U+0BF0 "௰" Tamil Number Ten Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0BF0 "௰" Tamil Number Ten is a numeric symbol from the Tamil script used primarily in the Tamil language of South India and Sri Lanka, representing the decimal value of ten. It belongs to the Tamil block of Unicode and is one of several distinct numeral characters that historically appeared in Tamil inscriptions and traditional accounting systems, although in modern usage it is largely replaced by standard Western Arabic numerals. This character serves as a compact digit within Tamil epigraphy and manuscript contexts, offering a visual representation of the number ten that differs from both the Tamil word for ten and the common numeral system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0BF0 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Tamil Number Ten |
| Block | Tamil |
| General Category | Other Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ௰ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ௰ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAF 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0BF0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000BF0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0bf0 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | Numeric |
| Numeric Value | 10 |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Tamil |
| Script Extensions | Grantha Tamil |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |