U+2497 "⒗" Number Sixteen Full Stop Unicode Character
U+2497 "⒗" Number Sixteen Full Stop is a typographic glyph used to represent the number sixteen followed by a period, often in contexts where a compact or stylized enumeration is desired, such as in old typewriter conventions, digital lists, or decorative numbering in clocks and formal documents. It belongs to the Enclosed Alphanumerics block in Unicode and is encoded as a single character rather than being typed as separate numerals and a period, ensuring consistent spacing and appearance across different text systems. This character is most frequently encountered in legacy or specialized formatting, though its usage has declined with modern plain text defaults, remaining primarily in historical or niche applications like reference numbering or clock faces.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2497 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Number Sixteen Full Stop |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Number Sixteen Period |
| Block | Enclosed Alphanumerics |
| General Category | Other Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | European Number |
| Decomposition Type | Compat |
| Decomposition Mapping | "1" U+0031 Digit One "6" U+0036 Digit Six "." U+002E Full Stop |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⒗ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⒗ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x92 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2497 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002497 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2497 |