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Technical information

Symbol	°
Name	Degree sign
Unicode number	U+00B0
Category	Latin-1 Supplement 2. Latin-1 punctuation and symbols

Description

The Unicode character °, or U+00B0, is known as the "Degree Sign". It is part of the "Latin-1 Supplement" block, which includes various characters used in Western European languages. This character falls under the "Symbol, Other" category. Visually, it appears as a small raised circle. The Degree Sign is used in various contexts. In the context of angles or temperatures, it represents degrees, as in 90° for a right angle or 20°C for a temperature. It is also used in the field of mathematics, physics, and other scientific disciplines. In geographic coordinate systems, it is used to indicate degrees of latitude and longitude. The Degree Sign is a universally recognized symbol and serves as an important element in scientific, mathematical, and everyday notation.

Encoding

HTML Entity	°
HTML Entity (hex)	°
HTML Entity (named)	°
URL Escape Code	%C2%B0
UTF-8 (hex)	0xC2 0xB0
UTF-8 (binary)	1100001010110000
UTF-16	0x00B0
UTF-32	0x000000B0

Source Code

C, C++, and Java	"\u00B0"
CSS Code	\00B0
JavaScript	"\u00B0"
Perl	\x{00B0}
Python 2	u"\u00B0"
Python 3	\u00B0
Ruby	\u{00B0}

Preview

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

CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input

disabled input

input-group

select

button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#176;</span>

span {
    content: "\00B0";
}

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

Verdana

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