ⅷ is the Unicode character SMALL ROMAN NUMERAL EIGHT, code point U+2177 (decimal 8567) in the Number Forms block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ⅷ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 85 B7.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+2177 |
| Decimal | 8567 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 85 B7 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 2177 |
| UTF-32 | 00002177 |
| HTML decimal | ⅷ |
| HTML hex | ⅷ |
| CSS | \2177 |
| JavaScript | \u2177 |
| JSON | \u2177 |
| Python | \u2177 |
| Python by name | \N{SMALL ROMAN NUMERAL EIGHT} |
| Java, C# | \u2177 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{2177} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u2177 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%85%B7 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | SMALL ROMAN NUMERAL EIGHT |
| Code point | U+2177 (decimal 8567) |
| Block | Number Forms (U+2150–U+218F) |
| General category | Nl: Letter number |
| Script | Latin |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Numeric value | 8 |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Decomposition
SMALL ROMAN NUMERAL EIGHT has a compatibility decomposition (compat) to the sequence below. NFKC and NFKD normalisation replace it with that sequence, which can change how text looks, so use them for search, not for storage.
Upper and lower case
- Ⅷ U+2167 Roman Numeral Eight — Uppercase
Nearby in Number Forms
- Ⅿ U+216F Roman Numeral One Thousand
- ⅰ U+2170 Small Roman Numeral One
- ⅱ U+2171 Small Roman Numeral Two
- ⅲ U+2172 Small Roman Numeral Three
- ⅳ U+2173 Small Roman Numeral Four
- ⅴ U+2174 Small Roman Numeral Five
- ⅵ U+2175 Small Roman Numeral Six
- ⅶ U+2176 Small Roman Numeral Seven
- ⅸ U+2178 Small Roman Numeral Nine
- ⅹ U+2179 Small Roman Numeral Ten
- ⅺ U+217A Small Roman Numeral Eleven
- ⅻ U+217B Small Roman Numeral Twelve
- ⅼ U+217C Small Roman Numeral Fifty
- ⅽ U+217D Small Roman Numeral One Hundred
- ⅾ U+217E Small Roman Numeral Five Hundred
- ⅿ U+217F Small Roman Numeral One Thousand
All 60 characters: Number Forms.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ⅷ?
- Use ⅷ (decimal) or ⅷ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+2177?
- E2 85 B7 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%85%B7.
- How do I write U+2177 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u2177. Python: \u2177.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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