U+0BF1 "௱" Tamil Number One Hundred Unicode Character

U+0BF1 "௱" Tamil Number One Hundred is a numeric symbol used in the Tamil script to represent the decimal value of 100, distinct from the individual digits that spell out the word "nūṟu." It is part of the Tamil block in Unicode, which encodes various numerals and signs unique to the Tamil numerical system, historically employed in inscriptions, accounting, and traditional documents. This character serves as a compact glyph for the number one hundred, facilitating writing in contexts where a single symbol is preferred over sequential digits, and it remains relevant in modern Tamil-language typography and digital text representation.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0BF1
Version Added	1.1
Name	Tamil Number One Hundred
Block	Tamil
General Category	Other Number
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	௱
HTML Hex Encoding	௱
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE0 0xAF 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0BF1
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000BF1
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0bf1

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	Numeric
Numeric Value	100
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