremely Heavy White Circle
- π U+1F78A White Circle Containing Black Small Circle
- π U+1F78B Round Target
- π U+1F78C Black Tiny Square
- π U+1F78D Black Slightly Small Square
- π U+1F78F Medium White Square
- π U+1F790 Bold White Square
- π U+1F791 Heavy White Square
- π U+1F792 Very Heavy White Square
- π U+1F793 Extremely Heavy White Square
- π U+1F794 White Square Containing Black Very Small Square
- π U+1F795 White Square Containing Black Medium Square
- π U+1F796 Square Target
All 120 characters: Geometric Shapes Extended.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for π?
- Use 🞎 (decimal) or 🞎 (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+1F78E?
- F0 9F 9E 8E (hex), 4 bytes. In a URL it is %F0%9F%9E%8E.
- How do I write U+1F78E in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u{1F78E} or \uD83D\uDF8E. Python: \U0001F78E.
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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