What means
It means nine, styled as an outline. The form comes from the character set on European versions of Sharp MZ computers; an early model, the MZ-80K, was released in 1978.
A 2021 Unicode proposal records the outlined MZ digits as display forms used apart from plain digits in logos and artwork. The design changes the lettering, not the number.
Part of the collection
Don't confuse it with
2Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Can normalization turn outlined nine into plain 9?
Yes. Its compatibility mapping is plain 9, so Unicode’s NFKC form (compatibility normalization) can remove the outline during text processing.
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How to type or find
- Search it as
- sharp mz · mz-80k · hollow 9
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𜳹CSS
\1CCF9JavaScript
Make outlined digits in JavaScript: as of 2026, runtimes listing
outlined as an Intl numbering system can format 9 with Intl.NumberFormat('en', { numberingSystem: 'outlined' }).format(9).Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
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HTML hex
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CSS content
content: "\1CCF9";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B3%B9
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.