Vulgar Fraction Two Fifths HTML entity &frac25;

&frac25; is the HTML entity for Vulgar Fraction Two Fifths ⅖ (U+2156). Copy ⅖, ⅖ and the CSS, JavaScript, Python and URL escapes.

Entity: &frac25;
Code point: U+2156
Unicode name: VULGAR FRACTION TWO FIFTHS
Block: Number Forms
Category: Other number (No)
Since: Unicode 1.1
Defined in: HTML5

Codes to copy

HTML named	`&frac25;`Works in HTML; in XML only & < > " ' are predefined.
HTML decimal	`⅖`Works in HTML and XML.
HTML hex	`⅖`Works in HTML and XML.
CSS	`content: "\2156";`In a stylesheet, for ::before and ::after.
JavaScript	`"\u2156"`Also valid in JSON.
Python	`"\u2156"`Python 3 string literal.
Python by name	`"\N{VULGAR FRACTION TWO FIFTHS}"`Readable alternative using the Unicode name.
URL	`%E2%85%96`Percent-encoded UTF-8 bytes, for a path or query value.
UTF-8 bytes	`E2 85 96`3 bytes.
UTF-16	`2156`1 code unit, which is what JavaScript length counts.

When to use it

&frac25; writes U+2156 (Vulgar Fraction Two Fifths), a number form from the Unicode Number Forms block, encoded since Unicode 1.1. These characters exist mostly for compatibility with older character sets; for anything beyond simple cases, <sup>, <sub> or MathML give more control.

The name comes from the HTML5 list (much of it shared with MathML), so it works in every current browser but not in XML or XHTML served as XML, where the numeric reference is the safe choice.

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Source: the WHATWG HTML Standard list of named character references and the Unicode Character Database (Unicode 18.0).