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# http://www.unicode.org
# http://www.unicode.org/charts/
# https://docs.python.jp/3/howto/unicode.html


    

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import unicodedata


    

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s = 'あ'
print(unicodedata.name(s))


    

    




HIRAGANA LETTER A

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name = 'grinning face'
value = unicodedata.lookup(name)
print(value)
print(type(value))


    

    




😀
<class 'str'>

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print('\N{grinning face}')


    

    




😀

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u8 = value.encode('utf-8')
print(u8)
print(type(u8))


    

    




b'\xf0\x9f\x98\x80'
<class 'bytes'>

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ue = value.encode('unicode-escape')
print(ue)
print(type(ue))


    

    




b'\\U0001f600'
<class 'bytes'>

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emoji = '\U0001f600'
print(emoji)


    

    




😀

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emoji_2 = '\U0001f601'
print(emoji_2)


    

    




😁

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print(unicodedata.name(emoji_2))


    

    




GRINNING FACE WITH SMILING EYES

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u8_2 = emoji_2.encode('utf-8')
print(u8_2)
print(type(u8_2))


    

    




b'\xf0\x9f\x98\x81'
<class 'bytes'>