Subscript Two
Part of Math Symbols
Subscript Two has no standard Windows Alt code. Copy the character directly, or use its HTML entity or Unicode value instead.
- Alt code
- None
- HTML entity
- ₂
- Unicode
- U+2082
About this symbol
The subscript 2 counts the atoms in a chemical formula: H₂O has two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen, and CO₂ one carbon and two oxygen. The Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius introduced letter formulas in 1813, though he wrote the numbers raised.
Unicode facts
- Official name
- SUBSCRIPT TWO
- Type
- Number
- Unicode block
- Superscripts and Subscripts
- Unicode group
- Subscripts
- Added in
- Unicode 1.1 (1993)
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