U+217B "ⅻ" Small Roman Numeral Twelve Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ⅻ
U+217B "ⅻ" Small Roman Numeral Twelve is a typographic symbol representing the Roman numeral for twelve, composed of the letters "XII," and is part of the block known as Number Forms, which provides lowercase or small-form versions of Roman numerals for use in contexts where a distinct, compact, and less visually prominent representation is preferred, such as in numbered lists, clock faces, or academic outlines. Unlike its uppercase equivalent "XII" (U+216B), this small form is designed to blend more seamlessly with lowercase text, and it is encoded as a single character to ensure stable rendering, standardization across digital platforms, and easier computer processing of ancient numbering systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+217B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Small Roman Numeral Twelve |
| 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 "i" U+0069 Latin Small Letter I |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⅻ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⅻ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x85 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x217B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000217B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u217b |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | Numeric |
| Numeric Value | 12 |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Lowercase | Yes |
| Other Lowercase | Yes |
| Simple Uppercase Code Point | "Ⅻ" U+216B Roman Numeral Twelve |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Ⅻ" U+216B Roman Numeral Twelve |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ⅻ" U+216B Roman Numeral Twelve |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Ⅻ" U+216B Roman Numeral Twelve |
| 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 "i" U+0069 Latin Small Letter I |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "x" U+0078 Latin Small Letter X "i" U+0069 Latin Small Letter I "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 |