﹋ is the Unicode character WAVY OVERLINE, code point U+FE4B (decimal 65099) in the CJK Compatibility Forms block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ﹋, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes EF B9 8B.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+FE4B |
| Decimal | 65099 |
| UTF-8 bytes | EF B9 8B |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | FE4B |
| UTF-32 | 0000FE4B |
| HTML decimal | ﹋ |
| HTML hex | ﹋ |
| CSS | \FE4B |
| JavaScript | \uFE4B |
| JSON | \uFE4B |
| Python | \uFE4B |
| Python by name | \N{WAVY OVERLINE} |
| Java, C# | \uFE4B |
| Rust, Swift | \u{FE4B} |
| Go, C, C++ | \uFE4B |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %EF%B9%8B |
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 | WAVY OVERLINE |
| Code point | U+FE4B (decimal 65099) |
| Block | CJK Compatibility Forms (U+FE30–U+FE4F) |
| General category | Po: Other punctuation |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Decomposition
WAVY OVERLINE 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 CJK Compatibility Forms
- ﹃ U+FE43 Presentation Form For Vertical Left White Corner Bracket
- ﹄ U+FE44 Presentation Form For Vertical Right White Corner Bracket
- ﹅ U+FE45 Sesame Dot
- ﹆ U+FE46 White Sesame Dot
- ﹇ U+FE47 Presentation Form For Vertical Left Square Bracket
- ﹈ U+FE48 Presentation Form For Vertical Right Square Bracket
- ﹉ U+FE49 Dashed Overline
- ﹊ U+FE4A Centreline Overline
- ﹌ U+FE4C Double Wavy Overline
- ﹍ U+FE4D Dashed Low Line
- ﹎ U+FE4E Centreline Low Line
- ﹏ U+FE4F Wavy Low Line
All 32 characters: CJK Compatibility Forms.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ﹋?
- Use ﹋ (decimal) or ﹋ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+FE4B?
- EF B9 8B (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %EF%B9%8B.
- How do I write U+FE4B in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \uFE4B. Python: \uFE4B.
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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