U+217A "ⅺ" Small Roman Numeral Eleven Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ⅺ
U+217A "ⅺ" Small Roman Numeral Eleven is a typographic representation of the number eleven written in lowercase Roman numerals (xi). This character belongs to the Number Forms block in Unicode, where it is specifically classified as a compatibility digit for use in contexts where a smaller, single-glyph Roman numeral is preferred over the standard two-letter combination of 'x' and 'i'. It is primarily used in precomposed form for historical or stylistic purposes, such as in clock faces, chapter headings, or classical outlines, allowing for a consistent visual layout.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+217A |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Small Roman Numeral Eleven |
| Block | Number Forms |
| General Category | Letter Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Compat |
| Decomposition Mapping | "x" U+0078 Latin Small Letter X "i" U+0069 Latin Small Letter I |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⅺ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⅺ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x85 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x217A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000217A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u217a |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | Numeric |
| Numeric Value | 11 |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Lowercase | Yes |
| Other Lowercase | Yes |
| Simple Uppercase Code Point | "Ⅺ" U+216A Roman Numeral Eleven |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Ⅺ" U+216A Roman Numeral Eleven |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ⅺ" U+216A Roman Numeral Eleven |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Ⅺ" U+216A Roman Numeral Eleven |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Titlecased | Yes |
| Changes When Uppercased | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "x" U+0078 Latin Small Letter X "i" U+0069 Latin Small Letter I |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "x" U+0078 Latin Small Letter X "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 |