This is the Unicode character COMBINING CYRILLIC LETTER HARD SIGN, code point U+A678 (decimal 42616) in the Cyrillic Extended-B block, added in Unicode 6.1. In HTML write ꙸ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes EA 99 B8.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+A678 |
| Decimal | 42616 |
| UTF-8 bytes | EA 99 B8 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | A678 |
| UTF-32 | 0000A678 |
| HTML decimal | ꙸ |
| HTML hex | ꙸ |
| CSS | \A678 |
| JavaScript | \uA678 |
| JSON | \uA678 |
| Python | \uA678 |
| Python by name | \N{COMBINING CYRILLIC LETTER HARD SIGN} |
| Java, C# | \uA678 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{A678} |
| Go, C, C++ | \uA678 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %EA%99%B8 |
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 | COMBINING CYRILLIC LETTER HARD SIGN |
| Code point | U+A678 (decimal 42616) |
| Block | Cyrillic Extended-B (U+A640–U+A69F) |
| General category | Mn: Non-spacing mark |
| Script | Cyrillic |
| Bidirectional class | NSM: Non-spacing mark |
| Combining class | 230 |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 6.1 |
Nearby in Cyrillic Extended-B
- U+A670 Combining Cyrillic Ten Millions Sign
- U+A671 Combining Cyrillic Hundred Millions Sign
- U+A672 Combining Cyrillic Thousand Millions Sign
- ꙳ U+A673 Slavonic Asterisk
- U+A674 Combining Cyrillic Letter Ukrainian Ie
- U+A675 Combining Cyrillic Letter I
- U+A676 Combining Cyrillic Letter Yi
- U+A677 Combining Cyrillic Letter U
- U+A679 Combining Cyrillic Letter Yeru
- U+A67A Combining Cyrillic Letter Soft Sign
- U+A67B Combining Cyrillic Letter Omega
- U+A67C Combining Cyrillic Kavyka
- U+A67D Combining Cyrillic Payerok
- ꙾ U+A67E Cyrillic Kavyka
- ꙿ U+A67F Cyrillic Payerok
- Ꚁ U+A680 Cyrillic Capital Letter Dwe
All 96 characters: Cyrillic Extended-B.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for COMBINING CYRILLIC LETTER HARD SIGN?
- Use ꙸ (decimal) or ꙸ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+A678?
- EA 99 B8 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %EA%99%B8.
- How do I write U+A678 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \uA678. Python: \uA678.
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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