U+0665 "٥" Arabic-Indic Digit Five Unicode Character

U+0665 "٥" Arabic-Indic Digit Five is a numeral used in the Arabic script, representing the number five in the Eastern Arabic numeral system, which is distinct from the European digits. It is part of the Arabic block in Unicode and is primarily employed in languages such as Arabic, Persian, and Urdu for writing numerical values in contexts like dates, prices, and measurements. Visually, it resembles a small circle or dot above a curved line, differing significantly from the Western digit "5". This character reflects the cultural and regional variations in numerical notation across the Islamic world and is encoded to ensure proper digital representation and exchange of text in these languages.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0665
Version Added	1.1
Name	Arabic-Indic Digit Five
Block	Arabic
General Category	Decimal Number
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Arabic Number

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	٥
HTML Hex Encoding	٥
UTF-8 Encoding	0xD9 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0665
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000665
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0665

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	Decimal
Numeric Value	5
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