HTML Entity for Lowercase Roman Numeral Four (ⅳ)

What Is the Lowercase Roman Numeral Four Entity?

Lowercase Roman Numeral Four (ⅳ) is the Unicode character at U+2173 in the Number Forms block. It looks like a small roman iv and is used for outlines, chapter labels, and formal numbering.

Character     ⅳ
Unicode       U+2173
Hex entity    ⅳ
Decimal       ⅳ
CSS escape    \2173
Named entity  (none)

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

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Lowercase Roman Numeral Four rendered in common writing contexts.

Complete HTML Example

One page that shows Lowercase Roman Numeral 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>Lowercase Roman Numeral Four (ⅳ) in HTML</title>
  <style>
    #point::after {
      content: "\2173";
    }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <p>Lowercase Roman 4 using Hex Code: &#x2173;</p>
  <p>Lowercase Roman 4 using HTML Code: &#8563;</p>
  <p id="point">Lowercase Roman 4 using CSS Entity: </p>
  <p>Typed directly: ⅳ</p>
</body>
</html>

Lowercase Roman 4 using Hex Code: ⅳ
Lowercase Roman 4 using HTML Code: ⅳ
Lowercase Roman 4 using CSS Entity: ⅳ
Typed directly: ⅳ

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