How do I type the ℅ care of symbol?

On Windows, type 2105 and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 2105. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.

What is the code for ℅?

Care Of is U+2105, written in HTML as &incare;. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.

Will ℅ survive being pasted anywhere?

Not always. Care Of is a compatibility character: any system that applies Unicode NFKC normalisation — search indexes, usernames, identifiers — replaces it with c/o. Use it for display, not where text is normalised.

U+2105 · Other symbol

HTML entity

&incare;

Care Of Symbol ℅

℅ is care of, U+2105. Unicode records it as a compatibility form of c/o (compat form). It was added in Unicode 1.1, and Unicode files it under Other symbol.

Codes & technical data

Unicode	`U+2105`
HTML hex	`℅`
HTML decimal	`℅`
CSS	`\2105`
JavaScript	`\u{2105}`
Python	`\U00002105`
Java / C#	`\u2105`
Rust	`\u{2105}`
Swift	`\u{2105}`
PHP	`\u{2105}`
URL encoded	`%E2%84%85`
UTF-8 bytes	`E2 84 85`
UTF-16 bytes	`2105`
Base64	`4oSF`
Decimal	`8453`
HTML entity	`&incare;`
Decomposes to	c/o (compat form)
Category	Other symbol (So)
Introduced	Unicode 1.1

Will ℅ survive being pasted?

Normalisation. No. Anything that applies NFKC — search indexes, usernames, domain names, programming identifiers — rewrites ℅ as c/o. Safe for display, not for storage.
Legacy encodings. ℅ is Unicode-only — it has no Latin-1 equivalent, so a system stuck on an 8-bit encoding cannot represent it.
Size. 3 bytes in UTF-8. Character-limited fields — SMS, bios, some form validators — usually count bytes, not characters.

Nearby in Letterlike Symbols

Characters built out of letters but treated as symbols — ℃ ℉ №, the trademark and service marks, and the script and blackletter letters that mathematics uses as distinct variables. Most normalise back to plain letters, which is worth knowing before pasting one into a password field.

All 34 characters in Letterlike Symbols →

How to type ℅

Windows	Type `2105` then press `Alt`+`X`
macOS	Press `Ctrl`+`Cmd`+`Space`, then search for “care of”
Linux	Press `Ctrl`+`Shift`+`U`, type `2105`, press `Enter`
HTML	`&incare;`

About Unicode’s Other symbol category

Unicode files this under "other symbol" — the catch-all for pictographs, signs and marks that are neither maths, currency, nor letter-like. It is the largest symbol category in the standard.

Frequently asked questions

How do I type the ℅ care of symbol?: On Windows, type 2105 and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 2105. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
What is the code for ℅?: Care Of is U+2105, written in HTML as &incare;. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
Will ℅ survive being pasted anywhere?: Not always. Care Of is a compatibility character: any system that applies Unicode NFKC normalisation — search indexes, usernames, identifiers — replaces it with c/o. Use it for display, not where text is normalised.