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Technical information

Symbol№
NameNumero sign
Unicode numberU+2116
CategoryLetterlike Symbols
DescriptionThe Unicode character №, or U+2116, is known as the "Numero Sign". It belongs to the "Letterlike Symbols" block and falls under the "Letter, Other" category in the Unicode standard. This symbol is used primarily in many written languages, including English, to abbreviate the word "number". The numero sign consists of the Latin uppercase letter "N" followed by a superscript lowercase "o", often underlined. The specific use and interpretation of this symbol can vary based on the context in which it's used. For instance, it can be used in formal documents, architectural blueprints, or technical specifications to denote a specific number or a series of numbers.

Encoding

HTML Entity№
HTML Entity (hex)№
HTML Entity (named)№
URL Escape Code%E2%84%96
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x84 0x96
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10000100:10010110
UTF-160x2116
UTF-320x00002116

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2116"
CSS Code\2116
JavaScript"\u2116"
Perl\x{2116}
Python 2u"\u2116"
Python 3\u2116
Ruby\u{2116}

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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12px
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16px
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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>&#8470;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2116";
}

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