U+0AEF "૯" Gujarati Digit Nine Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0AEF "૯" Gujarati Digit Nine is the script specific representation for the numeral nine used in the Gujarati writing system, which is primarily employed to write the Gujarati and Kutchi languages in western India. This character is part of the Gujarati block within the Unicode standard, where digits are encoded separately from the Latin script to facilitate proper text rendering and numerical processing in that script. Visually, it appears as a distinct curved symbol, differing significantly in shape from the Arabic numeral 9, and it holds the same numeric value of nine in the decimal system. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text can accurately preserve the cultural and linguistic identity of Gujarati numerals across various platforms and applications.

General Properties

Code Point U+0AEF
Version Added 1.1
Name Gujarati Digit Nine
Block Gujarati
General Category Decimal Number
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ૯
HTML Hex Encoding ૯
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xAB 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0AEF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000AEF
C/C++/Java Escape \u0aef

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 Gujarati
Script Extensions Gujarati Khojki
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