U+0662 "٢" Arabic-Indic Digit Two Unicode Character

U+0662 "٢" Arabic-Indic Digit Two is a numeral used in the Arabic script to represent the number two, belonging to the Arabic block that codes for these distinct digits used primarily in the Middle East and North Africa. It is visually distinct from the European digit "2," featuring a curved shape that angles downward from right to left, reflecting the right-to-left writing direction of Arabic. This character is part of a set of ten digits (U+0660 through U+0669) that are employed in contexts like Arabic-language mathematics, dates, and page numbering, and it is separate from the Eastern Arabic numerals used in other regions.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0662
Version Added	1.1
Name	Arabic-Indic Digit Two
Block	Arabic
General Category	Decimal Number
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Arabic Number

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	٢
HTML Hex Encoding	٢
UTF-8 Encoding	0xD9 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0662
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000662
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0662

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	Decimal
Numeric Value	2
Line Break	Numeric
Script	Arabic
Script Extensions	Arabic Thaana Yezidi
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Numeric
Sentence Break	Numeric