What means
No. It is a decorative way to write the digit three.
The form comes from the European character set for Sharp MZ home computers. The MZ-80K, an early model in the series, dates to 1978. A character set is the machine's built-in collection of text and graphic shapes; this one kept outlined digits 0–9 and capitals A–Z apart from plain forms for logos and screen artwork.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Why does show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
How to type
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1CCF3, then Alt+X to get .
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 “outlined digit three”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1ccf3, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𜳳CSS
\1CCF3Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜳳
HTML hex
𜳳
CSS content
content: "\1CCF3";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B3%B3
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.