½

Vulgar Fraction One Half

Unicode: U+00BD

HTML: ½

About this Symbol

The Vulgar Fraction One Half symbol (½) is a Unicode character with code point U+00BD. It belongs to the Fractions category of Unicode symbols.

Usage Examples

  • Plain text: ½
  • HTML: ½
  • Unicode: U+00BD

How to Type

Windows

Hold Alt and type 189 on the numeric keypad.

macOS

Press Command + Control + Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for "Vulgar Fraction One Half".

Related Symbols

⅓ ¼ ⅕ ⅙ ⅐ ⅔