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REGISTERED SIGN

U+00AE Other Symbol (So) · Latin-1 Supplement · Zyyy
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Overview

The registered sign (®) indicates that a trademark has been formally registered with the relevant authority. It is located at U+00AE in the Latin-1 Supplement block, treated as a symbol, and rendered in HTML with ®. Usually shown as a small superscript beside a brand name, it distinguishes a registered mark from an unregistered one and carries specific legal meaning in commerce, which has made it a fixture of product names and packaging.

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Encoding Table

Format Value Copy
unicode U+00AE
decimal 174
htmldecimal ®
htmlhex ®
css \00AE
javascript \u{AE}
python \u00ae
java \u00AE
go \u00AE
ruby \u{AE}
rust \u{AE}
ccpp \u00ae
urlencoded %C2%AE
utf8bytes c2 ae
utf16bebytes 00 ae
utf32bebytes 00 00 00 ae
htmlentity ®

How to Use

HTML: ® or ®
CSS: content: "\00AE"
JavaScript: "\u{AE}"
Python: "\u00ae"

Properties

Script
Zyyy
Category
Other Symbol (So)
Bidirectional
ON
Combining
0
Mirrored
No
← ­ U+00AD U+00AF ¯ →

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the ® character (REGISTERED SIGN)?

® (REGISTERED SIGN) is the Unicode character U+00AE.

What is the Unicode codepoint of REGISTERED SIGN?

The REGISTERED SIGN character (®) has codepoint U+00AE.

How do I type or copy REGISTERED SIGN?

Copy ® directly, or use the HTML entity, UTF-8, and code encodings shown on this page.