U+1017A "𐅺" Greek Talent Sign Unicode Character

U+1017A "𐅺" Greek Talent Sign is a historical numeral symbol from ancient Greece, representing a talent, which was a large unit of weight and currency equivalent to approximately 26 to 60 kilograms of silver or gold depending on the local standard. This sign was used in inscriptions and papyri to denote financial amounts, particularly in accounting and trade contexts within the Hellenistic period. As part of the Ancient Greek Numbers block in Unicode, it helps preserve the written record of Classical economics and metrology for scholars and digital text applications.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1017A
Version Added	4.1
Name	Greek Talent Sign
Block	Ancient Greek Numbers
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐅺
HTML Hex Encoding	𐅺
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0x85 0xBA
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD800 0xDD7A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001017A
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud800\udd7a

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
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