U+2156 "⅖" Vulgar Fraction Two Fifths Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+2156 "⅖" Vulgar Fraction Two Fifths is a precomposed typographic symbol representing the numerical value of two divided by five, designed for use in contexts where a compact, single character is preferred over the separate numbers "2" and "5" with a slash, such as in recipes, measurements, or mathematical notations. This character belongs to the Number Forms block in Unicode, which includes several common fractions intended to maintain consistent visual alignment and readability in text. Its inclusion facilitates precise formatting in digital documents, ensuring that the fraction appears as a unified glyph rather than requiring manual construction through superscript and subscript markup.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2156 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Vulgar Fraction Two Fifths |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Fraction Two Fifths |
| Block | Number Forms |
| General Category | Other Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Decomposition Type | Fraction |
| Decomposition Mapping | "2" U+0032 Digit Two "⁄" U+2044 Fraction Slash "5" U+0035 Digit Five |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⅖ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⅖ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x85 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2156 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002156 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2156 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | Numeric |
| Numeric Value | 2/5 |
| Line Break | Ambiguous (Alphabetic or Ideographic) |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "2" U+0032 Digit Two "⁄" U+2044 Fraction Slash "5" U+0035 Digit Five |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "2" U+0032 Digit Two "⁄" U+2044 Fraction Slash "5" U+0035 Digit Five |
| 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 |