U+3022 "〢" Hangzhou Numeral Two Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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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
Name
Hangzhou Numeral Two
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
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
2
Script Extensions
Han