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

Unicode

U+0033

Shortcode

:emoji_u0033:

HTML Entity

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category Symbols

Subcategory alphanum

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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