Technical information

Symbol
NameSuperscript eight
Unicode numberU+2078
CategorySubscript and superscriptSuperscript numbers
DescriptionThe Unicode character "⁸", or U+2078, is known as the "Superscript Eight". It falls under the "Superscripts and Subscripts" block and is categorized under the "Number, Other" category in the Unicode standard. This character is a smaller and usually positioned higher than the normal line of type version of the standard numeral "8". It is often used in mathematical, scientific, or text notation contexts to denote powers, series, or other special uses that require positioning above the baseline of the rest of the text. For example, it could be used in the mathematical expression "x⁸" to represent "x to the power of 8".

Encoding

HTML Entity⁸
HTML Entity (hex)⁸
URL Escape Code%E2%81%B8
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x81 0xB8
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10000001:10111000
UTF-160x2078
UTF-320x00002078

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2078"
CSS Code\2078
JavaScript"\u2078"
Perl\x{2078}
Python 2u"\u2078"
Python 3\u2078
Ruby\u{2078}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this ⁸ in sentence and in bold like this and in italic like this .

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HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
input-group
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button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#8312;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2078";
}

The symbol in different fonts

-apple-system
Apple Color Emoji
Arial
BlinkMacSystemFont
Courier New
Georgia
Droid Sans
Helvetica
Noto Sans
Oxygen
Roboto
"Segoe UI"
sans-serif
Segoe UI Emoji
Segoe UI Symbol
system-ui
Times New Roman
Ubuntu
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