Number Forms
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Number Forms are Unicode
characters which have specific meaning as number
s, but are constructed from other characters. They consist primarily of vulgar fractions and roman numerals
. They are placed in the Unicode codepoint range 0x2150 through 0x218F (hexadecimal
), except for three fractions in ISO-8859-1 which are left at their original locations.
Unicode
Unicode is a computing industry standard for the consistent encoding, representation and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems...
characters which have specific meaning as number
Number
A number is a mathematical object used to count and measure. In mathematics, the definition of number has been extended over the years to include such numbers as zero, negative numbers, rational numbers, irrational numbers, and complex numbers....
s, but are constructed from other characters. They consist primarily of vulgar fractions and roman numerals
Roman numerals
The numeral system of ancient Rome, or Roman numerals, uses combinations of letters from the Latin alphabet to signify values. The numbers 1 to 10 can be expressed in Roman numerals as:...
. They are placed in the Unicode codepoint range 0x2150 through 0x218F (hexadecimal
Hexadecimal
In mathematics and computer science, hexadecimal is a positional numeral system with a radix, or base, of 16. It uses sixteen distinct symbols, most often the symbols 0–9 to represent values zero to nine, and A, B, C, D, E, F to represent values ten to fifteen...
), except for three fractions in ISO-8859-1 which are left at their original locations.
| Glyph | Image | Name | Hex Hexadecimal In mathematics and computer science, hexadecimal is a positional numeral system with a radix, or base, of 16. It uses sixteen distinct symbols, most often the symbols 0–9 to represent values zero to nine, and A, B, C, D, E, F to represent values ten to fifteen... |
Dec Decimal The decimal numeral system has ten as its base. It is the numerical base most widely used by modern civilizations.... |
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| ¼ | 1⁄4 | .25 | Vulgar Fraction One Fourth | 00BC | 188 |
| ½ | 1⁄2 | .5 | Vulgar Fraction One Half | 00BD | 189 |
| ¾ | 3⁄4 | .75 | Vulgar Fraction Three Fourths | 00BE | 190 |
| ⅐ | 1⁄7 | .14 | Vulgar Fraction One Seventh | 2150 | 8528 |
| ⅑ | 1⁄9 | .11 | Vulgar Fraction One Ninth | 2151 | 8529 |
| ⅒ | 1⁄10 | .1 | Vulgar Fraction One Tenth | 2152 | 8530 |
| ⅓ | 1⁄3 | .33 | Vulgar Fraction One Third | 2153 | 8531 |
| ⅔ | 2⁄3 | .67 | Vulgar Fraction Two Thirds | 2154 | 8532 |
| ⅕ | 1⁄5 | .2 | Vulgar Fraction One Fifth | 2155 | 8533 |
| ⅖ | 2⁄5 | .4 | Vulgar Fraction Two Fifths | 2156 | 8534 |
| ⅗ | 3⁄5 | .6 | Vulgar Fraction Three Fifths | 2157 | 8535 |
| ⅘ | 4⁄5 | .8 | Vulgar Fraction Four Fifths | 2158 | 8536 |
