This is the Unicode character COMBINING ENCLOSING CIRCLE BACKSLASH, code point U+20E0 (decimal 8416) 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 A0.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+20E0 |
| Decimal | 8416 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 83 A0 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 20E0 |
| UTF-32 | 000020E0 |
| HTML decimal | ⃠ |
| HTML hex | ⃠ |
| CSS | \20E0 |
| JavaScript | \u20E0 |
| JSON | \u20E0 |
| Python | \u20E0 |
| Python by name | \N{COMBINING ENCLOSING CIRCLE BACKSLASH} |
| Java, C# | \u20E0 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{20E0} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u20E0 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%83%A0 |
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 CIRCLE BACKSLASH |
| Code point | U+20E0 (decimal 8416) |
| 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+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+20DE Combining Enclosing Square
- U+20DF Combining Enclosing Diamond
- 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
- U+20E7 Combining Annuity Symbol
- U+20E8 Combining Triple Underdot
All 33 characters: Combining Diacritical Marks for Symbols.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for COMBINING ENCLOSING CIRCLE BACKSLASH?
- Use ⃠ (decimal) or ⃠ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+20E0?
- E2 83 A0 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%83%A0.
- How do I write U+20E0 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u20E0. Python: \u20E0.
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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