U+0969 "३" Devanagari Digit Three Unicode Character

U+0969 "३" Devanagari Digit Three is a numeric symbol used in the Devanagari script, which is employed for writing languages such as Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, and Sanskrit. It represents the numerical value three and is part of the larger Devanagari block in Unicode, which includes digits from zero to nine. Visually, it resembles a horizontally elongated, curled shape distinct from the Arabic numeral "3" found in Latin scripts. In modern usage, it appears in contexts like calendars, prices, page numbers, and mathematical notation across South Asian languages that utilize the Devanagari writing system.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0969
Version Added	1.1
Name	Devanagari Digit Three
Block	Devanagari
General Category	Decimal Number
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	३
HTML Hex Encoding	३
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE0 0xA5 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0969
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000969
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0969

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	Decimal
Numeric Value	3
Line Break	Numeric
Script	Devanagari
Script Extensions	Devanagari Dogra Kaithi Mahajani
Indic Syllabic Category	Number
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Numeric
Sentence Break	Numeric