U+0ED9 "໙" Lao Digit Nine Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0ED9 "໙" Lao Digit Nine is the numeric symbol representing the value nine in the traditional decimal numeral system of the Lao language and script, primarily used in the Lao People's Democratic Republic. It belongs to the Lao block of the Unicode Standard, which was encoded to support the digital representation of this Southeast Asian script, and its glyph design reflects the distinctive cursive style of Lao digits, which differ significantly in shape from the common Arabic numerals. This character is employed in contexts such as writing dates, page numbers, and other numerical data within Lao text, ensuring that the language's unique numerical symbols are preserved and accessible in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0ED9 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Lao Digit Nine |
| Block | Lao |
| General Category | Decimal Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ໙ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ໙ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xBB 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0ED9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000ED9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0ed9 |