Unicode Character "˘" (U+02D8)

The character ˘ (Breve) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+02D8. 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 ˘.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Breve
Unicode Codepoint U+02D8
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 Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered
Decomposition mapping

U+02D8 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ˘
HTML (hex) ˘
HTML (named) ˘
URL Escape Code %CB%98
CSS \0002D8
JavaScript, JSON \u02D8
C, C++, Java \u02D8
Python \u02D8
Rust \u{02D8}
Ruby \u02D8

How to type "˘"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 2 D 8. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 2 D 8. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xCB 0x98
UTF-16 (hex) 0x02D8
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000002D8

References