Unicode Character "⅜" (U+215C)

The character ⅜ (Vulgar Fraction Three Eighths) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+215C. 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 ⅜.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Vulgar Fraction Three Eighths
Unicode Codepoint U+215C
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+215C Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⅜
HTML (hex) ⅜
HTML (named) ⅜
URL Escape Code %E2%85%9C
CSS \00215C
JavaScript, JSON \u215C
C, C++, Java \u215C
Python \u215C
Rust \u{215C}
Ruby \u215C

How to type "⅜"

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

Preview

  • ⅜
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ⅜
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ⅜
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x85 0x9C
UTF-16 (hex) 0x215C
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000215C

References