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U+2155 · VULGAR FRACTION ONE FIFTH

Vulgar Fraction One Fifth

  • CodepointU+2155
  • NameVULGAR FRACTION ONE FIFTH
  • Decimal8533
  • BlockNumber Forms (U+2150–U+218F)
  • Plane0 — Basic Multilingual Plane
  • ScriptCommon
  • CategoryNo — Other Number
  • Unicode version1.1 (1993)
  • Bidi classON — Other Neutral
  • Combining class0
  • East Asian widthN — Neutral
  • MirroredNo

About this character

U+2155 (⅕) is VULGAR FRACTION ONE FIFTH, a numeric character in the Number Forms 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 precomposed fraction equal to U+0031 1 + U+2044 ⁄ + U+0035 5 (compatibility decomposition <fraction>). NFC and NFD leave it alone, but NFKC and NFKD replace it with U+0031 1 + U+2044 ⁄ + U+0035 5. Search engines, identifier checks and username systems that apply NFKC will treat the two as the same text.

It has the numeric value 1/5.

How to type ⅕

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Encodings & escapes

UTF-8 encoder →
UTF-8E2 85 953 bytes
UTF-1621551 code unit
UTF-32000021554 bytes
HTML named&frac15;named character reference
HTML decimal&#8533;
HTML hex&#x2155;
CSS\2155in content: "…"
JavaScript\u2155
JSON\u2155
Python\u2155
Python\N{VULGAR FRACTION ONE FIFTH}by name
Java / C#\u2155
C / C++\u2155universal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP\u{2155}
Go\u2155
Ruby\u2155
Excel / Sheets=UNICHAR(8533)
URL-encoded%E2%85%95percent-encoded UTF-8
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Normalization forms

Normalizer →
NFCunchanged
NFDunchanged
NFKCU+0031 1 + U+2044 ⁄ + U+0035 5
NFKDU+0031 1 + U+2044 ⁄ + U+0035 5
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Nearby in Number Forms

All in block →
U+2150⅐Vulgar Fraction One Seventh U+2151⅑Vulgar Fraction One Ninth U+2152⅒Vulgar Fraction One Tenth U+2153⅓Vulgar Fraction One Third U+2154⅔Vulgar Fraction Two Thirds U+2156⅖Vulgar Fraction Two Fifths U+2157⅗Vulgar Fraction Three Fifths U+2158⅘Vulgar Fraction Four Fifths U+2159⅙Vulgar Fraction One Sixth U+215A⅚Vulgar Fraction Five Sixths U+215B⅛Vulgar Fraction One Eighth