²
Other Number
U+00B2
Unicode 16.0
SUPERSCRIPT TWO
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 SUPERSCRIPT TWO (²)
Windows Instructions
Hold Alt + type 0178 or Alt + 253 on NumPad
Num Lock must be turned on. Numbers must be typed on the physical numeric keypad on the right.
macOS (Apple) Instructions
Press Unicode Hex Input
Standard macOS mnemonic Option key shortcut compatible with US and International Mac keyboards.
Technical Specifications & Encoding Details
| Unicode Codepoint | U+00B2 |
| Decimal Value | 178 |
| Hexadecimal Value | 0x00B2 |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xC2 0xB2 |
| HTML Named Entity | ² |
| HTML Decimal Entity | ² |
| HTML Hex Entity | ² |
| General Category | Other Number (No) |
| Unicode Block | Latin-1 Supplement |
| Script | Common |