"√" U+221A Square Root

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Unicode Data

The Unicode character U+221A, displayed as √ and named "Square Root" is located in the Mathematical Operators block. This character was introduced in Unicode version 1.1 (1993). Find its HTML entities, UTF-8/UTF-16 encodings, hex values, and copy-paste details below.

Name:: Square Root
Category:: Math Symbol
Block:: Mathematical Operators
Script:: Common
Bidirectional:: Other Neutrals
Mirrored:: Yes,
Unicode Version:: Unicode 1.1

Character Encodings

HTML Entity - Named:

√

&Sqrt;

HTML Entity - Decimal:

√

HTML Entity - Hex:

√

Unicode:

U+221A;

Decimal:

8730

CSS:

\00221A

Javascript:

\u221A

Perl:

\x{221A}

Ruby:

\u{221A}

Python:

u'\u221A'

UTF-8 Encoding:

E2889A

UTF-16 Encoding:

221A

UTF-32 Encoding:

0000221A