Digit Three
Part of Basic ASCII: Alt 33 to 126
On Windows, hold Alt and type 51 on the numeric keypad to insert digit three.
- Alt code
- Alt+51
- HTML entity
- 3
- Unicode
- U+0033
About this symbol
The 3 began as three horizontal strokes in the Brahmi numerals of India, which joined into a single curving line when written fast. Turn a handwritten 3 on its side and the three strokes are still there.
Unicode facts
- Official name
- DIGIT THREE
- Type
- Digit
- Unicode block
- Basic Latin
- Unicode group
- ASCII digits
- Added in
- Unicode 1.1 (1993)
Click the symbol or any value at the top of the page to copy it. See the full Basic ASCII: Alt 33 to 126 chart for related characters.