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
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