Unicode Character "⅖" (U+2156)

The character ⅖ (Vulgar Fraction Two Fifths) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2156. 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 ⅖.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Vulgar Fraction Two Fifths
Unicode Codepoint U+2156
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+2156 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⅖
HTML (hex) ⅖
HTML (named) ⅖
URL Escape Code %E2%85%96
CSS \002156
JavaScript, JSON \u2156
C, C++, Java \u2156
Python \u2156
Rust \u{2156}
Ruby \u2156

How to type "⅖"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 1 5 6. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 1 5 6. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ⅖
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ⅖
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ⅖
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x85 0x96
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2156
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002156

References