U+0D71 "൱" Malayalam Number One Hundred Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
൱
U+0D71 "൱" Malayalam Number One Hundred is a distinctive numeral from the Malayalam script used primarily in the Indian state of Kerala, representing the numerical value 100. This character is part of the Malayalam number system, which includes unique symbols for various powers of ten, and it is encoded in the Unicode Standard under the Malayalam block (U+0D00 to U+0D7F). Historically, such numeral signs were employed in traditional Malayalam writing, though modern usage often prefers Arabic numerals for most contexts. The character has a specific visual form, typically resembling a stylized combination of curves, and it supports the documentation and digitization of classical Malayalam texts where these native numerals appear.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0D71 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Malayalam Number One Hundred |
| Block | Malayalam |
| General Category | Other Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ൱ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ൱ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB5 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0D71 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000D71 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0d71 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | Numeric |
| Numeric Value | 100 |
| 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 |