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Superscript & Subscript Characters

Real superscript and subscript characters from Latin-1, Superscripts and Subscripts (U+2070–U+209F), Spacing Modifier Letters and Phonetic Extensions. Unlike text formatting, these are individual code points that survive copying into plain-text fields, URLs, file names and social media.

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All superscript & subscript symbols

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What superscript & subscript characters are used for

  • Exponents and powers (x², 10⁶, eⁱ)
  • Chemical formulas (H₂O, CO₂, C₆H₁₂O₆)
  • Footnote and citation markers (¹ ² ³)
  • Ordinals (1ˢᵗ 2ⁿᵈ) and small-caps styling
  • Plain-text math where formatting is stripped

Superscript & Subscript Characters: Unicode, hex, octal & HTML codes

Codes for every symbol in Superscript & Subscript
SymbolNameUnicodeHexOctalHTML
Superscript aU+1D430x1D430o16503ᵃ
Superscript bU+1D470x1D470o16507ᵇ
Superscript cU+1D9C0x1D9C0o16634ᶜ
Superscript dU+1D480x1D480o16510ᵈ
Superscript eU+1D490x1D490o16511ᵉ
Superscript fU+1DA00x1DA00o16640ᶠ
Superscript gU+1D4D0x1D4D0o16515ᵍ
Superscript hU+02B00x02B00o1260ʰ
Superscript iU+20710x20710o20161ⁱ
Superscript jU+02B20x02B20o1262ʲ
Superscript kU+1D4F0x1D4F0o16517ᵏ
Superscript lU+02E10x02E10o1341ˡ
Superscript mU+1D500x1D500o16520ᵐ
Superscript nU+207F0x207F0o20177ⁿ
Superscript oU+1D520x1D520o16522ᵒ
Superscript pU+1D560x1D560o16526ᵖ
Superscript rU+02B30x02B30o1263ʳ
Superscript sU+02E20x02E20o1342ˢ
Superscript tU+1D570x1D570o16527ᵗ
Superscript uU+1D580x1D580o16530ᵘ
Superscript vU+1D5B0x1D5B0o16533ᵛ
Superscript wU+02B70x02B70o1267ʷ
Superscript xU+02E30x02E30o1343ˣ
Superscript yU+02B80x02B80o1270ʸ
Superscript zU+1DBB0x1DBB0o16673ᶻ
Superscript plusU+207A0x207A0o20172⁺
Superscript minusU+207B0x207B0o20173⁻
Superscript equalsU+207C0x207C0o20174⁼
Superscript left parenU+207D0x207D0o20175⁽
Superscript right parenU+207E0x207E0o20176⁾
Subscript aU+20900x20900o20220ₐ
Subscript eU+20910x20910o20221ₑ
Subscript oU+20920x20920o20222ₒ
Subscript xU+20930x20930o20223ₓ
Subscript schwaU+20940x20940o20224ₔ
Subscript hU+20950x20950o20225ₕ
Subscript kU+20960x20960o20226ₖ
Subscript lU+20970x20970o20227ₗ
Subscript mU+20980x20980o20230ₘ
Subscript nU+20990x20990o20231ₙ
Subscript pU+209A0x209A0o20232ₚ
Subscript sU+209B0x209B0o20233ₛ
Subscript tU+209C0x209C0o20234ₜ
Subscript plusU+208A0x208A0o20212₊
Subscript minusU+208B0x208B0o20213₋
Subscript equalsU+208C0x208C0o20214₌
Subscript left parenU+208D0x208D0o20215₍
Subscript right parenU+208E0x208E0o20216₎

Frequently asked questions

How do I copy superscript & subscript characters?

Click any symbol on this page to copy it to your clipboard, then paste it anywhere: documents, email, social media, code or chat. Every character here is standard Unicode, so it works across Windows, macOS, iOS, Android and Linux.

How many superscript & subscript characters are on this page?

This collection contains 48 characters. Each one links to a detail page with its Unicode code point, decimal, hexadecimal and octal values, HTML entity, CSS escape, and JavaScript, Python and Java escape sequences.

How do I type superscript 2 (²)?

Superscript two is U+00B2. Windows: Alt+0178. macOS: with Unicode Hex Input, Option+00B2. HTML: ² or ². Superscript one ¹ is ¹ and three ³ is ³.

Is there a full superscript alphabet in Unicode?

Almost. Superscript lowercase a–z exists except for q, drawn from several blocks (ᵃ ᵇ ᶜ ᵈ ᵉ ᶠ ᵍ ʰ ⁱ ʲ ᵏ ˡ ᵐ ⁿ ᵒ ᵖ ʳ ˢ ᵗ ᵘ ᵛ ʷ ˣ ʸ ᶻ). Subscript letters are more limited: ₐ ₑ ₒ ₓ ₔ ₕ ₖ ₗ ₘ ₙ ₚ ₛ ₜ.

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