GlyphIndexAngle
A quarter turn is 90°.
The degree sign follows the angular value.
Degree sign
The degree sign ° follows an angle value, as in 90°, and appears in temperature labels such as °C. It is not a small letter o.
DEGREE SIGN
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Character details
♡→✦
3 code pointsMeaning and context
The degree sign ° follows an angle value, as in 90°, and appears in temperature labels such as °C. It is not a small letter o.
How to use it
For an angle, place it after the value. For a temperature, keep the unit letter with it and follow the measurement style required by the document.
Examples
Temperature label
Room sample: 21 °C
This sequence uses U+00B0 followed by Latin C.
Similar shapes, different characters
Masculine ordinal indicator
U+00BAU+00BA is not the degree sign.
Degree Celsius character
U+2103U+2103 is a single compatibility character.
DetailsSources and method
- Unicode 18.0.0 character database — Pinned standard character identities and properties; the application computes UTF encodings from the original text.
- Unicode character code charts — Reference glyphs are not a guarantee of the appearance in a user’s font.