This is the Unicode character TAG ASTERISK, code point U+E002A (decimal 917546) in the Tags block, added in Unicode 3.1. In HTML write 󠀪, and in UTF-8 it is the 4 bytes F3 A0 80 AA.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+E002A |
| Decimal | 917546 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F3 A0 80 AA |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | DB40 DC2A |
| UTF-32 | 000E002A |
| HTML decimal | 󠀪 |
| HTML hex | 󠀪 |
| CSS | \E002A |
| JavaScript | \u{E002A} or \uDB40\uDC2A |
| JSON | \uDB40\uDC2A |
| Python | \U000E002A |
| Python by name | \N{TAG ASTERISK} |
| Java, C# | \uDB40\uDC2A |
| Rust, Swift | \u{E002A} |
| Go, C, C++ | \U000E002A |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %F3%A0%80%AA |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character takes two code units (a surrogate pair) and "x".length is 2. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | TAG ASTERISK |
| Code point | U+E002A (decimal 917546) |
| Block | Tags (U+E0000–U+E007F) |
| General category | Cf: Format character |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | BN: Boundary neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 3.1 |
Nearby in Tags
- U+E0022 Tag Quotation Mark
- U+E0023 Tag Number Sign
- U+E0024 Tag Dollar Sign
- U+E0025 Tag Percent Sign
- U+E0026 Tag Ampersand
- U+E0027 Tag Apostrophe
- U+E0028 Tag Left Parenthesis
- U+E0029 Tag Right Parenthesis
- U+E002B Tag Plus Sign
- U+E002C Tag Comma
- U+E002D Tag Hyphen-Minus
- U+E002E Tag Full Stop
- U+E002F Tag Solidus
- U+E0030 Tag Digit Zero
- U+E0031 Tag Digit One
- U+E0032 Tag Digit Two
All 97 characters: Tags.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for TAG ASTERISK?
- Use 󠀪 (decimal) or 󠀪 (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+E002A?
- F3 A0 80 AA (hex), 4 bytes. In a URL it is %F3%A0%80%AA.
- How do I write U+E002A in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u{E002A} or \uDB40\uDC2A. Python: \U000E002A.
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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