U+0D5C "൜" Malayalam Fraction One Tenth Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
൜
U+0D5C "൜" Malayalam Fraction One Tenth is a numeric symbol used in the Malayalam script of South India to represent the fractional value of one tenth. This character belongs to the Malayalam block of Unicode and is part of a traditional system of fractions that were historically employed in accounting, land measurement, and other practical calculations in the Malayalam speaking region. Its design incorporates a unique shape that distinguishes it from other fraction characters in the script, reflecting the cultural and mathematical heritage of the language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0D5C |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Malayalam Fraction One Tenth |
| Block | Malayalam |
| General Category | Other Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ൜ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ൜ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB5 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0D5C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000D5C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0d5c |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | Numeric |
| Numeric Value | 1/10 |
| 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 |