U+216C "Ⅼ" Roman Numeral Fifty Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+216C "Ⅼ" Roman Numeral Fifty is a typographic symbol representing the Roman numeral for the number 50, derived from the letter L. It is part of the Number Forms block, which encodes dedicated glyphs for Roman numerals to ensure consistent display in digital text, distinct from using the ordinary uppercase Latin letter L. This character is used in contexts where Roman numerals are preferred, such as clock faces, outline numbering, copyright dates, and formal documents, providing a specific, unambiguous representation that avoids potential confusion with the Latin alphabet in typesetting and software.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+216C |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Roman Numeral Fifty |
| Block | Number Forms |
| General Category | Letter Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Compat |
| Decomposition Mapping | "L" U+004C Latin Capital Letter L |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ⅼ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ⅼ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x85 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x216C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000216C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u216c |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | Numeric |
| Numeric Value | 50 |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Uppercase | Yes |
| Other Uppercase | Yes |
| Simple Lowercase Code Point | "ⅼ" U+217C Small Roman Numeral Fifty |
| Lowercase Code Point | "ⅼ" U+217C Small Roman Numeral Fifty |
| Simple Case Folding | "ⅼ" U+217C Small Roman Numeral Fifty |
| Case Folding | "ⅼ" U+217C Small Roman Numeral Fifty |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "l" U+006C Latin Small Letter L |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "l" U+006C Latin Small Letter L |
| Script | Latin |
| Script Extensions | Latin |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| ID Start | Yes |
| XID Start | Yes |
| ID Continue | Yes |
| XID Continue | Yes |
| Alphabetic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Alphabetic letter |
| Sentence Break | Upper |