HTML Entity for Negative Circled Sans-Serif Digit One (➊)

What Is the Negative Circled Sans-Serif Digit One Entity?

Negative Circled Sans-Serif Digit One (➊) is the Unicode character at U+278A in the Dingbats block. It looks like a white sans-serif digit 1 on a filled circle and is common for high-contrast step markers and rankings.

Character     ➊
Unicode       U+278A
Hex entity    ➊
Decimal       ➊
CSS escape    \278A
Named entity  (none)

All of these produce the same glyph: ➊. Prefer the Unicode character (or its entities) when you need that filled sans-serif circled look; type plain 1 when you only need a normal digit.

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Negative Circled Sans-Serif Digit One rendered in common UI contexts.

Complete HTML Example

One page that shows Negative Circled Sans-Serif Digit One with the hex entity, decimal entity, CSS escape, and a typed character. Use View Output or open the live editor.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <title>Negative Circled Sans-Serif Digit One (➊) in HTML</title>
  <style>
    #point::after {
      content: "\278A";
    }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <p>Neg. Circled Sans-Serif One using Hex Code: &#x278A;</p>
  <p>Neg. Circled Sans-Serif One using HTML Code: &#10122;</p>
  <p id="point">Neg. Circled Sans-Serif One using CSS Entity: </p>
  <p>Typed directly: ➊</p>
</body>
</html>

Neg. Circled Sans-Serif One using Hex Code: ➊
Neg. Circled Sans-Serif One using HTML Code: ➊
Neg. Circled Sans-Serif One using CSS Entity: ➊
Typed directly: ➊

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