U+2125 "℥" Ounce Sign Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
℥
U+2125 "℥" Ounce Sign is a typographic symbol representing the avoirdupois ounce, a unit of weight historically used in pharmacy and apothecary measurements. Its design typically resembles a stylized, cursive lowercase "z" or a "3" with a distinctive loop, originating from medieval manuscript abbreviations for the Latin word "uncia," meaning one twelfth. While largely obsolete in modern digital text, this character remains part of the Unicode standard for historical and specialized typographic needs, allowing precise representation of archaic notations in fields like historical documentation or vintage recipes.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2125 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Ounce Sign |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Ounce |
| Block | Letterlike Symbols |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ℥ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ℥ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x84 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2125 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002125 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2125 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| 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 |