⿹ is the Unicode character IDEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION CHARACTER SURROUND FROM UPPER RIGHT, code point U+2FF9 (decimal 12281) in the Ideographic Description Characters block, added in Unicode 3.0. In HTML write ⿹, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 BF B9.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+2FF9 |
| Decimal | 12281 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 BF B9 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 2FF9 |
| UTF-32 | 00002FF9 |
| HTML decimal | ⿹ |
| HTML hex | ⿹ |
| CSS | \2FF9 |
| JavaScript | \u2FF9 |
| JSON | \u2FF9 |
| Python | \u2FF9 |
| Python by name | \N{IDEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION CHARACTER SURROUND FROM UPPER RIGHT} |
| Java, C# | \u2FF9 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{2FF9} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u2FF9 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%BF%B9 |
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 | IDEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION CHARACTER SURROUND FROM UPPER RIGHT |
| Code point | U+2FF9 (decimal 12281) |
| Block | Ideographic Description Characters (U+2FF0–U+2FFF) |
| General category | So: Other symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 3.0 |
Nearby in Ideographic Description Characters
- ⿱ U+2FF1 Ideographic Description Character Above To Below
- ⿲ U+2FF2 Ideographic Description Character Left To Middle And Right
- ⿳ U+2FF3 Ideographic Description Character Above To Middle And Below
- ⿴ U+2FF4 Ideographic Description Character Full Surround
- ⿵ U+2FF5 Ideographic Description Character Surround From Above
- ⿶ U+2FF6 Ideographic Description Character Surround From Below
- ⿷ U+2FF7 Ideographic Description Character Surround From Left
- ⿸ U+2FF8 Ideographic Description Character Surround From Upper Left
- ⿺ U+2FFA Ideographic Description Character Surround From Lower Left
- ⿻ U+2FFB Ideographic Description Character Overlaid
- ⿼ U+2FFC Ideographic Description Character Surround From Right
- ⿽ U+2FFD Ideographic Description Character Surround From Lower Right
- ⿾ U+2FFE Ideographic Description Character Horizontal Reflection
- ⿿ U+2FFF Ideographic Description Character Rotation
All 16 characters: Ideographic Description Characters.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ⿹?
- Use ⿹ (decimal) or ⿹ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+2FF9?
- E2 BF B9 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%BF%B9.
- How do I write U+2FF9 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u2FF9. Python: \u2FF9.
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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