⁀ is the Unicode character CHARACTER TIE, code point U+2040 (decimal 8256) in the General Punctuation block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ⁀, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 81 80.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+2040 |
| Decimal | 8256 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 81 80 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 2040 |
| UTF-32 | 00002040 |
| HTML decimal | ⁀ |
| HTML hex | ⁀ |
| CSS | \2040 |
| JavaScript | \u2040 |
| JSON | \u2040 |
| Python | \u2040 |
| Python by name | \N{CHARACTER TIE} |
| Java, C# | \u2040 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{2040} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u2040 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%81%80 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | CHARACTER TIE |
| Code point | U+2040 (decimal 8256) |
| Block | General Punctuation (U+2000–U+206F) |
| General category | Pc: Connector punctuation |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in General Punctuation
- ‸ U+2038 Caret
- ‹ U+2039 Single Left-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark
- › U+203A Single Right-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark
- ※ U+203B Reference Mark
- ‼ U+203C Double exclamation mark
- ‽ U+203D Interrobang
- ‾ U+203E Overline
- ‿ U+203F Undertie
- ⁁ U+2041 Caret Insertion Point
- ⁂ U+2042 Asterism
- ⁃ U+2043 Hyphen Bullet
- ⁄ U+2044 Fraction Slash
- ⁅ U+2045 Left Square Bracket With Quill
- ⁆ U+2046 Right Square Bracket With Quill
- ⁇ U+2047 Double Question Mark
- ⁈ U+2048 Question Exclamation Mark
All 111 characters: General Punctuation.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ⁀?
- Use ⁀ (decimal) or ⁀ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+2040?
- E2 81 80 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%81%80.
- How do I write U+2040 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u2040. Python: \u2040.
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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