How do I type the ⒓ number twelve full stop symbol?

On Windows, type 2493 and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 2493. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.

What is the code for ⒓?

Number Twelve Full Stop is U+2493. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.

Will ⒓ survive being pasted anywhere?

Not always. Number Twelve Full Stop is a compatibility character: any system that applies Unicode NFKC normalisation — search indexes, usernames, identifiers — replaces it with 12.. Use it for display, not where text is normalised.

U+2493 · Other number

Number Twelve Full Stop Symbol ⒓

⒓ is number twelve full stop, and Unicode gives it the numeric value 12. It was added in Unicode 1.1, and Unicode files it under Other number.

Also known as

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

Codes & technical data

Unicode	`U+2493`
HTML hex	`⒓`
HTML decimal	`⒓`
CSS	`\2493`
JavaScript	`\u{2493}`
Python	`\U00002493`
Java / C#	`\u2493`
Rust	`\u{2493}`
Swift	`\u{2493}`
PHP	`\u{2493}`
URL encoded	`%E2%92%93`
UTF-8 bytes	`E2 92 93`
UTF-16 bytes	`2493`
Base64	`4pKT`
Decimal	`9363`
Decomposes to	12. (compat form)
Numeric value	12
Category	Other number (No)
Introduced	Unicode 1.1

Will ⒓ survive being pasted?

Normalisation. No. Anything that applies NFKC — search indexes, usernames, domain names, programming identifiers — rewrites ⒓ as 12.. Safe for display, not for storage.
Legacy encodings. ⒓ 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 ⒓

Windows	Type `2493` then press `Alt`+`X`
macOS	Press `Ctrl`+`Cmd`+`Space`, then search for “number twelve full stop”
Linux	Press `Ctrl`+`Shift`+`U`, type `2493`, press `Enter`
HTML	`⒓`

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 ⒓ number twelve full stop symbol?: On Windows, type 2493 and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 2493. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
What is the code for ⒓?: Number Twelve Full Stop is U+2493. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
Will ⒓ survive being pasted anywhere?: Not always. Number Twelve Full Stop is a compatibility character: any system that applies Unicode NFKC normalisation — search indexes, usernames, identifiers — replaces it with 12.. Use it for display, not where text is normalised.