U+096F "९" Devanagari Digit Nine Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+096F "९" Devanagari Digit Nine is a glyph representing the numeral nine in the Devanagari script, which is used for writing languages such as Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, and Sanskrit. It belongs to the Devanagari block in Unicode, specifically encoded for decimal digits in the script, and corresponds to the numeric value 9. This character is integral to the decimal numeral system employed in South Asian languages, functioning identically to the Western digit "9" in mathematical and counting contexts. Its visual form is a distinct, stylized representation that differs from Roman numerals, reflecting the ancient Brahmi-derived writing tradition.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+096F |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Devanagari Digit Nine |
| Block | Devanagari |
| General Category | Decimal Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ९ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ९ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA5 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x096F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000096F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u096f |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | Decimal |
| Numeric Value | 9 |
| 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 |