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U+2116 · NUMERO SIGN

Numero Sign

  • CodepointU+2116
  • NameNUMERO SIGN
  • Decimal8470
  • BlockLetterlike Symbols (U+2100–U+214F)
  • Plane0 — Basic Multilingual Plane
  • ScriptCommon
  • CategorySo — Other Symbol
  • Unicode version1.1 (1993)
  • Bidi classON — Other Neutral
  • Combining class0
  • East Asian widthA — Ambiguous
  • MirroredNo

About this character

U+2116 (№) is NUMERO SIGN, a symbol in the Letterlike Symbols block. Its script is Common: it is shared by many writing systems rather than belonging to one. It was added in Unicode 1.1 (1993).

It is a compatibility variant of U+004E N + U+006F o (compatibility decomposition <compat>). NFC and NFD leave it alone, but NFKC and NFKD replace it with U+004E N + U+006F o. Search engines, identifier checks and username systems that apply NFKC will treat the two as the same text.

Its East Asian Width is Ambiguous: it takes one column in Western contexts and two in East Asian legacy contexts, a common cause of misaligned tables in terminals.

How to type №

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Encodings & escapes

UTF-8 encoder →
UTF-8E2 84 963 bytes
UTF-1621161 code unit
UTF-32000021164 bytes
HTML named&numero;named character reference
HTML decimal&#8470;
HTML hex&#x2116;
CSS\2116in content: "…"
JavaScript\u2116
JSON\u2116
Python\u2116
Python\N{NUMERO SIGN}by name
Java / C#\u2116
C / C++\u2116universal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP\u{2116}
Go\u2116
Ruby\u2116
Excel / Sheets=UNICHAR(8470)
URL-encoded%E2%84%96percent-encoded UTF-8
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Normalization forms

Normalizer →
NFCunchanged
NFDunchanged
NFKCU+004E N + U+006F o
NFKDU+004E N + U+006F o
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Nearby in Letterlike Symbols

All in block →
U+2110ℐScript Capital I U+2111ℑBlack-Letter Capital I U+2112ℒScript Capital L U+2113ℓScript Small L U+2114℔L B Bar Symbol U+2115ℕDouble-Struck Capital N U+2117℗Sound Recording Copyright U+2118℘Script Capital P U+2119ℙDouble-Struck Capital P U+211AℚDouble-Struck Capital Q U+211BℛScript Capital R U+211CℜBlack-Letter Capital R