U+00BC "¼" Vulgar Fraction One Quarter Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
¼
U+00BC "¼" Vulgar Fraction One Quarter is a precomposed typographic glyph representing the mathematical ratio of one divided by four, commonly used in measurements, recipes, and general notation to denote a quarter portion. Originating from the Latin-1 Supplement block, it is designed as a single character for convenience in digital text, distinct from typing the separate numerals "1" and "4" with a slash. This character ensures consistent rendering across different systems for common fractional expressions, though it is considered a compatibility character rather than a native mathematical operator.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+00BC |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Vulgar Fraction One Quarter |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Fraction One Quarter |
| Block | Latin-1 Supplement |
| General Category | Other Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Decomposition Type | Fraction |
| Decomposition Mapping | "1" U+0031 Digit One "⁄" U+2044 Fraction Slash "4" U+0034 Digit Four |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ¼ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ¼ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xC2 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x00BC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000000BC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u00bc |