Natural Numbers symbol
Type :naturals: · Math
Unicode name Double-Struck Capital N · Letterlike Symbols block · added in Unicode 1.1, 1993
What ℕ is for
Blackboard bold N, the counting numbers. Whether it starts at nought or one depends entirely on who is writing, which is a real disagreement and not a typo you can fix.
How to type ℕ
The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With
Emoji Anywhere
installed you can skip all of them and type
:naturals: in any text field instead, which
is the same on every platform.
macOS
No direct shortcut. Use Edit → Emoji & Symbols, or switch to the Unicode Hex
Input source and type 2115 with Option
held.
Windows
No Alt code. In Word, type 2115 then press Alt +
X. Elsewhere use the emoji panel with Win + Period, or Character Map.
Shortcodes
:naturals: :natural_numbers: On the web
HTML ℕ
Unicode U+2115
JavaScript '\u{2115}'
CSS "\2115"
Python '\u2115'
URL %E2%84%95
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:logical_and: ∨ :logical_or: ∴ :therefore: ∵ :because: ∝ :proportional_to: ℝ :reals: ℤ :integers: ℚ :rationals: ℂ :complexes: ± :pm: × :times: ÷ :divide_symbol: Every symbol and kaomoji is in the full gallery .
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You type
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