ᅪ is the Unicode character HALFWIDTH HANGUL LETTER WA, code point U+FFCD (decimal 65485) in the Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ᅪ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes EF BF 8D.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+FFCD |
| Decimal | 65485 |
| UTF-8 bytes | EF BF 8D |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | FFCD |
| UTF-32 | 0000FFCD |
| HTML decimal | ᅪ |
| HTML hex | ᅪ |
| CSS | \FFCD |
| JavaScript | \uFFCD |
| JSON | \uFFCD |
| Python | \uFFCD |
| Python by name | \N{HALFWIDTH HANGUL LETTER WA} |
| Java, C# | \uFFCD |
| Rust, Swift | \u{FFCD} |
| Go, C, C++ | \uFFCD |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %EF%BF%8D |
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 | HALFWIDTH HANGUL LETTER WA |
| Code point | U+FFCD (decimal 65485) |
| Block | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms (U+FF00–U+FFEF) |
| General category | Lo: Other letter |
| Script | Hangul |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Decomposition
HALFWIDTH HANGUL LETTER WA has a compatibility decomposition (narrow) 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 Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
- ᅢ U+FFC3 Halfwidth Hangul Letter Ae
- ᅣ U+FFC4 Halfwidth Hangul Letter Ya
- ᅤ U+FFC5 Halfwidth Hangul Letter Yae
- ᅥ U+FFC6 Halfwidth Hangul Letter Eo
- ᅦ U+FFC7 Halfwidth Hangul Letter E
- ᅧ U+FFCA Halfwidth Hangul Letter Yeo
- ᅨ U+FFCB Halfwidth Hangul Letter Ye
- ᅩ U+FFCC Halfwidth Hangul Letter O
- ᅫ U+FFCE Halfwidth Hangul Letter Wae
- ᅬ U+FFCF Halfwidth Hangul Letter Oe
- ᅭ U+FFD2 Halfwidth Hangul Letter Yo
- ᅮ U+FFD3 Halfwidth Hangul Letter U
- ᅯ U+FFD4 Halfwidth Hangul Letter Weo
- ᅰ U+FFD5 Halfwidth Hangul Letter We
- ᅱ U+FFD6 Halfwidth Hangul Letter Wi
- ᅲ U+FFD7 Halfwidth Hangul Letter Yu
All 225 characters: Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ᅪ?
- Use ᅪ (decimal) or ᅪ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+FFCD?
- EF BF 8D (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %EF%BF%8D.
- How do I write U+FFCD in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \uFFCD. Python: \uFFCD.
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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