Fraction 1 by 4 (¼) is the Unicode character at U+00BC in Latin-1 Supplement. Official name: VULGAR FRACTION ONE QUARTER. It is one precomposed fraction glyph — not the three characters 1/4.
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Character ¼
Unicode U+00BC
Named entity ¼
Hex entity ¼
Decimal ¼
CSS escape \00BC
Meaning vulgar fraction one quarter (1/4)
Not the same 1/4 (three chars) · ½ (1/2) · ¾ (3/4)
Prefer ¼ in HTML for readable markup. You can also use ¼, ¼, or type ¼ in a UTF-8 document.
Use ¼ (named), ¼ (hex), ¼ (decimal), type ¼ directly in UTF-8, or the CSS escape \00BC in content.
U+00BC (VULGAR FRACTION ONE QUARTER). Hex 00BC, decimal 188. It belongs to the Latin-1 Supplement block (U+0080–U+00FF).
Yes. HTML5 defines ¼ for U+00BC. Prefer it for readable markup.
Use it in recipes, math, and everyday text when you want the single one-quarter glyph. Prefer typing 1/4 as three characters when plain ASCII is required.
HTML entities (¼, ¼, or ¼) go in markup. The CSS escape \00BC goes in stylesheet strings (usually content on ::before/::after).
No. U+00BC is one character (¼). Typing 1/4 creates three characters. Three quarters is U+00BE (¾).
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Fraction 1 by 4 is Unicode U+00BC (decimal 188) — glyph ¼ (VULGAR FRACTION ONE QUARTER) in Latin-1 Supplement. HTML5 named entity: ¼. Prefer the named form when you want readable markup. It is one precomposed character, not 1/4 as three characters. Related fractions include one half (½) and three quarters (¾).
