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Ⅷ
Ⅷ
Translingual
Alternative forms
Symbol
Ⅷ
- Roman numeral eight (8)
- (ordinal, especially in the names of aristocracy) the eighth.
Usage notes
This symbol is the pre-combined Unicode glyph for the Roman numeral eight, 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 eight is written as the sequence “VIII” (that is, “V” followed by “I”,“I”,“I”).
See also
ⅷ
ⅷ
Translingual
Alternative forms
Symbol
ⅷ
- Ⅷ, the Roman numeral eight (8)
Usage notes
This symbol is the pre-combined Unicode glyph for the Roman numeral eight, 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 eight is written as the sequence “viii” (that is, “v” followed by “i” and “i” then “i”).