U+0669 "٩" Arabic-Indic Digit Nine Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+0669 "٩" Arabic-Indic Digit Nine is a numeric symbol used in the Arabic script to represent the number nine. It belongs to the Arabic block of Unicode and is distinct from the Western digit "9", as it is part of a set of digits employed in various languages that use the Arabic abjad, including Arabic, Persian, and Urdu. Visually, this character resembles an inverted or mirrored version of the Western digit nine, with a small loop on the top and a descending stem on the right side. In text, it serves the same mathematical and counting functions as its Latin counterpart but adheres to the right-to-left writing direction characteristic of Arabic script. The digit is encoded at code point U+0669 and is commonly used in date notations, page numbers, and other numeric contexts across the Middle East and North Africa.

General Properties

Code Point U+0669
Version Added 1.1
Name Arabic-Indic Digit Nine
Block Arabic
General Category Decimal Number
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Arabic Number

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ٩
HTML Hex Encoding ٩
UTF-8 Encoding 0xD9 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0669
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000669
C/C++/Java Escape \u0669

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type Decimal
Numeric Value 9
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