U+0BF6 "௶" Tamil Debit Sign Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
௶
U+0BF6 "௶" Tamil Debit Sign is a numeric symbol used in the Tamil language's traditional numeral system to denote a debit entry or a negative value in financial or accounting contexts, functioning similarly to a minus sign or debt marker. It appears as a stylized glyph distinct from modern Latin numerals and forms part of a broader set of ancient Tamil numerical signs, including its counterpart, the Tamil Credit Sign. This character is encoded in the Unicode Standard under the Tamil block, supporting the preservation and digital representation of historical Tamil financial notation and texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0BF6 |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Tamil Debit Sign |
| Block | Tamil |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ௶ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ௶ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAF 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0BF6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000BF6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0bf6 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Tamil |
| Script Extensions | Tamil |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |