U+208E · Closing punctuation
Subscript Right Parenthesis Symbol ₎
₎ is subscript right parenthesis, U+208E. Unicode records it as a compatibility form of ) (sub form). It was added in Unicode 1.1, and Unicode files it under Closing punctuation.
Also known as
Unicode 1.0 called this character subscript closing parenthesis. The standard renamed it later, but documents, fonts and font-editing tools from that era still use the old name.
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+208E | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | ₎ | |
| HTML decimal | ₎ | |
| CSS | \208E | |
| JavaScript | \u{208E} | |
| Python | \U0000208E | |
| Java / C# | \u208E | |
| Rust | \u{208e} | |
| Swift | \u{208E} | |
| PHP | \u{208E} | |
| URL encoded | %E2%82%8E | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 82 8E | |
| UTF-16 bytes | 208E | |
| Base64 | 4oKO | |
| Decimal | 8334 | |
| Decomposes to | ) (sub form) | |
| Category | Closing punctuation (Pe) | |
| Introduced | Unicode 1.1 | |
Will ₎ survive being pasted?
- Normalisation. No. Anything that applies NFKC — search indexes, usernames, domain names, programming identifiers — rewrites ₎ as
). 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.
Other parenthesis characters
Unicode names 13 characters ending in “parenthesis”. They differ by direction, weight or decoration rather than by meaning.
Nearby in Superscripts and Subscripts
Raised and lowered digits and a handful of letters, as single characters rather than as formatting. Useful precisely where formatting is unavailable — filenames, usernames, plain-text fields — though the alphabet is incomplete and always has been.
How to type ₎
| Windows | Type 208E then press Alt+X |
|---|---|
| macOS | Press Ctrl+Cmd+Space, then search for “subscript right parenthesis” |
| Linux | Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 208e, press Enter |
| HTML | ₎ |
About Unicode’s Closing punctuation category
This is a closing bracket, paired with an opening character in the same block. Bracket matching in editors uses the category, not the appearance.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I type the ₎ subscript right parenthesis symbol?
- On Windows, type 208E and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 208e. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
- What is the code for ₎?
- Subscript Right Parenthesis is U+208E. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
- Will ₎ survive being pasted anywhere?
- Not always. Subscript Right Parenthesis is a compatibility character: any system that applies Unicode NFKC normalisation — search indexes, usernames, identifiers — replaces it with ). Use it for display, not where text is normalised.