HTML Entity for Lowercase Roman Numeral Five (ⅴ)

What Is the Lowercase Roman Numeral Five Entity?

Lowercase Roman Numeral Five (ⅴ) is the Unicode character at U+2174 in the Number Forms block. It looks like a small roman v and is used for outlines, chapter labels, and formal numbering.

Character     ⅴ
Unicode       U+2174
Hex entity    ⅴ
Decimal       ⅴ
CSS escape    \2174
Named entity  (none)

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

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Lowercase Roman Numeral Five rendered in common writing contexts.

Complete HTML Example

One page that shows Lowercase Roman Numeral Five 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 Five (ⅴ) in HTML</title>
  <style>
    #point::after {
      content: "\2174";
    }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <p>Lowercase Roman 5 using Hex Code: &#x2174;</p>
  <p>Lowercase Roman 5 using HTML Code: &#8564;</p>
  <p id="point">Lowercase Roman 5 using CSS Entity: </p>
  <p>Typed directly: ⅴ</p>
</body>
</html>

Lowercase Roman 5 using Hex Code: ⅴ
Lowercase Roman 5 using HTML Code: ⅴ
Lowercase Roman 5 using CSS Entity: ⅴ
Typed directly: ⅴ

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