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Degree Symbol
Tap any symbol to copy it. 8 text symbols and 3 emoji.
Text symbols
Emoji
A text symbol takes the colour and size of the text around it. An emoji renders in colour at emoji size and changes the line height of whatever field it sits in. For a name or a bio line, the text symbols above almost always behave better.
People look for these under several names — degree sign, degree character — and mean the same characters each time. There is no agreed term, because these were never named as a group by anyone.
Where these symbols come from
The degree sign ° is one character and works for temperature, angles and coordinates alike. ℃ and ℉ are single characters combining the degree and the letter, encoded for East Asian typography where they must fit one cell. The masculine ordinal º is a different character that looks almost identical and is the most commonly confused substitute.
What people use them for
Temperatures, angles, geographic coordinates and recipes — anywhere a keyboard offers no degree key. On a phone the symbol is usually two or three taps away, which is why this is one of the most searched single characters.
How to copy degree symbol
- Tap or click the symbol you want. It goes straight to your clipboard — no selecting, no long press.
- Paste it wherever you need it: a bio, a message, a document, a spreadsheet.
- If it arrives in colour when you wanted it plain, you copied from the emoji row. Use the text symbols above instead.
Known problems
º (masculine ordinal, used in Spanish and Portuguese ordinals) and ° (degree) are different characters that render almost identically. Pasting the wrong one into a scientific or technical document is a real error that no spell checker will catch.
These are not fonts, they are separate Unicode characters. Screen readers often read them wrong or skip them entirely. What that means.
Common questions
- What is the difference between degree symbols and emoji?
- A text symbol takes the colour and size of the text around it, so it sits inside a name or a sentence without changing the line height. An emoji renders in colour at emoji size regardless of the surrounding text. They are different characters, not two versions of one — which is why the two groups above are listed separately.
- How do I copy a symbol on my phone?
- Tap it. Every symbol on this page copies to your clipboard on a single tap, with no selection or long press needed. Nothing is sent anywhere — the copying happens in your browser.
- Why does a symbol show as an empty rectangle?
- The font on that device does not cover the character. There is no fallback: for a reader whose font lacks it, the symbol is simply missing. Older Android builds and minimal desktop setups are where this happens most.