ℯ is the Unicode character SCRIPT SMALL E, code point U+212F (decimal 8495) in the Letterlike Symbols block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ℯ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 84 AF.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+212F |
| Decimal | 8495 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 84 AF |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 212F |
| UTF-32 | 0000212F |
| HTML decimal | ℯ |
| HTML hex | ℯ |
| HTML named | ℯ |
| CSS | \212F |
| JavaScript | \u212F |
| JSON | \u212F |
| Python | \u212F |
| Python by name | \N{SCRIPT SMALL E} |
| Java, C# | \u212F |
| Rust, Swift | \u{212F} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u212F |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%84%AF |
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 | SCRIPT SMALL E |
| Code point | U+212F (decimal 8495) |
| Block | Letterlike Symbols (U+2100–U+214F) |
| General category | Ll: Lowercase letter |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Decomposition
SCRIPT SMALL E has a compatibility decomposition (font) to the sequence below. NFKC and NFKD normalisation replace it with that sequence, which can change how text looks, so use them for search, not for storage.
Nearby in Letterlike Symbols
- ℧ 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
- ℮ U+212E Estimated Symbol
- 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
- ℷ U+2137 Gimel Symbol
All 80 characters: Letterlike Symbols.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ℯ?
- Use the named entity ℯ, or ℯ (decimal) or ℯ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+212F?
- E2 84 AF (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%84%AF.
- How do I write U+212F in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u212F. Python: \u212F.
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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