Single-character Roman numerals from 1 to 12, plus 50, 100, 500 and 1000.
35 symbols - click any symbol to copy
Last reviewed on October 31, 2026
The Number Forms block holds Roman numerals as one-character glyphs, from Ⅰ at U+2160 to Ⅿ at U+216F, with lowercase twins at U+2170. They were included largely for compatibility with older East Asian character sets. Ⅻ is convenient for clock faces, chapter marks and outline headings where a single tidy cell is needed.
These glyphs are distinct from the letters I, V and X, so searches, spell checkers and screen readers may not treat Ⅻ as XII. Unicode itself recommends ordinary Latin letters for general writing. Use them for visual effects, tight table cells and clock designs, but write dates, regnal numbers and headings with plain letters.
Roman numerals add values from left to right, so VIII is 8. A smaller value before a larger one is subtracted, so IV is 4 and IX is 9. There is no symbol for zero. Ⅾ is 500 and Ⅿ is 1000, so MMXXVI is 2026.
You will see Roman numerals on clock faces, in the names of monarchs and popes, in movie sequels, in sports event numbers and in outline lists. For outline lists, lowercase ⅰ ⅱ ⅲ are often used for sub-items, while uppercase marks the main sections. Writers sometimes switch to Ⅹ or ⅹ for decorative headings, but ordinary letters stay safer.
Copy it from this page. The one-character forms Ⅰ to Ⅻ are U+2160 to U+216B, and no standard keyboard layout includes them.
Use IV, built from normal letters, for most writing. Ⅳ is a separate character that may not match searches or be read aloud correctly.
No. The Roman system has no zero, so none of these characters represent it.