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Numero Sign HTML entity №
№ is the HTML entity for Numero Sign № (U+2116). Copy the decimal № and hex № codes plus CSS, JavaScript, Python and URL escapes.
- Entity
№- Code point
- U+2116
- Unicode name
- NUMERO SIGN
- Block
- Letterlike Symbols
- Category
- Other symbol (So)
- Since
- Unicode 1.1
- Defined in
- HTML5
Codes to copy
| HTML named | №Works in HTML; in XML only & < > " ' are predefined. | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML decimal | №Works in HTML and XML. | |
| HTML hex | №Works in HTML and XML. | |
| CSS | content: "\2116";In a stylesheet, for ::before and ::after. | |
| JavaScript | "\u2116"Also valid in JSON. | |
| Python | "\u2116"Python 3 string literal. | |
| Python by name | "\N{NUMERO SIGN}"Readable alternative using the Unicode name. | |
| URL | %E2%84%96Percent-encoded UTF-8 bytes, for a path or query value. | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 84 963 bytes. | |
| UTF-16 | 21161 code unit, which is what JavaScript length counts. |
When to use it
The numero sign, common in Russian and other languages and in some English forms for 'number'. In English text 'No.' is usually written out instead.
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.
More letterlike symbols, numbers and fractions
ℙDouble-Struck Capital PℓScript Small LℚDouble-Struck Capital QℒScript Capital LℛScript Capital RℑBlack-Letter Capital IℜBlack-Letter Capital RℐScript Capital I
All letterlike symbols, numbers and fractions · Every HTML entity · Encode or decode text
Source: the WHATWG HTML Standard list of named character references and the Unicode Character Database (Unicode 18.0).