is the Unicode character IDEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION CHARACTER SUBTRACTION, code point U+31EF (decimal 12783) in the CJK Strokes block, added in Unicode 15.1. In HTML write ㇯, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E3 87 AF.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+31EF |
| Decimal | 12783 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E3 87 AF |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 31EF |
| UTF-32 | 000031EF |
| HTML decimal | ㇯ |
| HTML hex | ㇯ |
| CSS | \31EF |
| JavaScript | \u31EF |
| JSON | \u31EF |
| Python | \u31EF |
| Python by name | \N{IDEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION CHARACTER SUBTRACTION} |
| Java, C# | \u31EF |
| Rust, Swift | \u{31EF} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u31EF |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E3%87%AF |
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 SUBTRACTION |
| Code point | U+31EF (decimal 12783) |
| Block | CJK Strokes (U+31C0–U+31EF) |
| General category | So: Other symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 15.1 |
Nearby in CJK Strokes
- ㇞ U+31DE Cjk Stroke Szz
- ㇟ U+31DF Cjk Stroke Swg
- ㇠ U+31E0 Cjk Stroke Hxwg
- ㇡ U+31E1 Cjk Stroke Hzzzg
- ㇢ U+31E2 Cjk Stroke Pg
- ㇣ U+31E3 Cjk Stroke Q
- U+31E4 Cjk Stroke Hxg
- U+31E5 Cjk Stroke Szp
All 39 characters: CJK Strokes.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ?
- Use ㇯ (decimal) or ㇯ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+31EF?
- E3 87 AF (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E3%87%AF.
- How do I write U+31EF in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u31EF. Python: \u31EF.
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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