| ⅙ | 1⁄6 | .17 | Vulgar Fraction One Sixth | 2159 | 8537 |
| ⅚ | 5⁄6 | .83 | Vulgar Fraction Five Sixths | 215A | 8538 |
| ⅛ | 1⁄8 | .13 | Vulgar Fraction One Eighth | 215B | 8539 |
| ⅜ | 3⁄8 | .38 | Vulgar Fraction Three Eighths | 215C | 8540 |
| ⅝ | 5⁄8 | .63 | Vulgar Fraction Five Eighths | 215D | 8541 |
| ⅞ | 7⁄8 | .88 | Vulgar Fraction Seven Eighths | 215E | 8542 |
| ⅟ | 1⁄ | 0 | Fraction Numerator One | 215F | 8543 |
| Ⅰ | I | 1 | Roman Numeral One | 2160 | 8544 |
| Ⅱ | II | 2 | Roman Numeral Two | 2161 | 8545 |
| Ⅲ | III | 3 | Roman Numeral Three | 2162 | 8546 |
| Ⅳ | IV | 4 | Roman Numeral Four | 2163 | 8547 |
| Ⅴ | V | 5 | Roman Numeral Five | 2164 | 8548 |
| Ⅵ | VI | 6 | Roman Numeral Six | 2165 | 8549 |
| Ⅶ | VII | 7 | Roman Numeral Seven | 2166 | 8550 |
| Ⅷ | VIII | 8 | Roman Numeral Eight | 2167 | 8551 |
| Ⅸ | IX | 9 | Roman Numeral Nine | 2168 | 8552 |
| Ⅹ | X | 10 | Roman Numeral Ten | 2169 | 8553 |
| Ⅺ | XI | 11 | Roman Numeral Eleven | 216A | 8554 |
| Ⅻ | XII | 12 | Roman Numeral Twelve | 216B | 8555 |
| Ⅼ | L | 50 | Roman Numeral Fifty | 216C | 8556 |
| Ⅽ | C | 100 | Roman Numeral One Hundred | 216D | 8557 |
| Ⅾ | D | 500 | Roman Numeral Five Hundred | 216E | 8558 |
| Ⅿ | M | 1000 | Roman Numeral One Thousand | 216F | 8559 |
| ⅰ | i | 1 | Small Roman Numeral One | 2170 | 8560 |
| ⅱ | ii | 2 | Small Roman Numeral Two | 2171 | 8561 |
| ⅲ | iii | 3 | Small Roman Numeral Three | 2172 | 8562 |
| ⅳ | iv | 4 | Small Roman Numeral Four | 2173 | 8563 |
| ⅴ | v | 5 | Small Roman Numeral Five | 2174 | 8564 |
| ⅵ | vi | 6 | Small Roman Numeral Six | 2175 | 8565 |
| ⅶ | vii | 7 | Small Roman Numeral Seven | 2176 | 8566 |
| ⅷ | viii | 8 | Small Roman Numeral Eight | 2177 | 8567 |
| ⅸ | ix | 9 | Small Roman Numeral Nine | 2178 | 8568 |
| ⅹ | x | 10 | Small Roman Numeral Ten | 2179 | 8569 |
| ⅺ | xi | 11 | Small Roman Numeral Eleven | 217A | 8570 |
| ⅻ | xii | 12 | Small Roman Numeral Twelve | 217B | 8571 |
| ⅼ | l | 50 | Small Roman Numeral Fifty | 217C | 8572 |
| ⅽ | c | 100 | Small Roman Numeral One Hundred | 217D | 8573 |
| ⅾ | d | 500 | Small Roman Numeral Five Hundred | 217E | 8574 |
| ⅿ | m | 1000 | Small Roman Numeral One Thousand | 217F | 8575 |
| ↀ |  |
1000 | Roman Numeral One Thousand | 2180 | 8576 |
| ↁ |  |
5000 | Roman Numeral Five Thousand | 2181 | 8577 |
| ↂ |  |
10000 | Roman Numeral Ten Thousand | 2182 | 8578 |
| Ↄ |  |
100 | Roman Numeral Reversed One Hundred | 2183 | 8579 |
| ↄ |  |
100 | Latin Small Letter Reversed C | 2184 | 8580 |
| ↅ |  |
6 | Roman Numeral Six Late Form | 2185 | 8581 |
| ↆ |  |
50 | Roman Numeral Fifty Early Form | 2186 | 8582 |
| ↇ |  |
50000 | Roman Numeral Fifty Thousand | 2187 | 8583 |
| ↈ |  |
100000 | Roman Numeral One Hundred Thousand | 2188 | 8584 |
| ↉ | 0⁄3 | 0 | Vulgar Fraction Zero Thirds | 2189 | 8585 |