HTML Entity for Small Roman Numeral Five Hundred (ⅾ)
What You'll Learn
How to display the small Roman numeral five hundred (ⅾ) in HTML using hex, decimal, and CSS entity methods. This character is part of the Number Forms Unicode block and encodes a single glyph for the value five hundred in lowercase Roman style.
ⅾ has no named HTML entity, so you’ll use numeric references (ⅾ or ⅾ) or a CSS escape (\217E in content). The glyph can resemble the Latin letter “d”; use U+217E when you mean the numeral, not U+0064.
⚡ Quick Reference — ⅾ Entity
U+217ENumber Forms block
ⅾHexadecimal reference
ⅾDecimal reference
\217EUse in CSS content
Name Value
──────────── ──────────
Unicode U+217E
Hex code ⅾ
HTML code ⅾ
Named entity (none)
CSS code \217EComplete HTML Example
This example demonstrates the small Roman numeral five hundred (ⅾ) using hexadecimal code, decimal HTML code, and a CSS content escape on a pseudo-element:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
#point:after{
content: "\217E";
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p>Small Roman Numeral Five Hundred using Hexa Decimal: ⅾ</p>
<p>Small Roman Numeral Five Hundred using HTML Code: ⅾ</p>
<p id="point">Small Roman Numeral Five Hundred using CSS Entity: </p>
</body>
</html>🌐 Browser Support
The character ⅾ (U+217E) is supported in all modern browsers. Rendering depends on font support for the Number Forms block, so include a sensible fallback font stack:
👀 Live Preview
See ⅾ rendered in a few practical contexts:
d (U+0064) is not the same code point as ⅾ (U+217E).🧠 How It Works
Hexadecimal Code
ⅾ references Unicode 217E in hexadecimal to produce the glyph ⅾ in HTML.
Decimal HTML Code
ⅾ uses the decimal code point value 8574 to render the same character.
CSS Entity (Escape)
\217E is used in CSS (often in content) to generate ⅾ in pseudo-elements like ::before and ::after.
Same visual result
All methods render ⅾ. Unicode is U+217E (Number Forms). There is no named HTML entity for this character.
Use Cases
The small Roman numeral five hundred (ⅾ) commonly appears in these scenarios:
Lowercase Roman levels in deep hierarchical outlines.
Numbered lists where style calls for lowercase Roman numerals.
Pleadings, statutes, and papers that use roman numbering conventions.
Table of contents and figure labels using lowercase romans.
Design systems pairing uppercase and lowercase Number Forms glyphs.
CMS or script output that emits explicit numeric references.
💡 Best Practices
Do
- Use
ⅾorⅾwhen you need the Number Forms glyph - Verify font coverage for Number Forms (or provide fallbacks)
- Distinguish ⅾ from the letter
din specs and code review - Use CSS
contentwhen generating list markers without extra markup - Prefer
<ol type="i">when browser-generated lowercase Roman suffices
Don’t
- Confuse ⅾ with ASCII
dor with the uppercase Roman Ⅾ - Assume every custom webfont includes ⅾ
- Mix hex and decimal references randomly on the same page
- Use the CSS escape in HTML text (it belongs in CSS)
- Expect a named entity (there isn’t one for ⅾ)
Key Takeaways
Use numeric references in HTML
ⅾ ⅾFor CSS, use the escape in the content property
\217EUnicode U+217E is small Roman five hundred (ⅾ)
There is no named HTML entity for ⅾ
Uppercase counterpart is Ⅾ (U+216E)
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
ⅾ (hex) or ⅾ (decimal) in HTML. In CSS, use \217E in the content property. All render ⅾ.U+217E (hex 217E, decimal 8574). It’s part of the Number Forms Unicode block.ⅾ or ⅾ) are used directly in markup. The CSS escape \217E is used in stylesheets (often in content on pseudo-elements). Same glyph, different layer.ⅾ or ⅾ instead of a named entity.Explore More HTML Entities!
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