U+2469 · Other number
Circled Number Ten Symbol ⑩
⑩ is circled number ten, and Unicode gives it the numeric value 10. It was added in Unicode 1.1, and Unicode files it under Other number.
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+2469 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | ⑩ | |
| HTML decimal | ⑩ | |
| CSS | \2469 | |
| JavaScript | \u{2469} | |
| Python | \U00002469 | |
| Java / C# | \u2469 | |
| Rust | \u{2469} | |
| Swift | \u{2469} | |
| PHP | \u{2469} | |
| URL encoded | %E2%91%A9 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 91 A9 | |
| UTF-16 bytes | 2469 | |
| Base64 | 4pGp | |
| Decimal | 9321 | |
| Decomposes to | 10 (circle form) | |
| Numeric value | 10 | |
| Category | Other number (No) | |
| Introduced | Unicode 1.1 | |
Will ⑩ survive being pasted?
- Normalisation. No. Anything that applies NFKC — search indexes, usernames, domain names, programming identifiers — rewrites ⑩ as
10. Safe for display, not for storage. - Legacy encodings. ⑩ 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.
Other ten characters
Unicode names 8 characters ending in “ten”. They differ by direction, weight or decoration rather than by meaning.
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.
How to type ⑩
| Windows | Type 2469 then press Alt+X |
|---|---|
| macOS | Press Ctrl+Cmd+Space, then search for “circled number ten” |
| Linux | Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 2469, press Enter |
| HTML | ⑩ |
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 ⑩ circled number ten symbol?
- On Windows, type 2469 and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 2469. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
- What is the code for ⑩?
- Circled Number Ten is U+2469. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
- Will ⑩ survive being pasted anywhere?
- Not always. Circled Number Ten is a compatibility character: any system that applies Unicode NFKC normalisation — search indexes, usernames, identifiers — replaces it with 10. Use it for display, not where text is normalised.