U+2166 "Ⅶ" Roman Numeral Seven Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
Ⅶ
U+2166 "Ⅶ" Roman Numeral Seven is a precomposed glyph representing the number seven in the Roman numeral system, formed by the combination of V for five and I for one repeated twice. It belongs to the Number Forms block in Unicode, specifically designed to ensure consistent typographic representation of Roman numerals in digital text, distinguishing it from simply using the capital letters V and I separately. This character is commonly used in contexts such as clock faces, book chapters, lists, and outlines where traditional Roman numeral formatting is desired, allowing for precise alignment and stylistic uniformity across different fonts and platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2166 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Roman Numeral Seven |
| Block | Number Forms |
| General Category | Letter Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Compat |
| Decomposition Mapping | "V" U+0056 Latin Capital Letter V "I" U+0049 Latin Capital Letter I "I" U+0049 Latin Capital Letter I |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ⅶ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ⅶ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x85 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2166 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002166 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2166 |