Superscript Two
On Windows, hold Alt and type 0178 on the numeric keypad to insert superscript two.
- Alt code
- Alt+0178
- HTML entity
- ²
- Unicode
- U+00B2
About this symbol
Superscript two marks a square, as in m² for square metres or x² in algebra. It is one of only three superscript digits in the Latin-1 character set, with ¹ and ³, so it has an Alt code of its own while the other raised digits do not.
Unicode facts
- Official name
- SUPERSCRIPT TWO
- Also called
- Squared
- Type
- Number
- Unicode block
- Latin-1 Supplement
- Unicode group
- Latin-1 punctuation and symbols
- Added in
- Unicode 1.1 (1993)
Click the symbol or any value at the top of the page to copy it. See the full Windows Extended Codes: 0128 to 0255 chart for related characters.