SUPERSCRIPT TWO character

SUPERSCRIPT TWO
U+00B2
178
²
²
SUPERSCRIPT DIGIT TWO
No (Other Number)
EN (European Number)
N
0
Latin-1 Supplement
0
BMP
Basic Multilingual Plane
0000-FFFF
²












SUPERSCRIPT TWO is a numeric character of other type from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of SUPERSCRIPT TWO is European Number (Weak). It belongs to the digits, which have weak left-to-right directionality..

The European Number (EN) bidi class is assigned to digits used in Western-style Arabic numerals (0-9). These characters are neutral in terms of directionality but typically inherit the surrounding text direction. In bidirectional text, EN characters play a significant role in ensuring the correct display of numbers within both LTR and RTL contexts.

Other Number (No) refers to numeric characters that do not fall into the decimal or letter number categories. These include fractions, superscripts, subscripts, and other special numeric forms used in specific contexts or scripts.

This character belongs to the Latin-1 Supplement block. The Latin-1 Supplement block extends the Basic Latin block by adding additional characters used in Western European languages. This includes letters with diacritics (such as é, ñ, and ö), punctuation marks, and symbols like the Euro sign (€). This block is part of the ISO/IEC 8859-1 encoding standard, which was widely used before the adoption of Unicode. These characters are essential for representing languages such as French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese, ensuring proper orthography and typographic conventions..