§
Other Punctuation
U+00A7
Unicode 16.0
SECTION SIGN
Official Unicode character in the Latin-1 Supplement block. Use the copy buttons or follow the platform-specific instructions below to type this character.
How to Type the SECTION SIGN (§)
Windows Instructions
Hold Alt + type 0167 or Alt + 21 on NumPad
Num Lock must be turned on. Numbers must be typed on the physical numeric keypad on the right.
macOS (Apple) Instructions
Press Option + 6
Standard macOS mnemonic Option key shortcut compatible with US and International Mac keyboards.
Technical Specifications & Encoding Details
| Unicode Codepoint | U+00A7 |
| Decimal Value | 167 |
| Hexadecimal Value | 0x00A7 |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xC2 0xA7 |
| HTML Named Entity | § |
| HTML Decimal Entity | § |
| HTML Hex Entity | § |
| General Category | Other Punctuation (Po) |
| Unicode Block | Latin-1 Supplement |
| Script | Common |