º is the Unicode character MASCULINE ORDINAL INDICATOR, code point U+00BA (decimal 186) in the Latin-1 Supplement block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write º, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes C2 BA.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+00BA |
| Decimal | 186 |
| UTF-8 bytes | C2 BA |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 00BA |
| UTF-32 | 000000BA |
| HTML decimal | º |
| HTML hex | º |
| HTML named | º |
| CSS | \BA |
| JavaScript | \u00BA |
| JSON | \u00BA |
| Python | \u00BA |
| Python by name | \N{MASCULINE ORDINAL INDICATOR} |
| Java, C# | \u00BA |
| Rust, Swift | \u{BA} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u00BA |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %C2%BA |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | MASCULINE ORDINAL INDICATOR |
| Code point | U+00BA (decimal 186) |
| Block | Latin-1 Supplement (U+0080–U+00FF) |
| General category | Lo: Other letter |
| Script | Latin |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Decomposition
MASCULINE ORDINAL INDICATOR has a compatibility decomposition (super) to the sequence below. NFKC and NFKD normalisation replace it with that sequence, which can change how text looks, so use them for search, not for storage.
Nearby in Latin-1 Supplement
- ² U+00B2 Superscript Two
- ³ U+00B3 Superscript Three
- ´ U+00B4 Acute Accent
- µ U+00B5 Micro Sign
- ¶ U+00B6 Pilcrow Sign
- · U+00B7 Middle Dot
- ¸ U+00B8 Cedilla
- ¹ U+00B9 Superscript One
- » U+00BB Right-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark
- ¼ U+00BC Vulgar Fraction One Quarter
- ½ U+00BD Vulgar Fraction One Half
- ¾ U+00BE Vulgar Fraction Three Quarters
- ¿ U+00BF Inverted Question Mark
- À U+00C0 Latin Capital Letter A With Grave
- Á U+00C1 Latin Capital Letter A With Acute
- Â U+00C2 Latin Capital Letter A With Circumflex
All 128 characters: Latin-1 Supplement.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for º?
- Use the named entity º, or º (decimal) or º (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+00BA?
- C2 BA (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %C2%BA.
- How do I write U+00BA in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u00BA. Python: \u00BA.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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