U+0D70 "൰" Malayalam Number Ten Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
൰
U+0D70 "൰" Malayalam Number Ten is a numerical symbol from the Malayalam script, used in the Dravidian language of Malayalam primarily in the Indian state of Kerala. Representing the decimal value ten, this character belongs to the "Malayalam" block of Unicode and is part of the script's traditional numeral system, also known as "Malayalam digits." While modern Malayalam typically employs Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, etc.) for everyday writing, this historic number character is still used in certain formal and cultural contexts, such as in calendars, ancient manuscripts, and religious texts, preserving a link to the script's rich heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0D70 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Malayalam Number Ten |
| Block | Malayalam |
| General Category | Other Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ൰ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ൰ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB5 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0D70 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000D70 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0d70 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | Numeric |
| Numeric Value | 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 |