Unicode Character "µ" (U+00B5)
The character µ (Micro Sign) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+00B5. 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 µ.
Main Unicode Properties
| Name | Micro Sign |
|---|---|
| Unicode Codepoint | U+00B5 |
| Unicode Version | 1.1 (June, 1993) |
| Block | Latin-1 Supplement |
| Plane | Basic Multilingual Plane |
Bidirectional Data
| Bidirectional class | Left To Right (L) |
|---|---|
| Is mirrored? | No |
Character Case
| Case | Lowercase |
|---|---|
| Uppercase character | Μ (U+039C) |
Other Unicode Data
| Category | Lowercase Letter |
|---|---|
| Script | Code for undetermined script |
| Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Decomposition mapping |
U+00B5 Conversion
| HTML (decimal) | µ |
|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | µ |
| HTML (named) | µ |
| URL Escape Code | %C2%B5 |
| CSS | \0000B5 |
| JavaScript, JSON | \u00B5 |
| C, C++, Java | \u00B5 |
| Python | \u00B5 |
| Rust | \u{00B5} |
| Ruby | \u00B5 |
How to type "µ"
Preview
- µ Times, Times New Roman, serif
- µ Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
- µ Courier, Courier New, monospace
UTF Encodings
| UTF-8 (hex) | 0xC2 0xB5 |
|---|---|
| UTF-16 (hex) | 0x00B5 |
| UTF-32 (hex) | 0x000000B5 |