Roman Numeral Five Thousand Unicode Character
U+2181 · 1 code point
ↁ is the Unicode character named ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE THOUSAND.
Key facts for ↁ
- Structure1 ordered code point
- UTF-8 size3 bytes
- Leading classLetter Number (
Nl)
Unicode data for ↁ
- Character
- ↁ
- Code point
U+2181- Formal name
- ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE THOUSAND
- General category
Nl- UTF-8 bytes
E2 86 81- HTML hexadecimal
ↁ- Bidirectional class
L- Combining class
0
What the classification says
The leading value belongs to the letter number class, recorded as Nl. This property helps software treat the text correctly. It does not decide the character's meaning in every setting.
How text software may read it
- Text direction: its bidirectional property marks it as a strong left-to-right value.
- Display width: Unicode classifies the leading value as neutral under the East Asian Width property.
- Combining order: its canonical combining class is zero, so it carries no non-zero canonical reordering weight.
Where the encoded value sits
U+2181 has decimal scalar value 8,577. Its assigned plane is the Basic Multilingual Plane.
One code point, one record
This page describes one scalar value: U+2181. Its decimal value is 8,577, and its UTF-8 form uses 3 bytes.
Transformation behavior for ↁ
Normalization result
Applying NFC, NFD, NFKC, or NFKD preserves this exact encoded value: U+2181. Normalization does not create a simpler or compatibility-equivalent sequence for this record.
| Form | Rendered result | Code points | Compared with input |
|---|---|---|---|
| NFC | ↁ | U+2181 | Unchanged |
| NFD | ↁ | U+2181 | Unchanged |
| NFKC | ↁ | U+2181 | Unchanged |
| NFKD | ↁ | U+2181 | Unchanged |
Numeric interpretation
U+2181 has Unicode numeric value 5000. This is a character property, not a guarantee that every parser accepts the mark as a number.
Mirroring behavior
The leading code point's Unicode mirrored property is No. The Unicode database does not mark this value for glyph mirroring in bidirectional layout.
Using the exact value
Copy and source representation
Copy the complete character, then verify the stored result inside its intended destination. The copy-and-paste guide explains how to check multi-part values. In UTF-8 source, the literal value can usually be used directly; its hexadecimal HTML reference is ↁ. The code point converter provides language-specific escape forms.
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Meaning and rendering boundary
Treat the formal name as an identity label, not a universal interpretation. Use the meaning-research method for cultural or technical context. Fonts control the glyph; if it becomes a box, follow the font-coverage diagnostic.