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U+2159 · VULGAR FRACTION ONE SIXTH

Vulgar Fraction One Sixth

  • CodepointU+2159
  • NameVULGAR FRACTION ONE SIXTH
  • Decimal8537
  • 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+2159 (⅙) is VULGAR FRACTION ONE SIXTH, 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+0036 6 (compatibility decomposition <fraction>). NFC and NFD leave it alone, but NFKC and NFKD replace it with U+0031 1 + U+2044 ⁄ + U+0036 6. Search engines, identifier checks and username systems that apply NFKC will treat the two as the same text.

It has the numeric value 1/6.

How to type ⅙

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Encodings & escapes

UTF-8 encoder →
UTF-8E2 85 993 bytes
UTF-1621591 code unit
UTF-32000021594 bytes
HTML named&frac16;named character reference
HTML decimal&#8537;
HTML hex&#x2159;
CSS\2159in content: "…"
JavaScript\u2159
JSON\u2159
Python\u2159
Python\N{VULGAR FRACTION ONE SIXTH}by name
Java / C#\u2159
C / C++\u2159universal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP\u{2159}
Go\u2159
Ruby\u2159
Excel / Sheets=UNICHAR(8537)
URL-encoded%E2%85%99percent-encoded UTF-8
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Normalization forms

Normalizer →
NFCunchanged
NFDunchanged
NFKCU+0031 1 + U+2044 ⁄ + U+0036 6
NFKDU+0031 1 + U+2044 ⁄ + U+0036 6
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Nearby in Number Forms

All in block →
U+2153⅓Vulgar Fraction One Third U+2154⅔Vulgar Fraction Two Thirds U+2155⅕Vulgar Fraction One Fifth U+2156⅖Vulgar Fraction Two Fifths U+2157⅗Vulgar Fraction Three Fifths U+2158⅘Vulgar Fraction Four Fifths U+215A⅚Vulgar Fraction Five Sixths U+215B⅛Vulgar Fraction One Eighth U+215C⅜Vulgar Fraction Three Eighths U+215D⅝Vulgar Fraction Five Eighths U+215E⅞Vulgar Fraction Seven Eighths U+215F⅟Fraction Numerator One