U+06F6 "۶" Extended Arabic-Indic Digit Six Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+06F6 "۶" Extended Arabic-Indic Digit Six is a numeric glyph used primarily in the Arabic script to represent the digit six, distinct from the standard Arabic numeral 6. It forms part of the Extended Arabic-Indic numeral set, which is commonly employed in languages such as Urdu, Persian, and Pashto for writing numbers, where digits have unique shapes that differ from both Western and standard Arabic numerals. This character encodes the stylized form of the digit, ensuring proper display and processing in digital texts that require the Eastern Arabic numeral system, which originates from older Indic numeral traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+06F6 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Extended Arabic-Indic Digit Six |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Eastern Arabic-Indic Digit Six |
| Block | Arabic |
| General Category | Decimal Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | European Number |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ۶ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ۶ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDB 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x06F6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000006F6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u06f6 |