This is the Unicode character DEVANAGARI VOWEL SIGN AY, code point U+A8FF (decimal 43263) in the Devanagari Extended block, added in Unicode 11.0. In HTML write ꣿ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes EA A3 BF.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+A8FF |
| Decimal | 43263 |
| UTF-8 bytes | EA A3 BF |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | A8FF |
| UTF-32 | 0000A8FF |
| HTML decimal | ꣿ |
| HTML hex | ꣿ |
| CSS | \A8FF |
| JavaScript | \uA8FF |
| JSON | \uA8FF |
| Python | \uA8FF |
| Python by name | \N{DEVANAGARI VOWEL SIGN AY} |
| Java, C# | \uA8FF |
| Rust, Swift | \u{A8FF} |
| Go, C, C++ | \uA8FF |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %EA%A3%BF |
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 | DEVANAGARI VOWEL SIGN AY |
| Code point | U+A8FF (decimal 43263) |
| Block | Devanagari Extended (U+A8E0–U+A8FF) |
| General category | Mn: Non-spacing mark |
| Script | Devanagari |
| Bidirectional class | NSM: Non-spacing mark |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 11.0 |
Nearby in Devanagari Extended
- ꣷ U+A8F7 Devanagari Sign Candrabindu Avagraha
- ꣸ U+A8F8 Devanagari Sign Pushpika
- ꣹ U+A8F9 Devanagari Gap Filler
- ꣺ U+A8FA Devanagari Caret
- ꣻ U+A8FB Devanagari Headstroke
- ꣼ U+A8FC Devanagari Sign Siddham
- ꣽ U+A8FD Devanagari Jain Om
- ꣾ U+A8FE Devanagari Letter Ay
All 32 characters: Devanagari Extended.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for DEVANAGARI VOWEL SIGN AY?
- Use ꣿ (decimal) or ꣿ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+A8FF?
- EA A3 BF (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %EA%A3%BF.
- How do I write U+A8FF in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \uA8FF. Python: \uA8FF.
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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