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Digit three

Digit three Emoji

Symbols

The numeral three, rendered as a bold, sans-serif character. This character is designed for readability across various screens, appearing as a standard Arabic digit used in everyday calculation and communication.

Usage Context

Used to denote a quantity, a ranking, or a specific point in time. It is a fundamental building block for listing items, sharing contact information, or expressing a countdown alongside 2 and 1.

History

Standardized for digital use as part of the initial Unicode character set, the digit three has been a staple of computing since the earliest days of ASCII. It traces its ancestry back to the evolution of the Hindu-Arabic numeral system, which standardized the shape of the number to allow for clear processing in mechanical and electronic calculators.

Details

Glyph
3
Unicode
U+0033
Shortcode
:emoji_u0033:
HTML Entity
3

Specifications

Vendor Google
Category Symbols
Subcategory alphanum
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Tags
3threedigitnumbermathintegercountquantityrankingordinal

Google Noto License

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