U+10176 "𐅶" Greek One Half Sign Alternate Form Unicode Character

U+10176 "𐅶" Greek One Half Sign Alternate Form is a historical numeral symbol used in ancient Greek mathematics and epigraphy to represent the fraction one half. It serves as a stylistic variant of the more common Greek half sign, possibly employed in specific scripts or manuscript traditions to denote the value ½ in contexts such as measurement, currency, or timekeeping. This character belongs to the Ancient Greek Numbers block and is encoded for compatibility with older textual sources where its distinct form was documented, ensuring accurate digital representation of classical inscriptions and papyri.

General Properties

Code Point	U+10176
Version Added	4.1
Name	Greek One Half Sign Alternate Form
Block	Ancient Greek Numbers
General Category	Other Number
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐅶
HTML Hex Encoding	𐅶
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0x85 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD800 0xDD76
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00010176
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud800\udd76

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	Numeric
Numeric Value	1/2
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Greek
Script Extensions	Greek
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other