Q: How do I write ¼ in HTML?

As a numeric character reference ¼ (decimal) or ¼ (hexadecimal). In UTF-8 documents you can also insert the character directly. There is also the named entity ¼.

Question 1

What is the character U+00BC?

Accepted Answer

U+00BC ¼ is officially named VULGAR FRACTION ONE QUARTER. It belongs to the Latin-1 Supplement block and the category Other number.

Question 2

How do I type ¼?

Accepted Answer

Windows (Word, WordPad): type 00BC, then press Alt+X. Linux (GTK/IBus): Ctrl+Shift+U 00bc, then Space. macOS: enable the “Unicode Hex Input” keyboard, hold Option and type 00BC. Or simply copy it from this page. On Windows, Alt+0188 on the numeric keypad also works.

Question 3

How do I write ¼ in HTML?

Accepted Answer

As a numeric character reference &#188; (decimal) or &#x00BC; (hexadecimal). In UTF-8 documents you can also insert the character directly. There is also the named entity &frac14;.

Question 4

How is ¼ encoded in UTF-8?

Accepted Answer

In UTF-8 the character takes 2 bytes: C2 BC. In UTF-16: 00BC.

Name	VULGAR FRACTION ONE QUARTER
Code point	`U+00BC`
Decimal	`188`
Block	Latin-1 Supplement
Category	Other number (No)
UTF-8	`C2 BC`
UTF-16	`00BC`
UTF-32	`000000BC`
HTML	`¼` `¼` `¼`
CSS	`\00BC`
JavaScript	`\u00BC`
Python	`\u00bc`
URL-encoded	`%C2%BC`
Decomposition	`<fraction> 0031 2044 0034`
Numeric value	0.25

U+00BC VULGAR FRACTION ONE QUARTER

Frequently asked questions

What is the character U+00BC?

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