U+10140 "𐅀" Greek Acrophonic Attic One Quarter Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐅀
U+10140 "𐅀" Greek Acrophonic Attic One Quarter is a numeric symbol from the ancient Greek acrophonic or Herodianic numeral system, used primarily in Classical Athens. This system derived its symbols from the first letters of the words for numbers, and this particular character represented the value of one quarter, specifically a quarter of a drachma or a quarter unit in financial and trade contexts. It was inscribed on stone and other durable materials for recording taxes, debts, and weights, reflecting the practical accounting practices of ancient Greek society. The character is part of the Unicode Ancient Greek Numbers block, preserving a specific notation that differs from the more common alphabetic Greek numerals.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10140 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Greek Acrophonic Attic One Quarter |
| Block | Ancient Greek Numbers |
| General Category | Letter Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐅀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐅀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x85 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDD40 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010140 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udd40 |