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U+2162, Ⅲ
ROMAN NUMERAL THREE

[U+2161]
Number Forms
[U+2163]
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Translingual

Alternative forms

Symbol

  1. Roman numeral three (3)
  2. (ordinal, especially in the names of aristocracy) the third.
  3. (music) major mediant triad

Usage notes

This symbol is the pre-combined Unicode glyph for the Roman numeral three, mainly intended for compatibility with large East-Asian character sets. It is used to represent the individual number where individual glyphs are not wanted. Otherwise, the Roman numeral three is written as the sequence “III” (that is, “I” followed by “I” and “I”).

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U+2172, ⅲ
SMALL ROMAN NUMERAL THREE

[U+2171]
Number Forms
[U+2173]
See also:

Translingual

Alternative forms

Symbol

  1. , the Roman numeral three (3)
  2. (music) minor mediant triad

Usage notes

This symbol is the pre-combined Unicode glyph for the Roman numeral three, mainly intended for compatibility with large East-Asian character sets. It is used to represent the individual number where individual glyphs are not wanted. Otherwise, the Roman numeral three is written as the sequence “iii” (that is, “i” followed by “i” and “i”).

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