U+09E9 "৩" Bengali Digit Three Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+09E9 "৩" Bengali Digit Three is a numerical symbol used in the Bengali script, representing the number three within the Bengali numeral system, which is part of the broader Eastern Brahmi-derived numbering traditions. This character is encoded in the Unicode standard under the Bengali block, specifically with the hexadecimal code point U+09E9, and is visually distinct from the Western Arabic digit "3". It is employed in the Bengali and Assamese languages for writing numbers in contexts such as dates, mathematics, and everyday counting across regions like Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+09E9 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Bengali Digit Three |
| Block | Bengali |
| General Category | Decimal Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ৩ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ৩ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA7 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x09E9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000009E9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u09e9 |
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 | Bengali |
| Script Extensions | Bengali Chakma Syloti Nagri |
| 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 |