Scruple
Part of Math Symbols
Scruple has no standard Windows Alt code. Copy the character directly, or use its HTML entity or Unicode value instead.
- Alt code
- None
- HTML entity
- ℈
- Unicode
- U+2108
About this symbol
℈ is the scruple, the smallest named weight in the apothecaries’ system: 20 grains, approximately 1.3 grams. Three scruples made a drachm and 24 an ounce, ℥. The English word scruple, a small worry, comes from the same Latin scrupulus, a small sharp stone.
Unicode facts
- Official name
- SCRUPLE
- Type
- Symbol
- Unicode block
- Letterlike Symbols
- Added in
- Unicode 1.1 (1993)
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