U+278B "➋" Dingbat Negative Circled Sans-Serif Digit Two Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+278B "➋" Dingbat Negative Circled Sans-Serif Digit Two is a typographic symbol that represents the number two enclosed within a solid black circle, rendered in a clean sans-serif font style. This character is part of the Dingbat block in the Unicode standard, specifically designed for decorative or list-oriented purposes where a bold, negative-space numeral is needed. Its inverted appearance, with the white digit contrasting against the dark circular background, makes it commonly used in ordered lists, bullet points, or menu numbering to draw visual attention.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+278B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Dingbat Negative Circled Sans-Serif Digit Two |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Inverse Circled Sans-Serif Digit Two |
| Block | Dingbats |
| General Category | Other Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ➋ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ➋ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x9E 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x278B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000278B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u278b |