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circled number twelve

Circled number twelve

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⑫ is the number twelve inside a circle: a ready-made marker for item 12 in a numbered list, step 12 in instructions or note 12 on a diagram. The circle sets it apart from ordinary text without changing the value. Unicode includes circled numbers mainly because older Japanese, Korean and Chinese character sets had them.

Text symbol

What ⑫ means

It labels the twelfth item, step or point. Typical places are step-by-step instructions, numbered parts on a drawing or map, exam answer choices and lists where plain 12. could get lost in the text. A single character keeps the number and its circle together, so it never breaks across a line.

In Japanese, Korean and Chinese documents circled numbers are a familiar list and outline marker. Unicode encoded the set mainly so text from older East Asian character sets could be converted without losing these marks. Japanese guides long warned that circled digits were "machine-dependent characters" that might turn into garbage on another computer, and some Japanese government web guidelines still discourage them; with Unicode they usually display fine, though a font without the glyph can still show an empty box.

Neutral and practical: a tidy typographic label with no emotional tone.

Part of the collection

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Circled Letters & Numbers
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Don't confuse it with

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⓬
Negative Circled Number Twelve
Negative circled number twelve: white 12 on a solid black circle.
⑿
Parenthesized Number Twelve
Parenthesized twelve: 12 in round brackets, no circle.
⒓
Number Twelve Full Stop
Number twelve full stop: "12." squeezed into one character.

Combination ideas

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Twelve o'clock, noon or midnight.
The twelve days of Christmas.
A dozen eggs.

Worth knowing

  • The original circled series stops at ⑳; numbers 21–50 arrived years later, in Unicode 3.2, in two separate stretches of one block.

Questions people ask

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Is ⑫ the same as typing 12?

No. It is one separate character, but some search boxes, forms and databases simplify text (so-called compatibility normalization) and quietly turn it into plain 12.

Why do I see a box instead of ⑫?

Your font lacks the glyph. Many common phone and computer fonts include circled numbers 1–20, but coverage varies; switching to another system font usually fixes it.

Collections with ⑫

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①Number Symbols257 symbols

How to type or find ⑫

Also called
circled 12 · encircled twelve · number 12 in a circle
Search it as
12 in a circle · ⑫ symbol · enclosed number 12 · circled numbers
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 246B, then AltX to get ⑫.
Windows
⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).
macOS
⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “circled number twelve”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 246b, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⑫
CSS
\246B
Japanese input
Type まるじゅうに (or 12 in many setups) and convert; ⑫ appears among the candidates.
Windows (Word)
Type 246B, then press AltX.
Mac
Open Character Viewer with ControlCommandSpace and search "circled twelve".
Linux (GNOME)
Press CtrlShiftU, type 246b, then Space or Enter.
HTML
⑫ or ⑫
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⑫
HTML hex
⑫
CSS content
content: "\246B";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%91%AB
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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