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Masculine ordinal indicator
ExtendedASCII 186 | Hex 0xBA | U+00BA
ASCII Code
Decimal
186
Hexadecimal
0xBA
Octal
272
Binary
1011 1010
How to Type
Windows Alt CodeAlt + 186
HTML Entity
º
Unicode InputU+00BA
Character in Different Encodings
| Encoding | Code | Symbol | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Code page 437 | 186 | ║ | Box drawings double vertical |
| ISO-8859-1 | 186 | º | Masculine ordinal indicator |
| ISO-8859-2 | 186 | ş | Latin small letter s with cedilla |
| ISO-8859-3 | 186 | ş | Latin small letter s with cedilla |
| ISO-8859-4 | 186 | ē | Latin small letter e with macron |
| ISO-8859-5 | 186 | К | Cyrillic capital letter Ka |
| ISO-8859-6 | 186 | - | Unused |
| ISO-8859-7 | 186 | Ί | Greek capital letter Iota with tonos |
| ISO-8859-8 | 186 | ÷ | Division sign |
| ISO-8859-9 | 186 | º | Masculine ordinal indicator |
| ISO-8859-10 | 186 | š | Latin small letter S with caron |
| ISO-8859-11 | 186 | บ | Thai character Bo Baimai |
| Windows-1250 | 186 | ş | Latin small letter s with cedilla |
| Windows-1251 | 186 | є | Cyrillic small letter Ukrainian ie |
| Windows-1252 | 186 | º | Masculine ordinal indicator |
| Windows-1253 | 186 | Ί | Greek capital letter Iota with tonos |
| Windows-1254 | 186 | º | Masculine ordinal indicator |
| Windows-1255 | 186 | ÷ | Division sign |
| Windows-1256 | 186 | ؛ | Arabic semicolon |
| Windows-1257 | 186 | ŗ | Latin small letter r with cedilla |
| Windows-1258 | 186 | º | Masculine ordinal indicator |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ASCII code 186?
ASCII code 186 represents the Masculine ordinal indicator character. In hexadecimal it is 0xBA, in binary 1011 1010, and in octal 272. This is an extended ASCII character whose meaning varies by encoding.
How do I type ASCII 186 on a keyboard?
On Windows, hold Alt and type 186 on the numeric keypad. On Mac, you can use the Character Viewer (Edit > Emoji & Symbols). In HTML, use the entity º or º.