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Technical information

Symbol°
NameDegree sign
Unicode numberU+00B0
CategoryLatin-1 Supplement2. Latin-1 punctuation and symbols
DescriptionThe 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-160x00B0
UTF-320x000000B0

Source Code

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

Font size:

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20px
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28px
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36px
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48px
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72px

CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
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input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#176;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\00B0";
}

The symbol in different fonts

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

References