ℶ is the Unicode character BET SYMBOL, code point U+2136 (decimal 8502) in the Letterlike Symbols block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ℶ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 84 B6.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+2136 |
| Decimal | 8502 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 84 B6 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 2136 |
| UTF-32 | 00002136 |
| HTML decimal | ℶ |
| HTML hex | ℶ |
| HTML named | ℶ |
| CSS | \2136 |
| JavaScript | \u2136 |
| JSON | \u2136 |
| Python | \u2136 |
| Python by name | \N{BET SYMBOL} |
| Java, C# | \u2136 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{2136} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u2136 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%84%B6 |
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 | BET SYMBOL |
| Code point | U+2136 (decimal 8502) |
| Block | Letterlike Symbols (U+2100–U+214F) |
| General category | Lo: Other letter |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Decomposition
BET SYMBOL has a compatibility decomposition (compat) 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+212E Estimated Symbol
- 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
- ℷ U+2137 Gimel Symbol
- ℸ U+2138 Dalet Symbol
- ℹ U+2139 Information
- ℺ U+213A Rotated Capital Q
- ℻ U+213B Facsimile Sign
- ℼ U+213C Double-Struck Small Pi
- ℽ U+213D Double-Struck Small Gamma
- ℾ U+213E Double-Struck Capital Gamma
All 80 characters: Letterlike Symbols.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ℶ?
- Use the named entity ℶ, or ℶ (decimal) or ℶ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+2136?
- E2 84 B6 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%84%B6.
- How do I write U+2136 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u2136. Python: \u2136.
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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