U+0B73 "୳" Oriya Fraction One Half Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0B73 "୳" Oriya Fraction One Half is a specific typographic symbol from the Oriya (Odia) script block, representing the numerical fraction of one half. It is encoded in the Unicode Standard at the code point U+0B73, which is part of the range dedicated to Oriya textual and numerical representations. This character is not a standard word or letter but rather a specialized numeral used in historical or formal contexts within the Odia language, typically for denoting the quantity ½ in written documents, mathematical expressions, or traditional measurement systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0B73 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Oriya Fraction One Half |
| Block | Oriya |
| General Category | Other Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ୳ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ୳ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAD 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0B73 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000B73 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0b73 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | Numeric |
| Numeric Value | 1/2 |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Oriya |
| Script Extensions | Oriya |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |