Keycap: 3 Emoji

Symbols

A square keycap showing the number three in a bold, sans-serif font. The design mimics the physical buttons found on standard numeric keypads or touch-tone telephones.

Usage Context

Used to denote the third item in a list, count down sequences, or reference the number three. It is frequently grouped with 1⃣ and 2⃣ to mark progress, set a countdown, or create a simple visual ranking system.

History

Part of the original set added to Unicode 1.1 in 1993, these keycap characters were adapted from early Japanese mobile telecom standards. They were designed to ensure that text-based interfaces could display recognizable, button-like inputs on limited screen resolutions.

Details

Glyph

3⃣

Unicode

U+0033 U+20E3

Shortcode

:emoji_u0033_20e3:

HTML Entity

3⃣

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category Symbols

Subcategory keycap

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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