Number Forms is a Unicode block containing Unicode compatibility characters that have specific meaning as numbers, but are constructed from other characters. They consist primarily of vulgar fractions and Roman numerals. In addition to the characters in the Number Forms block, three fractions (¼, ½, and ¾) were inherited from ISO-8859-1, which was incorporated whole as the Latin-1 Supplement block.

Number Forms
RangeU 2150..U 218F
(64 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsLatin (41 char.)
Common (19 char.)
Symbol setsVulgar fractions
Roman numerals
Assigned60 code points
Unused4 reserved code points
Unicode version history
1.0.0 (1991)48 ( 48)
3.0 (1999)49 ( 1)
5.0 (2006)50 ( 1)
5.1 (2008)54 ( 4)
5.2 (2009)58 ( 4)
8.0 (2015)60 ( 2)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

List of characters

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Unicode Number Forms
Glyph Simulation Value Name Hex Dec
17 0.142... Vulgar Fraction One Seventh 2150 8528
19 0.111... Vulgar Fraction One Ninth 2151 8529
110 0.1 Vulgar Fraction One Tenth 2152 8530
13 0.333... Vulgar Fraction One Third 2153 8531
23 0.666... Vulgar Fraction Two Thirds 2154 8532
15 0.2 Vulgar Fraction One Fifth 2155 8533
25 0.4 Vulgar Fraction Two Fifths 2156 8534
35 0.6 Vulgar Fraction Three Fifths 2157 8535
45 0.8 Vulgar Fraction Four Fifths 2158 8536
16 0.166... Vulgar Fraction One Sixth 2159 8537
56 0.833... Vulgar Fraction Five Sixths 215A 8538
18 0.125 Vulgar Fraction One Eighth 215B 8539
38 0.375 Vulgar Fraction Three Eighths 215C 8540
58 0.625 Vulgar Fraction Five Eighths 215D 8541
78 0.875 Vulgar Fraction Seven Eighths 215E 8542
1 1[3] Fraction Numerator One 215F 8543
I 1 Roman Numeral One 2160 8544
II 2 Roman Numeral Two 2161 8545
III 3 Roman Numeral Three 2162 8546
IV 4 Roman Numeral Four 2163 8547
V 5 Roman Numeral Five 2164 8548
VI 6 Roman Numeral Six 2165 8549
VII 7 Roman Numeral Seven 2166 8550
VIII 8 Roman Numeral Eight 2167 8551
IX 9 Roman Numeral Nine 2168 8552
X 10 Roman Numeral Ten 2169 8553
XI 11 Roman Numeral Eleven 216A 8554
XII 12 Roman Numeral Twelve 216B 8555
L 50 Roman Numeral Fifty 216C 8556
C 100 Roman Numeral One Hundred 216D 8557
D 500 Roman Numeral Five Hundred 216E 8558
M 1000 Roman Numeral One Thousand 216F 8559
i 1 Small Roman Numeral One 2170 8560
ii 2 Small Roman Numeral Two 2171 8561
iii 3 Small Roman Numeral Three 2172 8562
iv 4 Small Roman Numeral Four 2173 8563
v 5 Small Roman Numeral Five 2174 8564
vi 6 Small Roman Numeral Six 2175 8565
vii 7 Small Roman Numeral Seven 2176 8566
viii 8 Small Roman Numeral Eight 2177 8567
ix 9 Small Roman Numeral Nine 2178 8568
x 10 Small Roman Numeral Ten 2179 8569
xi 11 Small Roman Numeral Eleven 217A 8570
xii 12 Small Roman Numeral Twelve 217B 8571
l 50 Small Roman Numeral Fifty 217C 8572
c 100 Small Roman Numeral One Hundred 217D 8573
d 500 Small Roman Numeral Five Hundred 217E 8574
m 1000 Small Roman Numeral One Thousand 217F 8575
  1000 Roman Numeral One Thousand C D 2180 8576
  5000 Roman Numeral Five Thousand 2181 8577
  10000 Roman Numeral Ten Thousand 2182 8578
  100 Roman Numeral Reversed One Hundred 2183 8579
  100 Latin Small Letter Reversed C 2184 8580
  6 Roman Numeral Six Late Form 2185 8581
  50 Roman Numeral Fifty Early Form 2186 8582
  50000 Roman Numeral Fifty Thousand 2187 8583
  100000 Roman Numeral One Hundred Thousand 2188 8584
03 0 Vulgar Fraction Zero Thirds (used in baseball scoring) 2189 8585
2 10 Turned Digit Two (used in duodecimal) 218A 8586
3 11 Turned Digit Three (used in duodecimal) 218B 8587

Block

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Number Forms[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U 215x
U 216x
U 217x
U 218x
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

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The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Number Forms block:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. ^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  3. ^ Unicode Character Properties for U 215F