Unicode Character "℡" (U+2121)

The character (Telephone Sign) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2121. 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 Telephone Sign
Unicode Codepoint U+2121
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
Decomposition mapping

U+2121 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ℡
HTML (hex) ℡
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%84%A1
CSS \002121
JavaScript, JSON \u2121
C, C++, Java \u2121
Python \u2121
Rust \u{2121}
Ruby \u2121

How to type "℡"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x84 0xA1
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2121
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002121

References