Technical information

Symbol
NameInformation source
Unicode numberU+2139
CategoryLetterlike Symbols
DescriptionThe Unicode character ℹ, or U+2139, is known as the "Information Source". It belongs to the "Letterlike Symbols" block and falls under the "Symbol, Other" category. The character represents the lowercase letter "i" encircled. It is universally recognized as a symbol for information. In many applications, it's used to signal the availability of additional information or to indicate an information section, often leading to detailed explanations, instructions, or more in-depth knowledge on a particular topic when interacted with.

Encoding

HTML Entityℹ
HTML Entity (hex)ℹ
URL Escape Code%E2%84%B9
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x84 0xB9
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10000100:10111001
UTF-160x2139
UTF-320x00002139

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2139"
CSS Code\2139
JavaScript"\u2139"
Perl\x{2139}
Python 2u"\u2139"
Python 3\u2139
Ruby\u{2139}

Preview

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

Font size:

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CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#8505;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2139";
}

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

References