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Degree symbol

U+00B0

Used for temperature, angles and map coordinates. On a Mac press ⌥ ⇧ 8, and on Windows hold Alt and type 0176 on the number pad.

Official name: DEGREE SIGN
Unicode block: Latin-1 Supplement
Added in: Unicode 1.1
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UTF-8 bytes: C2 B0
Keywords: degree, hour, proof, mathematics, equation, science
Keyboard: Windows: hold Alt, type 0176 on the number pad
Mac: ⌥ ⇧ 8
Categories: Maths

The Unicode standard defines this character, but your device’s fonts decide how it looks, so it may differ on other screens.

Data: Unicode 16.0, Emoji 16.0.