U+277C "❼" Dingbat Negative Circled Digit Seven Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+277C "❼" Dingbat Negative Circled Digit Seven is a typographic symbol that represents the number seven enclosed within a solid, or negative, circular background, meaning the digit appears in white (or a light color) against a dark filled circle. This character belongs to the Dingbats block in Unicode, which includes a range of ornamental and enclosed alphanumeric symbols often used for decorative lists, numbering systems, or visual markers in documents and user interfaces. Its design makes it particularly useful for creating contrast in printed or digital materials where a bold, inverted numeral is needed to stand out against a background, such as in step by step guides or ranking indicators.

General Properties

Code Point U+277C
Version Added 1.1
Name Dingbat Negative Circled Digit Seven
Unicode 1.0 Name Inverse Circled Digit Seven
Block Dingbats
General Category Other Number
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ❼
HTML Hex Encoding ❼
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0x9D 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding 0x277C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000277C
C/C++/Java Escape \u277c

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type Digital
Numeric Value 7
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