U+2778 "❸" Dingbat Negative Circled Digit Three Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+2778 "❸" Dingbat Negative Circled Digit Three is a typographic symbol belonging to the Dingbat block, specifically part of a set of negative circled digits that appear as white numbers on a solid black circular background. This particular character represents the number three and is commonly used for decorative list numbering, icons, or visual markers in documents and user interfaces. Its design features a bold, contrasting silhouette that makes it stand out against lighter backgrounds, serving a functional role in structured layouts while inheriting the ornamental style typical of dingbat fonts.

General Properties

Code Point U+2778
Version Added 1.1
Name Dingbat Negative Circled Digit Three
Unicode 1.0 Name Inverse Circled Digit Three
Block Dingbats
General Category Other Number
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ❸
HTML Hex Encoding ❸
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0x9D 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2778
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002778
C/C++/Java Escape \u2778

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type Digital
Numeric Value 3
Line Break Ambiguous (Alphabetic or Ideographic)
East Asian Width Ambiguous
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