Best way to encode Degree Celsius symbol into web page?

Question

How should I encode special characters into web pages? For instance I need this symbol ℃, which I used just by copying and pasting the character as I can see it now. This wo

Answer 1

I'm not sure why this hasn't come up yet but why don't you use ℃ (℃) or ℉ (℉) for Celsius and Fahrenheit respectively!