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Technical information

Symbol⅘
NameVulgar fraction four fifths
Unicode numberU+2158
CategoryFractions
DescriptionThe Unicode character ⅘, or U+2158, is named "Vulgar Fraction Four Fifths". It is part of the "Number Forms" block, which includes characters that represent numbers in various unusual forms. This character falls under the "Number, Other" category. Visually, it represents the fraction four-fifths (4/5) as a single glyph, with the number four (the numerator) above the number five (the denominator). The term "vulgar" in its name refers to the traditional name for common fractions, not the modern sense of the word as meaning coarse or crude. This compact representation of fractions is often used in mathematical, scientific, or technical texts, where space is a consideration, and where it is preferable to avoid the horizontal fraction bar that is typically used in computer typesetting. Its specific usage can depend on its context.

Encoding

HTML Entity⅘
HTML Entity (hex)⅘
HTML Entity (named)⅘
URL Escape Code%E2%85%98
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x85 0x98
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10000101:10011000
UTF-160x2158
UTF-320x00002158

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2158"
CSS Code\2158
JavaScript"\u2158"
Perl\x{2158}
Python 2u"\u2158"
Python 3\u2158
Ruby\u{2158}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this ⅘ in sentence and in bold like this ⅘ and in italic like this ⅘.

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>&#8536;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2158";
}

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