U+0D59 "൙" Malayalam Fraction One Fortieth Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
൙
U+0D59 "൙" Malayalam Fraction One Fortieth is a numeric symbol used in the traditional Malayalam numeral system of Kerala, India, to represent the fraction 1/40. This character belongs to the Malayalam script block and is part of a historical set of fractional signs that were used in accounting, land measurement, and timekeeping, particularly in contexts requiring precise subdivisions of units. Unlike standard decimal notation, this glyph reflects a unique indigenous system of fractional representation, and it is encoded in Unicode to preserve and digitally support the cultural heritage of the Malayalam language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0D59 |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Malayalam Fraction One Fortieth |
| Block | Malayalam |
| General Category | Other Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ൙ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ൙ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB5 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0D59 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000D59 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0d59 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | Numeric |
| Numeric Value | 1/40 |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Malayalam |
| Script Extensions | Malayalam |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |