U+0D5A "൚" Malayalam Fraction Three Eightieths Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
൚
U+0D5A "൚" Malayalam Fraction Three Eightieths is a numerical glyph from the Malayalam script, historically used in the Kerala region of India to represent the fractional value of 3/80 in traditional systems of measurement, such as for land area or grain volume. This character is part of a set of specialized fraction signs encoded in Unicode's Malayalam block, enabling digital representation and preservation of this unique numeric notation that was once common in pre-decimalized South Indian accountancy and daily life. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard helps ensure that historical documents and cultural records containing these fractions can be accurately rendered and exchanged in modern digital text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0D5A |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Malayalam Fraction Three Eightieths |
| Block | Malayalam |
| General Category | Other Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ൚ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ൚ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB5 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0D5A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000D5A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0d5a |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | Numeric |
| Numeric Value | 3/80 |
| 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 |