document updated 1 year, 8 months ago, on Feb 16, 2023

vulgar fractions in Unicode

single code point

using the "U+2044 FRACTION SLASH" character that sort of (?) acts like a combining character

[stackoverflow] (copy that character from here)

NOTE that some browsers will render these as a compact fraction (e.g. Firefox desktop), while other browser will render these in their longer form, as if U+2044 was just a normal slash (e.g. Firefox mobile). There's still somewhat limited support for this.

single code point	U+2044 "FRACTION SLASH"	decimal equivalent
0	0	0.0000
	1⁄64	0.0156
	1⁄32	0.0313
	3⁄64	0.0469
	1⁄16	0.0625
	5⁄64	0.0781
	3⁄32	0.0938
	7⁄64	0.1094
⅛	1⁄8	0.1250
	9⁄64	0.1406
	5⁄32	0.1563
	11⁄64	0.1719
	3⁄16	0.1875
	13⁄64	0.2031
	7⁄32	0.2188
	15⁄64	0.2344
¼	1⁄4	0.2500
	17⁄64	0.2656
	9⁄32	0.2813
	19⁄64	0.2969
	5⁄16	0.3125
	21⁄64	0.3281
	11⁄32	0.3438
	23⁄64	0.3594
⅜	3⁄8	0.3750
	25⁄64	0.3906
	13⁄32	0.4063
	27⁄64	0.4219
	7⁄16	0.4375
	29⁄64	0.4531
	15⁄32	0.4688
	31⁄64	0.4844
½	1⁄2	0.5000
	33⁄64	0.5156
	17⁄32	0.5313
	35⁄64	0.5469
	9⁄16	0.5625
	37⁄64	0.5781
	19⁄32	0.5938
	39⁄64	0.6094
⅝	5⁄8	0.6250
	41⁄64	0.6406
	21⁄32	0.6563
	43⁄64	0.6719
	11⁄16	0.6875
	45⁄64	0.7031
	23⁄32	0.7188
	47⁄64	0.7344
¾	3⁄4	0.7500
	49⁄64	0.7656
	25⁄32	0.7813
	51⁄64	0.7969
	13⁄16	0.8125
	53⁄64	0.8281
	27⁄32	0.8438
	55⁄64	0.8594
⅞	7⁄8	0.8750
	57⁄64	0.8906
	29⁄32	0.9063
	59⁄64	0.9219
	15⁄16	0.9375
	61⁄64	0.9531
	31⁄32	0.9688
	63⁄64	0.9844
1	1	1.0000

To make it even more complicated, there's a U+2215 "DIVISION SLASH", and you can try to render them in superscript+subscript as well! The table below lists all possible options, so you can see how it renders in each of your browsers:

no super+subscript	U+002F "SOLIDUS"	1/2
	single code point	½
	U+2044 "FRACTION SLASH"	1⁄2
	U+2215 "DIVISION SLASH"	1∕2
super+subscript	U+002F "SOLIDUS"	¹/₂
	U+2044 "FRACTION SLASH"	¹⁄₂
	U+2215 "DIVISION SLASH"	¹∕₂