Ø

Technical information

Symbol	Ø
Name	Latin capital letter o with stroke
Unicode number	U+00D8
Category	Latin-1 Supplement 7. Letters

Description

The Unicode character Ø, or U+00D8, is known as "Latin Capital Letter O with Stroke". It is part of the "Latin-1 Supplement" block, which includes various characters used in Western European languages. This character falls under the "Letter, Uppercase" category. Visually, it represents an uppercase letter 'O' with a diagonal line, or "stroke", cutting through its center. This character is used in the Danish and Norwegian alphabets, where it represents a specific vowel sound, distinct from the sound represented by the letter 'O'. It's also used in mathematical and scientific contexts to represent various symbols or concepts, such as the diameter of a circle or the null set in mathematics, or the symbol for perpendicular in geometry. As with other characters, the specific usage of the Latin Capital Letter O with Stroke can depend on the language and context.

Encoding

HTML Entity	Ø
HTML Entity (hex)	Ø
HTML Entity (named)	Ø
URL Escape Code	%C3%98
UTF-8 (hex)	0xC3 0x98
UTF-8 (binary)	1100001110011000
UTF-16	0x00D8
UTF-32	0x000000D8

Source Code

C, C++, and Java	"\u00D8"
CSS Code	\00D8
JavaScript	"\u00D8"
Perl	\x{00D8}
Python 2	u"\u00D8"
Python 3	\u00D8
Ruby	\u{00D8}

Preview

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

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>&#216;</span>

span {
    content: "\00D8";
}

The symbol in different fonts

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Apple Color Emoji

Arial

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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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