What ⒊ means
It marks the third item in a numbered list.
At the start of a line, it labels an entry; the words after it give the details.
The ⒈–⒛ series was intended as numbered bullets and encoded for compatibility with older East Asian character sets. As of 2026, built-in list styles handle much of that role in formatted text.
Use it when a compact numbered marker suits the layout.
Don't confuse it with
1Combination ideas
1A two-line outline, with each marker starting its item.
Questions people ask
1Will normalization keep ⒊ as one character?
No. NFKC is Unicode’s compatibility-normalization form; it rewrites ⒊ as 3 and a period. The text stays readable, but the single-character marker is gone.
How to type ⒊
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 248A, then Alt+X to get ⒊.
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 “digit three full stop”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 248a, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⒊CSS
\248ACodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⒊
HTML hex
⒊
CSS content
content: "\248A";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%92%8A
1
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.