⌊ is the Unicode character LEFT FLOOR, code point U+230A (decimal 8970) in the Miscellaneous Technical block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ⌊, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 8C 8A.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+230A |
| Decimal | 8970 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 8C 8A |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 230A |
| UTF-32 | 0000230A |
| HTML decimal | ⌊ |
| HTML hex | ⌊ |
| HTML named | ⌊ ⌊ |
| CSS | \230A |
| JavaScript | \u230A |
| JSON | \u230A |
| Python | \u230A |
| Python by name | \N{LEFT FLOOR} |
| Java, C# | \u230A |
| Rust, Swift | \u{230A} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u230A |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%8C%8A |
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 | LEFT FLOOR |
| Code point | U+230A (decimal 8970) |
| Block | Miscellaneous Technical (U+2300–U+23FF) |
| General category | Ps: Opening punctuation |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | Yes |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Miscellaneous Technical
- ⌂ U+2302 House
- ⌃ U+2303 Up Arrowhead
- ⌄ U+2304 Down Arrowhead
- ⌅ U+2305 Projective
- ⌆ U+2306 Perspective
- ⌇ U+2307 Wavy Line
- ⌈ U+2308 Left Ceiling
- ⌉ U+2309 Right Ceiling
- ⌋ U+230B Right Floor
- ⌌ U+230C Bottom Right Crop
- ⌍ U+230D Bottom Left Crop
- ⌎ U+230E Top Right Crop
- ⌏ U+230F Top Left Crop
- ⌐ U+2310 Reversed Not Sign
- ⌑ U+2311 Square Lozenge
- ⌒ U+2312 Arc
All 256 characters: Miscellaneous Technical.
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+230A?
- E2 8C 8A (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%8C%8A.
- How do I write U+230A in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u230A. Python: \u230A.
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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