HTML Entity for Lowercase Roman Numeral Eight (ⅷ)

What Is the Lowercase Roman Numeral Eight Entity?

Lowercase Roman Numeral Eight (ⅷ) is the Unicode character at U+2177 in the Number Forms block. It looks like a small roman viii and is used for outlines, chapter labels, and formal numbering.

Character     ⅷ
Unicode       U+2177
Hex entity    ⅷ
Decimal       ⅷ
CSS escape    \2177
Named entity  (none)

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

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Lowercase Roman Numeral Eight rendered in common writing contexts.

Complete HTML Example

One page that shows Lowercase Roman Numeral Eight 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 Eight (ⅷ) in HTML</title>
  <style>
    #point::after {
      content: "\2177";
    }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <p>Lowercase Roman 8 using Hex Code: &#x2177;</p>
  <p>Lowercase Roman 8 using HTML Code: &#8567;</p>
  <p id="point">Lowercase Roman 8 using CSS Entity: </p>
  <p>Typed directly: ⅷ</p>
</body>
</html>

Lowercase Roman 8 using Hex Code: ⅷ
Lowercase Roman 8 using HTML Code: ⅷ
Lowercase Roman 8 using CSS Entity: ⅷ
Typed directly: ⅷ

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