Unicode Character "†" (U+0086)

The character † (Start Of Selected Area) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+0086. It is encoded in the Latin-1 Supplement block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as †.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Start Of Selected Area
Unicode Codepoint U+0086
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Latin-1 Supplement
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Boundary Neutral (BN)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Control
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+0086 Conversion

HTML (decimal) †
HTML (hex) †
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %C2%86
CSS \000086
JavaScript, JSON \u0086
C, C++, Java \u0086
Python \u0086
Rust \u{0086}
Ruby \u0086

How to type "†"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 0 8 6. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 0 8 6. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xC2 0x86
UTF-16 (hex) 0x0086
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00000086

References