U+07C5 "߅" NKo Digit Five Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+07C5 "߅" NKo Digit Five is a numeric symbol used within the NKo script, which was created for writing the Manding languages of West Africa, such as Maninka, Bambara, and Dyula. This digit represents the number five in the NKo numeral system, which is a decimal system utilizing distinct characters for each digit from zero to nine. The NKo script, developed in 1949 by Solomana Kanté, is written from right to left, and its digits follow that directional layout. As part of the NKo block in Unicode, this character enables digital representation and processing of texts in the script, supporting cultural and linguistic preservation in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+07C5 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | NKo Digit Five |
| Block | NKo |
| General Category | Decimal Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ߅ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ߅ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDF 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x07C5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000007C5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u07c5 |