U+3022 "〢" Hangzhou Numeral Two Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+3022 "〢" Hangzhou Numeral Two is a historical digit from the Suzhou numeral system, a rod-based notation once widely used in Chinese commerce before the adoption of Arabic numerals. This specific character represents the number two and was typically written in vertical or horizontal lines derived from counting rods, which were physical tools used for calculations. The Hangzhou numerals, including 〢, are now largely obsolete in everyday use, though they remain encoded in Unicode to preserve the cultural and historical record of Chinese mathematical practices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+3022 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Hangzhou Numeral Two |
| Block | CJK Symbols and Punctuation |
| General Category | Letter Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 〢 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 〢 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x80 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x3022 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00003022 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u3022 |