Technical information

Symbol
NameCircled digit two
Unicode numberU+2461
CategoryCircled numbers
DescriptionThe Unicode character ②, or U+2461, is known as the "Circled Digit Two". It falls under the "Enclosed Alphanumerics" block and the "Other Number" category in the Unicode standard. As the name suggests, this character is a representation of the number two enclosed within a circle. These kinds of characters are frequently used in a variety of contexts where you need to highlight or differentiate numbers, such as in lists, diagrams, or instructional manuals. They might also be used for stylistic or aesthetic reasons in different types of design or typography.

Encoding

HTML Entity②
HTML Entity (hex)②
URL Escape Code%E2%91%A1
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x91 0xA1
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10010001:10100001
UTF-160x2461
UTF-320x00002461

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2461"
CSS Code\2461
JavaScript"\u2461"
Perl\x{2461}
Python 2u"\u2461"
Python 3\u2461
Ruby\u{2461}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this ② in sentence and in bold like this and in italic like this .

Font size:

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72px

CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#9313;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2461";
}

The symbol in different fonts

-apple-system
Apple Color Emoji
Arial
BlinkMacSystemFont
Courier New
Georgia
Droid Sans
Helvetica
Noto Sans
Oxygen
Roboto
"Segoe UI"
sans-serif
Segoe UI Emoji
Segoe UI Symbol
system-ui
Times New Roman
Ubuntu
Verdana

References