# ½ U+00BD VULGAR FRACTION ONE HALF

Single-character fraction one half, 1/2, used in recipes, measurements, sizes and scores.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `½` |
| Codepoint | U+00BD |
| Name | VULGAR FRACTION ONE HALF |
| Block | [Latin-1 Supplement](https://unicodekit.com/block/latin-1-supplement) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Other Number (No) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `½` `½` |
| CSS | `\BD` |
| JavaScript | `\u00BD` |
| UTF-8 | C2 BD |
| UTF-16 | 00BD |
| Decomposition | fraction U+0031 U+2044 U+0032 |

## Related characters

- ¼ [U+00BC VULGAR FRACTION ONE QUARTER](https://unicodekit.com/char/00BC)
- ¾ [U+00BE VULGAR FRACTION THREE QUARTERS](https://unicodekit.com/char/00BE)
- » [U+00BB RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/00BB)
- ¿ [U+00BF INVERTED QUESTION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/00BF)
- º [U+00BA MASCULINE ORDINAL INDICATOR](https://unicodekit.com/char/00BA)
- À [U+00C0 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH GRAVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/00C0)
- ¹ [U+00B9 SUPERSCRIPT ONE](https://unicodekit.com/char/00B9)
- Á [U+00C1 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH ACUTE](https://unicodekit.com/char/00C1)
- ¸ [U+00B8 CEDILLA](https://unicodekit.com/char/00B8)
- Â [U+00C2 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX](https://unicodekit.com/char/00C2)
- · [U+00B7 MIDDLE DOT](https://unicodekit.com/char/00B7)
- Ã [U+00C3 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH TILDE](https://unicodekit.com/char/00C3)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/00BD · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/00BD