U+2175 "ⅵ" Small Roman Numeral Six Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ⅵ
U+2175 "ⅵ" Small Roman Numeral Six is a typographic representation of the Roman numeral for six, often used to denote the number 6 in contexts where uppercase numerals might be considered too large or formal, such as in clock faces, pagination of prefaces, or in outlines. This character is part of the "Number Forms" Unicode block, which was designed to provide compatibility with existing character sets and to allow for consistent rendering of Roman numerals in digital text. It represents the combination of the letters V (5) and I (1) in a single glyph, ensuring that the numeral appears as a unified symbol rather than separate characters, which can help prevent awkward spacing or line breaks in documents.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2175 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Small Roman Numeral Six |
| Block | Number Forms |
| General Category | Letter Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Compat |
| Decomposition Mapping | "v" U+0076 Latin Small Letter V "i" U+0069 Latin Small Letter I |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⅵ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⅵ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x85 0xB5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2175 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002175 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2175 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | Numeric |
| Numeric Value | 6 |
| Line Break | Ambiguous (Alphabetic or Ideographic) |
| East Asian Width | Ambiguous |
| Lowercase | Yes |
| Other Lowercase | Yes |
| Simple Uppercase Code Point | "Ⅵ" U+2165 Roman Numeral Six |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Ⅵ" U+2165 Roman Numeral Six |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ⅵ" U+2165 Roman Numeral Six |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Ⅵ" U+2165 Roman Numeral Six |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Titlecased | Yes |
| Changes When Uppercased | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "v" U+0076 Latin Small Letter V "i" U+0069 Latin Small Letter I |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "v" U+0076 Latin Small Letter V "i" U+0069 Latin Small Letter I |
| 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 | Lower |