HTML Entity for Negative Circled Sans-Serif Digit Four (➍)

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

Negative Circled Sans-Serif Digit Four (➍) is the Unicode character at U+278D in the Dingbats block. It looks like a sans-serif digit 4 on a filled circle and is common for high-contrast step markers.

Character     ➍
Unicode       U+278D
Hex entity    ➍
Decimal       ➍
CSS escape    \278D
Named entity  (none)

All of these produce the same glyph: ➍. Prefer this character when you need a filled sans-serif circled look; type plain 4 when you only need a normal digit.

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

Complete HTML Example

One page that shows Negative Circled Sans-Serif Digit Four 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 Four (➍) in HTML</title>
  <style>
    #point::after {
      content: "\278D";
    }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <p>Neg. Circled Sans-Serif Four using Hex Code: &#x278D;</p>
  <p>Neg. Circled Sans-Serif Four using HTML Code: &#10125;</p>
  <p id="point">Neg. Circled Sans-Serif Four using CSS Entity: </p>
  <p>Typed directly: ➍</p>
</body>
</html>

Neg. Circled Sans-Serif Four using Hex Code: ➍
Neg. Circled Sans-Serif Four using HTML Code: ➍
Neg. Circled Sans-Serif Four using CSS Entity: ➍
Typed directly: ➍

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