U+0BEB "௫" Tamil Digit Five Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0BEB "௫" Tamil Digit Five is a numeric symbol used within the Tamil script to represent the number five in the traditional Tamil numeral system. It belongs to the Tamil block of the Unicode standard and is encoded at the code point U+0BEB. Unlike the Hindu Arabic digits commonly used in modern Tamil writing, this character preserves an older numerical notation that appears in historical inscriptions, calendars, and certain formal contexts, maintaining a direct link to the region's linguistic heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0BEB |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Tamil Digit Five |
| Block | Tamil |
| General Category | Decimal Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ௫ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ௫ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAF 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0BEB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000BEB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0beb |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | Decimal |
| Numeric Value | 5 |
| 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 |