<p><code>Shift-Option-8</code> produces ° on my UK Mac simplified Chinese pinyin input keyboard. I don't have experience with the standard iOS chinese keyboard, but on the chinese Google gBoard you can hold down 0 to get °. Caveat- I'm not sure if these symbols are precisely degree symbols. </p>

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(just commenting that this works on the stock iOS keyboard as well)
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<p>i "fixed" my input method as "unicode hex input" on my macbook, so, to type celsius symbol, just press "option" + "2" + "1" + "0" + "3"; the <strong>℃</strong> would appear immediately :)</p>

<p>imo, it's convenience; provided you know the code point.</p>

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<p><a href="https://zhidao.baidu.com/question/180271228.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Some people</a> say you can</p>

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  <p>打“摄氏度”</p>
</blockquote>

<p>to get: <code>℃</code> but that seems to be a sogou IME thing only - and boy does that celsius degrees C look ugly.</p>

<p><a href="https://zhidao.baidu.com/question/180271228.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Others suggest</a>:</p>

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  <p>“插入”“特殊符号”</p>
</blockquote>

<p>but that just seems to be a Word thing.</p>

<p>Any idea how to do this, easily, on ios and mac os?</p>

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how to type the degree sign (°) using Chinese IME on iOS/(mac)OS?
# how to type the degree sign (°) using Chinese IME on iOS/(mac)OS?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-01-16)

[Some people](https://zhidao.baidu.com/question/180271228.html) say you can

> 打“摄氏度”

to get: `℃` but that seems to be a sogou IME thing only - and boy does that celsius degrees C look ugly.

[Others suggest](https://zhidao.baidu.com/question/180271228.html):

> “插入”“特殊符号”

but that just seems to be a Word thing.

Any idea how to do this, easily, on ios and mac os?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-01-16. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

`Shift-Option-8` produces ° on my UK Mac simplified Chinese pinyin input keyboard. I don't have experience with the standard iOS chinese keyboard, but on the chinese Google gBoard you can hold down 0 to get °. Caveat- I'm not sure if these symbols are precisely degree symbols.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: (just commenting that this works on the stock iOS keyboard as well)  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2018-01-16. Score: 1

i "fixed" my input method as "unicode hex input" on my macbook, so, to type celsius symbol, just press "option" + "2" + "1" + "0" + "3"; the **℃** would appear immediately :)

imo, it's convenience; provided you know the code point.


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