U+215A "⅚" Vulgar Fraction Five Sixths Unicode Character

U+215A "⅚" Vulgar Fraction Five Sixths is a single typographic glyph representing the numerical ratio of five divided by six, used primarily to display this common fraction in a compact, precomposed form rather than as separate digits and a slash. It is part of the Number Forms block in Unicode, which includes similar vulgar fractions like ½, ⅓, and ⅔, designed for ease of use in text where a neat, traditional fraction appearance is desired, such as in recipes, measurements, or mathematical notation. This character simplifies typesetting by ensuring the fraction aligns properly with surrounding text, though it is considered a compatibility character, as the same value can be represented using standard digit characters and a fraction slash.

General Properties

Code Point	U+215A
Version Added	1.1
Name	Vulgar Fraction Five Sixths
Unicode 1.0 Name	Fraction Five Sixths
Block	Number Forms
General Category	Other Number
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral
Decomposition Type	Fraction
Decomposition Mapping	"5" U+0035 Digit Five "⁄" U+2044 Fraction Slash "6" U+0036 Digit Six

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	⅚
HTML Hex Encoding	⅚
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0x85 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding	0x215A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000215A
C/C++/Java Escape	\u215a

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	Numeric
Numeric Value	5/6
Line Break	Ambiguous (Alphabetic or Ideographic)
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"5" U+0035 Digit Five "⁄" U+2044 Fraction Slash "6" U+0036 Digit Six
NFKC Simple Casefold	"5" U+0035 Digit Five "⁄" U+2044 Fraction Slash "6" U+0036 Digit Six
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