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U+248D · Other number

Digit Six Full Stop Symbol ⒍

⒍ is digit six full stop, and Unicode gives it the numeric value 6. It was added in Unicode 1.1, and Unicode files it under Other number.

Also known as

Unicode 1.0 called this character digit six period. The standard renamed it later, but documents, fonts and font-editing tools from that era still use the old name.

Codes & technical data

UnicodeU+248D
HTML hex⒍
HTML decimal⒍
CSS\248D
JavaScript\u{248D}
Python\U0000248D
Java / C#\u248D
Rust\u{248d}
Swift\u{248D}
PHP\u{248D}
URL encoded%E2%92%8D
UTF-8 bytesE2 92 8D
UTF-16 bytes248D
Base644pKN
Decimal9357
Decomposes to6. (compat form)
Numeric value6
CategoryOther number (No)
IntroducedUnicode 1.1

Will ⒍ survive being pasted?

  • Normalisation. No. Anything that applies NFKC — search indexes, usernames, domain names, programming identifiers — rewrites ⒍ as 6.. Safe for display, not for storage.
  • Legacy encodings. ⒍ 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 stop characters

Unicode names 24 characters ending in “stop”. 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.

All 160 characters in Enclosed Alphanumerics →

How to type ⒍

WindowsType 248D then press Alt+X
macOSPress Ctrl+Cmd+Space, then search for “digit six full stop”
LinuxPress Ctrl+Shift+U, type 248d, press Enter
HTML⒍

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 ⒍ digit six full stop symbol?
On Windows, type 248D and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 248d. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
What is the code for ⒍?
Digit Six Full Stop is U+248D. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
Will ⒍ survive being pasted anywhere?
Not always. Digit Six Full Stop is a compatibility character: any system that applies Unicode NFKC normalisation — search indexes, usernames, identifiers — replaces it with 6.. Use it for display, not where text is normalised.