U+0BE6 "௦" Tamil Digit Zero Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
௦
U+0BE6 "௦" Tamil Digit Zero is a numerical glyph used in the Tamil script, representing the number zero within the Tamil numeral system. While the ancient Tamil language had its own distinct digits, this character was introduced as part of the modern Tamil numeric set, largely influenced by Arabic and Indo Arabic numerals to facilitate arithmetic and digital text processing. It visually resembles a slightly curved or oval shape, distinguishing it from the circular zero used in many other scripts, and is typically employed in contexts such as dates, page numbers, and measurements within Tamil language computing and typography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0BE6 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Tamil Digit Zero |
| Block | Tamil |
| General Category | Decimal Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ௦ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ௦ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAF 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0BE6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000BE6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0be6 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | Decimal |
| Numeric Value | 0 |
| Line Break | Numeric |
| Script | Tamil |
| Script Extensions | Grantha Tamil |
| 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 |