How do I type the ⑯ circled number sixteen symbol?

On Windows, type 246F and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 246f. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.

What is the code for ⑯?

Circled Number Sixteen is U+246F. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.

Will ⑯ survive being pasted anywhere?

Not always. Circled Number Sixteen is a compatibility character: any system that applies Unicode NFKC normalisation — search indexes, usernames, identifiers — replaces it with 16. Use it for display, not where text is normalised.

U+246F · Other number

Circled Number Sixteen Symbol ⑯

⑯ is circled number sixteen, and Unicode gives it the numeric value 16. It was added in Unicode 1.1, and Unicode files it under Other number.

Codes & technical data

Unicode	`U+246F`
HTML hex	`⑯`
HTML decimal	`⑯`
CSS	`\246F`
JavaScript	`\u{246F}`
Python	`\U0000246F`
Java / C#	`\u246F`
Rust	`\u{246f}`
Swift	`\u{246F}`
PHP	`\u{246F}`
URL encoded	`%E2%91%AF`
UTF-8 bytes	`E2 91 AF`
UTF-16 bytes	`246F`
Base64	`4pGv`
Decimal	`9327`
Decomposes to	16 (circle form)
Numeric value	16
Category	Other number (No)
Introduced	Unicode 1.1

Will ⑯ survive being pasted?

Normalisation. No. Anything that applies NFKC — search indexes, usernames, domain names, programming identifiers — rewrites ⑯ as 16. Safe for display, not for storage.
Legacy encodings. ⑯ is Unicode-only — it has no Latin-1 equivalent, so a system stuck on an 8-bit encoding cannot represent it.
Size. 3 bytes in UTF-8. Character-limited fields — SMS, bios, some form validators — usually count bytes, not characters.

Nearby in Enclosed Alphanumerics

Letters and digits inside circles, parentheses and full stops. Widely used for numbered lists in plain text, though NFKC normalisation strips the enclosure and leaves the bare character.

All 160 characters in Enclosed Alphanumerics →

How to type ⑯

Windows	Type `246F` then press `Alt`+`X`
macOS	Press `Ctrl`+`Cmd`+`Space`, then search for “circled number sixteen”
Linux	Press `Ctrl`+`Shift`+`U`, type `246f`, press `Enter`
HTML	`⑯`

About Unicode’s Other number category

This is classified as a number that is not a plain digit — a fraction, a superscript figure, a circled or bracketed numeral. Software will not parse it as a number without being told to.

Frequently asked questions

How do I type the ⑯ circled number sixteen symbol?: On Windows, type 246F and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 246f. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
What is the code for ⑯?: Circled Number Sixteen is U+246F. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
Will ⑯ survive being pasted anywhere?: Not always. Circled Number Sixteen is a compatibility character: any system that applies Unicode NFKC normalisation — search indexes, usernames, identifiers — replaces it with 16. Use it for display, not where text is normalised.