This is the Unicode character COMBINING ENCLOSING SQUARE, code point U+20DE (decimal 8414) in the Combining Diacritical Marks for Symbols block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ⃞, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 83 9E.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+20DE |
| Decimal | 8414 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 83 9E |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 20DE |
| UTF-32 | 000020DE |
| HTML decimal | ⃞ |
| HTML hex | ⃞ |
| CSS | \20DE |
| JavaScript | \u20DE |
| JSON | \u20DE |
| Python | \u20DE |
| Python by name | \N{COMBINING ENCLOSING SQUARE} |
| Java, C# | \u20DE |
| Rust, Swift | \u{20DE} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u20DE |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%83%9E |
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 | COMBINING ENCLOSING SQUARE |
| Code point | U+20DE (decimal 8414) |
| Block | Combining Diacritical Marks for Symbols (U+20D0–U+20FF) |
| General category | Me: Enclosing mark |
| Script | Inherited |
| Bidirectional class | NSM: Non-spacing mark |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Combining Diacritical Marks for Symbols
- U+20D6 Combining Left Arrow Above
- U+20D7 Combining Right Arrow Above
- U+20D8 Combining Ring Overlay
- U+20D9 Combining Clockwise Ring Overlay
- U+20DA Combining Anticlockwise Ring Overlay
- U+20DB Combining Three Dots Above
- U+20DC Combining Four Dots Above
- U+20DD Combining Enclosing Circle
- U+20DF Combining Enclosing Diamond
- U+20E0 Combining Enclosing Circle Backslash
- U+20E1 Combining Left Right Arrow Above
- U+20E2 Combining Enclosing Screen
- U+20E3 Combining Enclosing Keycap
- U+20E4 Combining Enclosing Upward Pointing Triangle
- U+20E5 Combining Reverse Solidus Overlay
- U+20E6 Combining Double Vertical Stroke Overlay
All 33 characters: Combining Diacritical Marks for Symbols.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for COMBINING ENCLOSING SQUARE?
- Use ⃞ (decimal) or ⃞ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+20DE?
- E2 83 9E (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%83%9E.
- How do I write U+20DE in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u20DE. Python: \u20DE.
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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