⁉ is the Unicode emoji EXCLAMATION QUESTION MARK, code point U+2049 (decimal 8265) in the General Punctuation block, added in Unicode 3.0. In HTML write ⁉, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 81 89.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+2049 |
| Decimal | 8265 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 81 89 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 2049 |
| UTF-32 | 00002049 |
| HTML decimal | ⁉ |
| HTML hex | ⁉ |
| CSS | \2049 |
| JavaScript | \u2049 |
| JSON | \u2049 |
| Python | \u2049 |
| Python by name | \N{EXCLAMATION QUESTION MARK} |
| Java, C# | \u2049 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{2049} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u2049 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%81%89 |
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 | EXCLAMATION QUESTION MARK |
| Emoji name | exclamation question mark |
| Code point | U+2049 (decimal 8265) |
| Block | General Punctuation (U+2000–U+206F) |
| General category | Po: Other punctuation |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 3.0 |
Decomposition
EXCLAMATION QUESTION MARK has a compatibility decomposition (compat) to the sequence below. NFKC and NFKD normalisation replace it with that sequence, which can change how text looks, so use them for search, not for storage.
Nearby in General Punctuation
- ⁁ 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
- ⁊ U+204A Tironian Sign Et
- ⁋ U+204B Reversed Pilcrow Sign
- ⁌ U+204C Black Leftwards Bullet
- ⁍ U+204D Black Rightwards Bullet
- ⁎ U+204E Low Asterisk
- ⁏ U+204F Reversed Semicolon
- ⁐ U+2050 Close Up
- ⁑ U+2051 Two Asterisks Aligned Vertically
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+2049?
- E2 81 89 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%81%89.
- How do I write U+2049 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u2049. Python: \u2049.
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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