U+096E "८" Devanagari Digit Eight Unicode Character

U+096E "८" Devanagari Digit Eight is a numerical symbol used in the Devanagari script, which is employed for writing languages such as Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, and Sanskrit. It represents the number eight in the decimal system, following the digit seven (७) and preceding nine (९) in the traditional sequence of Devanagari numerals. This character is visually distinct from the Western Arabic numeral 8, with a curved, circular shape that typically has a small opening at the top, and it is encoded in Unicode specifically to support digital text representation and processing for these languages.

General Properties

Code Point	U+096E
Version Added	1.1
Name	Devanagari Digit Eight
Block	Devanagari
General Category	Decimal Number
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	८
HTML Hex Encoding	८
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE0 0xA5 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding	0x096E
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000096E
C/C++/Java Escape	\u096e

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	Decimal
Numeric Value	8
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