U+0668 "٨" Arabic-Indic Digit Eight Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+0668 "٨" Arabic-Indic Digit Eight is a character used in the Arabic script to represent the number eight in the Eastern Arabic numeral system, which is employed across various languages that use the Arabic alphabet, such as Arabic, Persian, and Urdu. This digit has a distinct form, resembling an inverted "V" or an arrow pointing upward, which differentiates it from the Western "8" used in English and other Latin-based scripts. In digital text, it is encoded within the Arabic block of Unicode and is typically displayed from right to left in accordance with the bidirectional writing context of Arabic script, playing a fundamental role in numeric representation for mathematical notation, dates, and everyday counting in regions where this numeral system is standard.

General Properties

Code Point U+0668
Version Added 1.1
Name Arabic-Indic Digit Eight
Block Arabic
General Category Decimal Number
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Arabic Number

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ٨
HTML Hex Encoding ٨
UTF-8 Encoding 0xD9 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0668
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000668
C/C++/Java Escape \u0668

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type Decimal
Numeric Value 8
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