U+0D6E "൮" Malayalam Digit Eight Unicode Character

U+0D6E "൮" Malayalam Digit Eight is a numerical symbol used in the Malayalam script of southern India, representing the number eight. It belongs to the block of Malayalam digits, which are derived from the ancient Brahmi numeral system and are employed in traditional contexts such as calendars, financial documents, and literary works within the Malayalam language. Unlike the standard Arabic numerals (8), this character is part of a distinct script specific to Malayalam, preserving historical and cultural numeral conventions for writing dates, prices, and other numerical data in that linguistic region.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0D6E
Version Added	1.1
Name	Malayalam Digit Eight
Block	Malayalam
General Category	Decimal Number
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	൮
HTML Hex Encoding	൮
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE0 0xB5 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0D6E
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000D6E
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0d6e

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	Decimal
Numeric Value	8
Line Break	Numeric
Script	Malayalam
Script Extensions	Malayalam
Indic Syllabic Category	Number
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Numeric
Sentence Break	Numeric