U+0BFA "௺" Tamil Number Sign Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0BFA "௺" Tamil Number Sign is a special typographic symbol used in the Tamil script to denote a numerical value, specifically representing the number ten thousand. This sign is part of the Tamil numeral system, which historically employed distinct symbols for different powers of ten, and it serves as a combining or standalone marker in traditional Tamil mathematics and accounting. Unlike modern Arabic numerals, this character reflects the rich numerical heritage of the Tamil language and is encoded in the Unicode standard to preserve its use in digital text and historical documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0BFA |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Tamil Number 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 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0BFA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000BFA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0bfa |
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 |