U+2176 "ⅶ" Small Roman Numeral Seven Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ⅶ
U+2176 "ⅶ" Small Roman Numeral Seven is a typographic glyph representing the number seven in the lowercase Roman numeral system, corresponding to the uppercase "VII" but rendered in a smaller, often more stylized form. This character is part of the Number Forms block, which was designed to provide dedicated code points for Roman numerals, ensuring consistent digital display and behavior across fonts and platforms, unlike simply using the letters "v" and "i" separately. Its primary function is in contexts requiring formal or decorative numbering, such as clock faces, outlines, or historical documents, where the unified character helps avoid spacing or formatting issues.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2176 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Small 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+0076 Latin Small Letter V "i" U+0069 Latin Small Letter I "i" U+0069 Latin Small Letter I |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⅶ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⅶ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x85 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2176 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002176 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2176 |