GlyphIndexFraction conversion
5‰ = 5/1000 = 0.005
The denominator is one thousand.
Per-mille sign
The per-mille sign ‰ means per thousand. It uses a different scale from percent %, which means per hundred.
PER MILLE SIGN
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Character details
♡→✦
3 code pointsMeaning and context
The per-mille sign ‰ means per thousand. It uses a different scale from percent %, which means per hundred.
How to use it
Write the unit or population being measured and show the conversion if readers may confuse the scales. A small symbol difference changes the numerical interpretation by a factor of ten.
Examples
Percent comparison
5‰ = 0.5%
The values are equal even though the displayed numbers differ.
Similar shapes, different characters
Percent
U+0025Percent means per hundred.
DetailsPer-ten-thousand sign
U+2031This uses a denominator of ten thousand instead.
Sources 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.