Unicode Character "ע" (U+05E2)

The character ע (Hebrew Letter Ayin) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+05E2. It is encoded in the Hebrew block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ע.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Hebrew Letter Ayin
Unicode Codepoint U+05E2
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Hebrew
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Right To Left (R)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Letter
Script Hebrew
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+05E2 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ע
HTML (hex) ע
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %D7%A2
CSS \0005E2
JavaScript, JSON \u05E2
C, C++, Java \u05E2
Python \u05E2
Rust \u{05E2}
Ruby \u05E2

How to type "ע"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 5 E 2. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 5 E 2. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ע
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ע
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ע
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xD7 0xA2
UTF-16 (hex) 0x05E2
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000005E2

Characters based on "ע" (U+05E2)

References