Unicode Character "⌥" (U+2325)

The character ⌥ (Option Key) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2325. It is encoded in the Miscellaneous Technical 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 Option Key
Unicode Codepoint U+2325
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Miscellaneous Technical
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

U+2325 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⌥
HTML (hex) ⌥
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%8C%A5
CSS \002325
JavaScript, JSON \u2325
C, C++, Java \u2325
Python \u2325
Rust \u{2325}
Ruby \u2325

How to type "⌥"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x8C 0xA5
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2325
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002325

References