U+2464 "⑤" Circled Digit Five Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⑤
U+2464 "⑤" Circled Digit Five is a typographic symbol that represents the number five enclosed within a circle, belonging to the Enclosed Alphanumerics block of the Unicode standard. It is commonly used in lists, instructional steps, or as a visual marker for ordering in contexts such as menus, diagrams, or stylized numbering systems where a compact, decorative numeral is desired. This character is distinct from the regular digit 5 and is encoded specifically for compatibility with East Asian typographic conventions and various modern digital formats.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2464 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Circled Digit Five |
| Block | Enclosed Alphanumerics |
| General Category | Other Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Decomposition Type | Circle |
| Decomposition Mapping | "5" U+0035 Digit Five |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⑤ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⑤ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x91 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2464 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002464 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2464 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | Digital |
| Numeric Value | 5 |
| Line Break | Ambiguous (Alphabetic or Ideographic) |
| East Asian Width | Ambiguous |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "5" U+0035 Digit Five |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "5" U+0035 Digit Five |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |