U+217C "ⅼ" Small Roman Numeral Fifty Unicode Character

U+217C "ⅼ" Small Roman Numeral Fifty is a typographic variant of the uppercase Roman numeral for 50, typically represented as "L", and is designed to coexist with lowercase letters in running text. It belongs to the Number Forms block and is part of a set of small Roman numerals used in historical or stylistic contexts, such as in certain clock faces, formal outlines, or when a less visually prominent numeral is desired. While its uppercase form is far more common, this character provides a distinct visual style for representing the value fifty without breaking the flow of lowercase text.

General Properties

Code Point	U+217C
Version Added	1.1
Name	Small 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+006C Latin Small Letter L

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ⅼ
HTML Hex Encoding	ⅼ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0x85 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding	0x217C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000217C
C/C++/Java Escape	\u217c

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	Numeric
Numeric Value	50
Line Break	Alphabetic
Lowercase	Yes
Other Lowercase	Yes
Simple Uppercase Code Point	"Ⅼ" U+216C Roman Numeral Fifty
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ⅼ" U+216C Roman Numeral Fifty
Uppercase Code Point	"Ⅼ" U+216C Roman Numeral Fifty
Titlecase Code Point	"Ⅼ" U+216C Roman Numeral Fifty
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
Changes When Titlecased	Yes
Changes When Uppercased	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	Lower