Superscript Zero
Copy and paste the superscript zero symbol ⁰ (U+2070) instantly. Part of the Superscripts and Subscripts Unicode block.
Works everywhere: websites, documents, social media, code editors
Character Codes
About This Symbol
- Name
- Superscript Zero
- Unicode Block
- Superscripts and Subscripts
- Code Point
- U+2070
The Superscript Zero (⁰) is a Unicode character assigned to the Superscripts and Subscripts block at code point U+2070. This block contains characters used across a variety of applications including technical documentation, web development, mathematical notation, and everyday digital communication. The superscript zero symbol can be inserted directly into text or referenced through its HTML entity, CSS code, or JavaScript escape sequence for use in websites and applications.
How to Use
- 1.Click "Copy Symbol" above to copy ⁰ to your clipboard
- 2.Paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V (or Cmd+V on Mac)
- 3.Or use the HTML entity
⁰in your code - 4.For CSS, use
\2070with the content property
Understanding Superscript Zero
The superscript zero (⁰), registered at U+2070 in the Superscripts and Subscripts block, is one of the many characters that make digital typography expressive and precise. Its standardized encoding means that any system supporting Unicode can display it faithfully without requiring special fonts or plugins.
The hexadecimal value 2070 places this character at decimal position 8304 in the Unicode table. In UTF-8, it is encoded in three bytes, which affects storage considerations when this character appears frequently in a document. For web use, the HTML entity ⁰ provides a reliable fallback when direct character insertion is not possible.
Known by its descriptive name referencing "superscript zero," this character serves a specific role that generic symbols cannot fill. It appears in specialized typography, technical standards, and digital content where precision in symbol choice directly affects meaning or layout.
About Punctuation & Typography
Punctuation and typographic symbols govern the rhythm, structure, and precision of written language. Far beyond periods and commas, Unicode encodes em dashes, en dashes, figure dashes, hair spaces, thin spaces, non-breaking spaces, and a wealth of specialized marks that professional typographers demand. Combining diacritical marks, superscripts, subscripts, and letterlike symbols round out a toolkit that bridges the gap between plain text and polished publication.
Ancient texts ran words together without spaces or punctuation — a practice called scriptio continua. Aristophanes of Byzantium introduced rudimentary punctuation marks in the 3rd century BCE, but systematic punctuation did not emerge until medieval scribes developed marks to guide reading aloud in monasteries. The printing press standardized punctuation across languages, though conventions diverged — Spanish adopted inverted question marks, French added spaces before colons, and German quotation marks took a distinctive low-high form. Unicode encodes all these traditions, plus typographic refinements like the interrobang (‽) and various mathematical and linguistic combining marks.
Common Uses
- •Professional typesetting and desktop publishing
- •Academic formatting with proper dash usage and quotation styles
- •Chemical and mathematical formulas using superscripts and subscripts
- •Legal documents requiring precise typographic conventions
- •Multilingual text with language-specific punctuation rules
Technical Notes: The distinction between similar-looking punctuation characters matters enormously. A hyphen-minus (U+002D), an en dash (U+2013), an em dash (U+2014), a minus sign (U+2212), and a figure dash (U+2012) are five different characters with distinct semantic and typographic purposes. Unicode's various space characters — from zero-width space to em space — provide fine-grained control over text layout. Combining diacritical marks can stack multiple marks on a single base character, which stresses rendering engines and can be exploited for text that extends absurdly above or below the baseline (so-called Zalgo text).
Cultural Context: Punctuation conventions reveal deep cultural attitudes toward communication. Japanese uses a distinct set of punctuation marks — 。for periods, 「」for quotation marks — that occupy full character widths. The Oxford comma sparks passionate debate in English. Interestingly, the rise of digital communication has spawned new punctuation norms: the period at the end of a text message now conveys formality or passive aggression to many younger users, a meaning it never carried in print.