Unicode Character "ˉ" (U+02C9)

The character ˉ (MODIFIER LETTER MACRON) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+02C9. It is encoded in the Spacing Modifier Letters block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ˉ.

Main Unicode Properties

Name MODIFIER LETTER MACRON
Unicode Codepoint U+02C9
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Spacing Modifier Letters
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Modifier Letter
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+02C9 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ˉ
HTML (hex) ˉ
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %CB%89
CSS \02C9
JavaScript \u{02C9}
JSON \u02C9
C, C++ \U000002C9
Java \u02C9
Python \U000002C9
Rust \u{02C9}
Ruby \u{02C9}

How to type "ˉ"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 2 C 9. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 2 C 9. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xCB 0x89
UTF-16 (hex) 0x02C9
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000002C9

References