Unicode Character "⅝" (U+215D)

The character ⅝ (Vulgar Fraction Five Eighths) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+215D. 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 ⅝.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Vulgar Fraction Five Eighths
Unicode Codepoint U+215D
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+215D Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⅝
HTML (hex) ⅝
HTML (named) ⅝
URL Escape Code %E2%85%9D
CSS \00215D
JavaScript, JSON \u215D
C, C++, Java \u215D
Python \u215D
Rust \u{215D}
Ruby \u215D

How to type "⅝"

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

Preview

  • ⅝
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ⅝
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ⅝
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x85 0x9D
UTF-16 (hex) 0x215D
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000215D

References