0x1F88

0x1F88 is a hexadecimal integer literal used in many programming languages to denote the decimal value 8072. The 0x prefix indicates hex notation in languages such as C, C++, Java, JavaScript, and Python. As a numeric constant, it can be used in calculations, bitwise operations, or as an identifier in code, depending on the language and context.

When interpreted as a Unicode code point, 0x1F88 corresponds to the code point U+1F88, which sits in the Greek Extended block (U+1F00–U+1FFF). This range contains precomposed Greek letters with diacritics used for polytonic Greek notation. The exact character rendered depends on font support and rendering software; not all fonts provide glyphs for every code point in this block.

In practical terms, U+1F88 is primarily of interest to linguists, typographers, and software dealing with historical or scholarly Greek text. It is not part of everyday Modern Greek usage and may appear only in specialized typesetting, linguistic databases, or academic works. Proper display requires fonts that support Greek Extended characters and appropriate text shaping.

Encoding context varies by environment. In UTF-8, U+1F88 is encoded with four bytes; in UTF-16 it is represented using a surrogate pair. When embedding such characters in source code or data, developers must ensure the source encoding is correct and that the target environment can render the character. Escaping conventions differ by language, with some languages supporting direct Unicode escapes or character references for code points like U+1F88.