U+096B "५" Devanagari Digit Five Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+096B "५" Devanagari Digit Five is a numerical glyph used in the Devanagari script, which is employed for writing languages such as Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, and Sanskrit. This character represents the number 5 and is part of a decimal numeral system that is widely utilized across South Asia for everyday counting, financial transactions, and cultural contexts. Its visual form is distinct from the Western "5," featuring a curved, open design with a horizontal top line characteristic of Devanagari script. In digital typography and computing, it is encoded to ensure proper representation and processing of text in Devanagari-based languages, supporting global communication and data exchange.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+096B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Devanagari Digit Five |
| Block | Devanagari |
| General Category | Decimal Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ५ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ५ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA5 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x096B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000096B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u096b |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | Decimal |
| Numeric Value | 5 |
| 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 |