U+0BF7 "௷" Tamil Credit Sign Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0BF7 "௷" Tamil Credit Sign is a typographic symbol used in the Tamil script to denote a credit or positive balance in financial contexts, such as accounting ledgers or traditional business records. It belongs to the Tamil block of the Unicode standard and is distinct from the similar-looking Tamil digit or other monetary symbols, serving specifically to indicate an amount owed to the account holder or a surplus. This character reflects the historical and ongoing use of the Tamil language in commerce and record-keeping within Tamil-speaking regions of South Asia.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0BF7 |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Tamil Credit 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 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0BF7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000BF7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0bf7 |
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 |