U+277C "❼" Dingbat Negative Circled Digit Seven Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
❼
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 |