HTML Entity for Lowercase Roman Numeral Two (ⅱ)

What Is the Lowercase Roman Numeral Two Entity?

Lowercase Roman Numeral Two (ⅱ) is the Unicode character at U+2171 in the Number Forms block. It looks like a small roman ii and is used for outlines, chapter labels, and formal numbering.

Character     ⅱ
Unicode       U+2171
Hex entity    ⅱ
Decimal       ⅱ
CSS escape    \2171
Named entity  (none)

All of these produce the same glyph: ⅱ. Prefer the Unicode character (or its entities) when you need a true roman numeral; type the letters ii when you only need ordinary text.

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Lowercase Roman Numeral Two rendered in common writing contexts.

Complete HTML Example

One page that shows Lowercase Roman Numeral Two 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>Lowercase Roman Numeral Two (ⅱ) in HTML</title>
  <style>
    #point::after {
      content: "\2171";
    }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <p>Lowercase Roman 2 using Hex Code: &#x2171;</p>
  <p>Lowercase Roman 2 using HTML Code: &#8561;</p>
  <p id="point">Lowercase Roman 2 using CSS Entity: </p>
  <p>Typed directly: ⅱ</p>
</body>
</html>

Lowercase Roman 2 using Hex Code: ⅱ
Lowercase Roman 2 using HTML Code: ⅱ
Lowercase Roman 2 using CSS Entity: ⅱ
Typed directly: ⅱ

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