U+2116 "№" Numero Sign Unicode Character

U+2116 "№" Numero Sign is a typographic abbreviation for the word "numero," derived from the Latin word "numerus" and commonly used in many languages, including French, Russian, and Italian, to indicate a number or numerical order. It is typically employed in contexts such as document references, addresses, or product codes to signify a specific item or sequence, often appearing before digits like in "№ 1" for "Number 1." The character is distinct from the similar-looking "No." abbreviation with a period, as it forms a single, compact symbol that avoids ambiguity in space-constrained formatting or multilingual typesetting.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2116
Version Added	1.1
Name	Numero Sign
Unicode 1.0 Name	Numero
Block	Letterlike Symbols
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral
Decomposition Type	Compat
Decomposition Mapping	"N" U+004E Latin Capital Letter N "o" U+006F Latin Small Letter O

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	№
HTML Hex Encoding	№
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0x84 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2116
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002116
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2116

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Prefix Numeric
East Asian Width	Ambiguous
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"n" U+006E Latin Small Letter N "o" U+006F Latin Small Letter O
NFKC Simple Casefold	"n" U+006E Latin Small Letter N "o" U+006F Latin Small Letter O
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other