ffl is the Unicode character LATIN SMALL LIGATURE FFL, code point U+FB04 (decimal 64260) in the Alphabetic Presentation Forms block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ffl, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes EF AC 84.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+FB04 |
| Decimal | 64260 |
| UTF-8 bytes | EF AC 84 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | FB04 |
| UTF-32 | 0000FB04 |
| HTML decimal | ffl |
| HTML hex | ffl |
| HTML named | ffl |
| CSS | \FB04 |
| JavaScript | \uFB04 |
| JSON | \uFB04 |
| Python | \uFB04 |
| Python by name | \N{LATIN SMALL LIGATURE FFL} |
| Java, C# | \uFB04 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{FB04} |
| Go, C, C++ | \uFB04 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %EF%AC%84 |
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 | LATIN SMALL LIGATURE FFL |
| Code point | U+FB04 (decimal 64260) |
| Block | Alphabetic Presentation Forms (U+FB00–U+FB4F) |
| General category | Ll: Lowercase letter |
| Script | Latin |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Decomposition
LATIN SMALL LIGATURE FFL has a compatibility decomposition (compat) to the sequence below. NFKC and NFKD normalisation replace it with that sequence, which can change how text looks, so use them for search, not for storage.
Nearby in Alphabetic Presentation Forms
- ff U+FB00 Latin Small Ligature Ff
- fi U+FB01 Latin Small Ligature Fi
- fl U+FB02 Latin Small Ligature Fl
- ffi U+FB03 Latin Small Ligature Ffi
- ſt U+FB05 Latin Small Ligature Long S T
- st U+FB06 Latin Small Ligature St
- ﬓ U+FB13 Armenian Small Ligature Men Now
- ﬔ U+FB14 Armenian Small Ligature Men Ech
- ﬕ U+FB15 Armenian Small Ligature Men Ini
- ﬖ U+FB16 Armenian Small Ligature Vew Now
- ﬗ U+FB17 Armenian Small Ligature Men Xeh
- יִ U+FB1D Hebrew Letter Yod With Hiriq
All 58 characters: Alphabetic Presentation Forms.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ffl?
- Use the named entity ffl, or ffl (decimal) or ffl (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+FB04?
- EF AC 84 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %EF%AC%84.
- How do I write U+FB04 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \uFB04. Python: \uFB04.
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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