U+2114 "℔" L B Bar Symbol Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+2114 "℔" L B Bar Symbol is a typographic ligature historically used in pharmacy and prescription writing, representing the Latin abbreviation "libra" for the pound unit of weight. It combines the letters L and B with a horizontal bar, which often indicated an abbreviation or a struck-through stroke in manuscript traditions. This symbol is part of the Letterlike Symbols block in Unicode, preserving a vestige of pre-modern notation for apothecary and medical measurements.
General Properties
Code Point
U+2114
Name
L B Bar Symbol
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
℔
HTML Hex Encoding
℔
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x84 0x94
UTF-16 Encoding
0x2114
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00002114
C/C++/Java Escape
\u2114
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Common