U+00BE "¾" Vulgar Fraction Three Quarters Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+00BE "¾" Vulgar Fraction Three Quarters is a single typographic glyph representing the mathematical ratio of three parts out of four equal total parts, commonly used in measurements, recipes, and numerical notation for convenience and readability. As a precomposed character in the Latin-1 Supplement block, it encodes the fraction as a single unit rather than requiring separate digits and a slash, simplifying text layout and ensuring consistent display across fonts and platforms. This character has been part of the Unicode standard since its early versions, reflecting a traditional symbol from typesetting that remains essential for compact representation of common fractions in digital text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+00BE |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Vulgar Fraction Three Quarters |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Fraction Three Quarters |
| Block | Latin-1 Supplement |
| General Category | Other Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Decomposition Type | Fraction |
| Decomposition Mapping | "3" U+0033 Digit Three "⁄" U+2044 Fraction Slash "4" U+0034 Digit Four |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ¾ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ¾ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xC2 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x00BE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000000BE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u00be |