℮ is the Unicode character ESTIMATED SYMBOL, code point U+212E (decimal 8494) in the Letterlike Symbols block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ℮, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 84 AE.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+212E |
| Decimal | 8494 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 84 AE |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 212E |
| UTF-32 | 0000212E |
| HTML decimal | ℮ |
| HTML hex | ℮ |
| CSS | \212E |
| JavaScript | \u212E |
| JSON | \u212E |
| Python | \u212E |
| Python by name | \N{ESTIMATED SYMBOL} |
| Java, C# | \u212E |
| Rust, Swift | \u{212E} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u212E |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%84%AE |
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 | ESTIMATED SYMBOL |
| Code point | U+212E (decimal 8494) |
| Block | Letterlike Symbols (U+2100–U+214F) |
| General category | So: Other symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ET: European number terminator |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Letterlike Symbols
- Ω U+2126 Ohm Sign
- ℧ U+2127 Inverted Ohm Sign
- ℨ U+2128 Black-Letter Capital Z
- ℩ U+2129 Turned Greek Small Letter Iota
- K U+212A Kelvin Sign
- Å U+212B Angstrom Sign
- ℬ U+212C Script Capital B
- ℭ U+212D Black-Letter Capital C
- ℯ U+212F Script Small E
- ℰ U+2130 Script Capital E
- ℱ U+2131 Script Capital F
- Ⅎ U+2132 Turned Capital F
- ℳ U+2133 Script Capital M
- ℴ U+2134 Script Small O
- ℵ U+2135 Alef Symbol
- ℶ U+2136 Bet Symbol
All 80 characters: Letterlike Symbols.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ℮?
- Use ℮ (decimal) or ℮ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+212E?
- E2 84 AE (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%84%AE.
- How do I write U+212E in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u212E. Python: \u212E.
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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