Unicode Character "⅓" (U+2153)

The character ⅓ (Vulgar Fraction One Third) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2153. It is encoded in the Number Forms block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ⅓.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Vulgar Fraction One Third
Unicode Codepoint U+2153
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Number Forms
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Number
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered
Decomposition mapping

U+2153 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⅓
HTML (hex) ⅓
HTML (named) ⅓
URL Escape Code %E2%85%93
CSS \002153
JavaScript, JSON \u2153
C, C++, Java \u2153
Python \u2153
Rust \u{2153}
Ruby \u2153

How to type "⅓"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 1 5 3. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 1 5 3. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ⅓
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ⅓
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ⅓
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x85 0x93
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2153
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002153

References