✍ is the Unicode emoji WRITING HAND, code point U+270D (decimal 9997) in the Dingbats block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ✍, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 9C 8D.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+270D |
| Decimal | 9997 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 9C 8D |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 270D |
| UTF-32 | 0000270D |
| HTML decimal | ✍ |
| HTML hex | ✍ |
| CSS | \270D |
| JavaScript | \u270D |
| JSON | \u270D |
| Python | \u270D |
| Python by name | \N{WRITING HAND} |
| Java, C# | \u270D |
| Rust, Swift | \u{270D} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u270D |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%9C%8D |
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 | WRITING HAND |
| Emoji name | writing hand |
| Code point | U+270D (decimal 9997) |
| Block | Dingbats (U+2700–U+27BF) |
| General category | So: Other symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Dingbats
- ✅ U+2705 Check mark button
- ✆ U+2706 Telephone Location Sign
- ✇ U+2707 Tape Drive
- ✈ U+2708 Airplane
- ✉ U+2709 Envelope
- ✊ U+270A Raised fist
- ✋ U+270B Raised hand
- ✌ U+270C Victory hand
- ✎ U+270E Lower Right Pencil
- ✏ U+270F Pencil
- ✐ U+2710 Upper Right Pencil
- ✑ U+2711 White Nib
- ✒ U+2712 Black nib
- ✓ U+2713 Check Mark
- ✔ U+2714 Check mark
- ✕ U+2715 Multiplication X
All 192 characters: Dingbats.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ✍?
- Use ✍ (decimal) or ✍ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+270D?
- E2 9C 8D (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%9C%8D.
- How do I write U+270D in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u270D. Python: \u270D.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3) and the Unicode emoji test data; 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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