How do I type the ↉ vulgar fraction zero thirds symbol?

On Windows, type 2189 and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 2189. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.

What is the code for ↉?

Vulgar Fraction Zero Thirds is U+2189. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.

Will ↉ survive being pasted anywhere?

Not always. Vulgar Fraction Zero Thirds is a compatibility character: any system that applies Unicode NFKC normalisation — search indexes, usernames, identifiers — replaces it with 0⁄3. Use it for display, not where text is normalised.

U+2189 · Other number

Vulgar Fraction Zero Thirds Symbol ↉

↉ is vulgar fraction zero thirds, and Unicode gives it the numeric value 0. It was added in Unicode 5.2, and Unicode files it under Other number.

What Unicode says about ↉

used in baseball scoring, from ARIB STD B24

— annotation from the Unicode Standard, NamesList.txt

Codes & technical data

Unicode	`U+2189`
HTML hex	`↉`
HTML decimal	`↉`
CSS	`\2189`
JavaScript	`\u{2189}`
Python	`\U00002189`
Java / C#	`\u2189`
Rust	`\u{2189}`
Swift	`\u{2189}`
PHP	`\u{2189}`
URL encoded	`%E2%86%89`
UTF-8 bytes	`E2 86 89`
UTF-16 bytes	`2189`
Base64	`4oaJ`
Decimal	`8585`
Decomposes to	0⁄3 (fraction form)
Numeric value	0
Category	Other number (No)
Introduced	Unicode 5.2

Will ↉ survive being pasted?

Normalisation. No. Anything that applies NFKC — search indexes, usernames, domain names, programming identifiers — rewrites ↉ as 0⁄3. Safe for display, not for storage.
Legacy encodings. ↉ 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 Number Forms

Roman numerals as single characters, and the vulgar fractions beyond the three Latin-1 supplies. A Roman numeral here is one character, not a run of letters, so Ⅷ and VIII sort and search differently.

All 58 characters in Number Forms →

How to type ↉

Windows	Type `2189` then press `Alt`+`X`
macOS	Press `Ctrl`+`Cmd`+`Space`, then search for “vulgar fraction zero thirds”
Linux	Press `Ctrl`+`Shift`+`U`, type `2189`, press `Enter`
HTML	`↉`

About Unicode’s Other number category

This is classified as a number that is not a plain digit — a fraction, a superscript figure, a circled or bracketed numeral. Software will not parse it as a number without being told to.

Frequently asked questions

How do I type the ↉ vulgar fraction zero thirds symbol?: On Windows, type 2189 and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 2189. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
What is the code for ↉?: Vulgar Fraction Zero Thirds is U+2189. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
Will ↉ survive being pasted anywhere?: Not always. Vulgar Fraction Zero Thirds is a compatibility character: any system that applies Unicode NFKC normalisation — search indexes, usernames, identifiers — replaces it with 0⁄3. Use it for display, not where text is normalised.