Superscripts and Subscripts
title: "Superscripts and Subscripts" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["unicode-blocks", "latin-script-unicode-blocks"] topic_path: "general/unicode-blocks" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superscripts_and_Subscripts" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| blockname | Superscripts and Subscripts |
| rangestart | 2070 |
| rangeend | 209F |
| script1 | Latin (15 char.) |
| script2 | Common (27 char.) |
| 1_0_0 | 28 |
| 3_2 | 1 |
| 4_1 | 5 |
| 6_0 | 8 |
| note | |
| :: |
|blockname = Superscripts and Subscripts |rangestart = 2070 |rangeend = 209F |script1 = Latin (15 char.) |script2 = Common (27 char.) |alphabets = |symbols = |1_0_0 = 28 |3_2 = 1 |4_1 = 5 |6_0 = 8 |note =
Superscripts and Subscripts is a Unicode block containing superscript and subscript numerals, mathematical operators, and letters used in mathematics and phonetics. The use of subscripts and superscripts in Unicode allows any polynomial, chemical and certain other equations to be represented in plain text without using any form of markup like HTML or TeX. Other superscript letters can be found in the Spacing Modifier Letters, Phonetic Extensions and Phonetic Extensions Supplement blocks, while the superscript 1, 2, and 3, inherited from ISO 8859-1, were included in the Latin-1 Supplement block.
Block
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Superscripts and Subscripts block:
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| Version | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0 | U+2070, 2074..208E | 28 | ||
| 3.2 | U+2071 | 1 | ||
| N2265 | ||||
| N2253 | ||||
| 4.1 | U+2090..2094 | 5 | N2705 | |
| N2788 | ||||
| 6.0 | U+2095..209C | 8 | N3571 | |
| :: |
References
References
- "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard.
- "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard.
- Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names
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