What ⑻ means
It marks item eight in an ordered list.
Think “parenthesized 8” or “numbered bullet”: its place in a list supplies the meaning. It belongs to an enclosed-number family that also includes numerals in circles or followed by periods.
In plain text, the enclosure stays attached to the number when rich-text list formatting is unavailable.
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
2Is ⑻ an emoji?
No. It is a text character used for list numbering; how it looks depends on the font.
Can ⑻ become (8)?
Yes. Unicode compatibility normalization can turn it into three characters: an opening parenthesis, 8, and a closing parenthesis.
How to type ⑻
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 247B, then Alt+X to get ⑻.
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 “parenthesized digit eight”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 247b, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⑻CSS
\247BCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⑻
HTML hex
⑻
CSS content
content: "\247B";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%91%BB
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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.