U+10168 "𐅨" Greek Acrophonic Hermionian Fifty Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+10168 "𐅨" Greek Acrophonic Hermionian Fifty is a numeral symbol from the ancient Greek acrophonic numbering system, specifically associated with the city-state of Hermione (Hermionē) in the Argolid region. It represents the value fifty and is derived from the initial letter of the Greek word for fifty, "Πεντήκοντα" (Pentēkonta), likely featuring a stylized form of the letter "Π" (Pi) with distinctive local variations. This character is part of the Ancient Greek Numbers Unicode block and was used primarily in inscriptions and financial records of the classical period, where such acrophonic systems employed the first letter of a number's name to denote its value. The Hermionian Fifty exemplifies how different Greek city-states adopted unique adaptations of the common acrophonic principle, reflecting regional numbering practices before the widespread adoption of the more familiar Milesian alphabetic numerals.

General Properties

Code Point U+10168
Version Added 4.1
Name Greek Acrophonic Hermionian Fifty
Block Ancient Greek Numbers
General Category Letter Number
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐅨
HTML Hex Encoding 𐅨
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x85 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD800 0xDD68
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010168
C/C++/Java Escape \ud800\udd68

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type Numeric
Numeric Value 50
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Greek
Script Extensions Greek
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter