HTML Entity for Lowercase Roman Numeral Seven (ⅶ)

What Is the Lowercase Roman Numeral Seven Entity?

Lowercase Roman Numeral Seven (ⅶ) is the Unicode character at U+2176 in the Number Forms block. It looks like a small roman vii and is used for outlines, chapter labels, and formal numbering.

Character     ⅶ
Unicode       U+2176
Hex entity    ⅶ
Decimal       ⅶ
CSS escape    \2176
Named entity  (none)

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

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Lowercase Roman Numeral Seven rendered in common writing contexts.

Complete HTML Example

One page that shows Lowercase Roman Numeral Seven 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 Seven (ⅶ) in HTML</title>
  <style>
    #point::after {
      content: "\2176";
    }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <p>Lowercase Roman 7 using Hex Code: &#x2176;</p>
  <p>Lowercase Roman 7 using HTML Code: &#8566;</p>
  <p id="point">Lowercase Roman 7 using CSS Entity: </p>
  <p>Typed directly: ⅶ</p>
</body>
</html>

Lowercase Roman 7 using Hex Code: ⅶ
Lowercase Roman 7 using HTML Code: ⅶ
Lowercase Roman 7 using CSS Entity: ⅶ
Typed directly: ⅶ

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