⁌ is the Unicode character BLACK LEFTWARDS BULLET, code point U+204C (decimal 8268) in the General Punctuation block, added in Unicode 3.0. In HTML write ⁌, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 81 8C.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+204C |
| Decimal | 8268 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 81 8C |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 204C |
| UTF-32 | 0000204C |
| HTML decimal | ⁌ |
| HTML hex | ⁌ |
| CSS | \204C |
| JavaScript | \u204C |
| JSON | \u204C |
| Python | \u204C |
| Python by name | \N{BLACK LEFTWARDS BULLET} |
| Java, C# | \u204C |
| Rust, Swift | \u{204C} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u204C |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%81%8C |
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 | BLACK LEFTWARDS BULLET |
| Code point | U+204C (decimal 8268) |
| 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 |
Nearby in General Punctuation
- ⁄ 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+2049 Exclamation question mark
- ⁊ U+204A Tironian Sign Et
- ⁋ U+204B Reversed Pilcrow Sign
- ⁍ U+204D Black Rightwards Bullet
- ⁎ U+204E Low Asterisk
- ⁏ U+204F Reversed Semicolon
- ⁐ U+2050 Close Up
- ⁑ U+2051 Two Asterisks Aligned Vertically
- ⁒ U+2052 Commercial Minus Sign
- ⁓ U+2053 Swung Dash
- ⁔ U+2054 Inverted Undertie
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+204C?
- E2 81 8C (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%81%8C.
- How do I write U+204C in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u204C. Python: \u204C.
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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