Technical information

Symbol
NameSuperscript four
Unicode numberU+2074
CategorySubscript and superscriptSuperscript numbers
DescriptionThe Unicode character ⁴, or U+2074, is known as "Superscript Four". It belongs to the "Superscripts and Subscripts" block, which includes characters that represent small letters or digits placed above or below the line of type. This character falls under the "Other Number" category. Visually, it represents the digit four in a small, elevated form. Superscript characters are commonly used in mathematical and scientific notation to indicate powers or exponents, as in "10⁴", which stands for "10 to the power of 4". They may also be used in footnotes or endnotes in academic, scientific, or technical texts, where a superscript number in the text is matched to a numbered note. As with other characters, the specific usage can depend on its context.

Encoding

HTML Entity⁴
HTML Entity (hex)⁴
URL Escape Code%E2%81%B4
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x81 0xB4
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10000001:10110100
UTF-160x2074
UTF-320x00002074

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2074"
CSS Code\2074
JavaScript"\u2074"
Perl\x{2074}
Python 2u"\u2074"
Python 3\u2074
Ruby\u{2074}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this ⁴ in sentence and in bold like this and in italic like this .

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HTML Forms and Input

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Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#8308;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2074";
}

The symbol in different fonts

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