℞ is the Unicode character PRESCRIPTION TAKE, code point U+211E (decimal 8478) in the Letterlike Symbols block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ℞, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 84 9E.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+211E |
| Decimal | 8478 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 84 9E |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 211E |
| UTF-32 | 0000211E |
| HTML decimal | ℞ |
| HTML hex | ℞ |
| HTML named | ℞ |
| CSS | \211E |
| JavaScript | \u211E |
| JSON | \u211E |
| Python | \u211E |
| Python by name | \N{PRESCRIPTION TAKE} |
| Java, C# | \u211E |
| Rust, Swift | \u{211E} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u211E |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%84%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 | PRESCRIPTION TAKE |
| Code point | U+211E (decimal 8478) |
| Block | Letterlike Symbols (U+2100–U+214F) |
| General category | So: Other symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Letterlike Symbols
- № U+2116 Numero Sign
- ℗ U+2117 Sound Recording Copyright
- ℘ U+2118 Script Capital P
- ℙ U+2119 Double-Struck Capital P
- ℚ U+211A Double-Struck Capital Q
- ℛ U+211B Script Capital R
- ℜ U+211C Black-Letter Capital R
- ℝ U+211D Double-Struck Capital R
- ℟ U+211F Response
- ℠ U+2120 Service Mark
- ℡ U+2121 Telephone Sign
- ™ U+2122 Trade mark
- ℣ U+2123 Versicle
- ℤ U+2124 Double-Struck Capital Z
- ℥ U+2125 Ounce Sign
- Ω U+2126 Ohm Sign
All 80 characters: Letterlike Symbols.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ℞?
- Use the named entity ℞, or ℞ (decimal) or ℞ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+211E?
- E2 84 9E (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%84%9E.
- How do I write U+211E in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u211E. Python: \u211E.
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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