U+09F6 "৶" Bengali Currency Numerator Three Unicode Character

U+09F6 "৶" Bengali Currency Numerator Three is a typographic symbol used within the Bengali script to represent the number three in a traditional currency or fractional numeral system, often employed in historical or financial contexts related to the Indian subcontinent. It belongs to a set of numerator signs that denote fractional values of currency units, such as the anna or paisa, rather than a modern decimal digit. While its usage has largely declined with the adoption of decimal currency systems, the character remains encoded in Unicode for the purpose of preserving and accurately rendering historical Bengali texts and manuscripts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+09F6
Version Added	1.1
Name	Bengali Currency Numerator Three
Block	Bengali
General Category	Other Number
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	৶
HTML Hex Encoding	৶
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE0 0xA7 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding	0x09F6
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000009F6
C/C++/Java Escape	\u09f6

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	Numeric
Numeric Value	3/16
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Bengali
Script Extensions	Bengali
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other