Unicode Character "℞" (U+211E)

The character ℞ (Prescription Take) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+211E. It is encoded in the Letterlike Symbols 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 Prescription Take
Unicode Codepoint U+211E
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Letterlike Symbols
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+211E Conversion

HTML (decimal) ℞
HTML (hex) ℞
HTML (named) ℞
URL Escape Code %E2%84%9E
CSS \00211E
JavaScript, JSON \u211E
C, C++, Java \u211E
Python \u211E
Rust \u{211E}
Ruby \u211E

How to type "℞"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 1 1 E. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 1 1 E. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x84 0x9E
UTF-16 (hex) 0x211E
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000211E

References