U+096A "४" Devanagari Digit Four Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+096A "४" Devanagari Digit Four is a numeric symbol used in the Devanagari script to represent the number four, primarily in languages such as Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, and Sanskrit. This digit is an essential part of the decimal numeral system employed across the Indian subcontinent, where it visually resembles a stylized, open-curved figure distinct from the Latin "4." In digital text, it allows for proper representation and processing of numerical data in Devanagari contexts, appearing in everything from dates and prices to mathematical expressions and traditional documents.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+096A |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Devanagari Digit Four |
| Block | Devanagari |
| General Category | Decimal Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ४ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ४ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA5 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x096A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000096A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u096a |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | Decimal |
| Numeric Value | 4 |
| 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 |