U+212E "℮" Estimated Symbol Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
℮
U+212E "℮" Estimated Symbol is a typographic glyph used primarily in European commerce to indicate that the weight or volume of a packaged product is an estimated value, not an exact measurement, as defined by the European Union's "e-mark" directive. This symbol, resembling a lowercase "e" with a slightly elongated crossbar, is typically placed alongside the net quantity on food or consumer goods labels to signify compliance with EU regulations on packaging accuracy. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation across platforms, facilitating global trade and consumer information in electronic documents and databases.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+212E |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Estimated Symbol |
| Block | Letterlike Symbols |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | European Terminator |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ℮ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ℮ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x84 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x212E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000212E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u212e |