⁄

See also: ∕ [U+2215 DIVISION SLASH] and / [U+002F SOLIDUS]

⁄ U+2044, ⁄ FRACTION SLASH ← ⁃ [U+2043] General Punctuation ⁅ → [U+2045]

With proper font support, the Unicode fraction bar generates a fraction from basic digits, in this case 123⁄456.

Translingual

Symbol

⁄

1. (mathematics) Used to separate the numerator from the denominator in fractions.

   1⁄2 of 10 is 5.

Usage notes

In an Open Type font, the Unicode character U+2044 FRACTION SLASH triggers a preceding string of ASCII digits to display as numerators, and a string of following digits to display as denominators (e.g. 123⁄456). Compare U+2215 DIVISION SLASH, ∕, which triggers no such behavior (e.g. 123∕456).

Any non-digit character will terminate the fraction. Thus to display a mixed fraction such as 1⁤1⁄12 (1 + 1⁄12), a non-printing character such as U+2064 INVISIBLE PLUS may be used.

For other variants of the virgule / forward slash, see U+002F SOLIDUS, /.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:/.

See also

• Forward slash on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Punctuation

• apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ )
• curly brackets or braces (US) ( { } )
• square brackets or brackets (US) ( [ ] )
• colon ( : )
• comma ( , )
• dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) ( ― )
• ellipsis ( … )
• exclamation mark ( ! )
• fraction slash ( ⁄ )
• guillemets ( « » ) ( ‹ › )
• hyphen ( - ) ( ‐ )
• interpunct ( · )
• interrobang (rare) ( ‽ )
• brackets or parentheses (US, Canada) ( ( ) )
• full stop or period (US, Canada) ( . )
• question mark ( ? )
• quotation marks (formal) ( ‘ ’ ‚ ) ( “ ” „ )
• quotation marks (informal, computing) ( " ) ( ' )
• semicolon ( ; )
• slash or stroke (UK) ( / )
• space ( ] [ )