⅂ is the Unicode character TURNED SANS-SERIF CAPITAL L, code point U+2142 (decimal 8514) in the Letterlike Symbols block, added in Unicode 3.2. In HTML write ⅂, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 85 82.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+2142 |
| Decimal | 8514 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 85 82 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 2142 |
| UTF-32 | 00002142 |
| HTML decimal | ⅂ |
| HTML hex | ⅂ |
| CSS | \2142 |
| JavaScript | \u2142 |
| JSON | \u2142 |
| Python | \u2142 |
| Python by name | \N{TURNED SANS-SERIF CAPITAL L} |
| Java, C# | \u2142 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{2142} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u2142 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%85%82 |
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 | TURNED SANS-SERIF CAPITAL L |
| Code point | U+2142 (decimal 8514) |
| Block | Letterlike Symbols (U+2100–U+214F) |
| General category | Sm: Math symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 3.2 |
Nearby in Letterlike Symbols
- ℺ 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
- ℿ U+213F Double-Struck Capital Pi
- ⅀ U+2140 Double-Struck N-Ary Summation
- ⅁ U+2141 Turned Sans-Serif Capital G
- ⅃ U+2143 Reversed Sans-Serif Capital L
- ⅄ U+2144 Turned Sans-Serif Capital Y
- ⅅ U+2145 Double-Struck Italic Capital D
- ⅆ U+2146 Double-Struck Italic Small D
- ⅇ U+2147 Double-Struck Italic Small E
- ⅈ U+2148 Double-Struck Italic Small I
- ⅉ U+2149 Double-Struck Italic Small J
- ⅊ U+214A Property Line
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+2142?
- E2 85 82 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%85%82.
- How do I write U+2142 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u2142. Python: \u2142.
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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