U+1017B "𐅻" Greek Drachma Sign Unicode Character

U+1017B "𐅻" Greek Drachma Sign is a historical monetary symbol from the ancient Greek world, specifically used to represent the drachma, a standard unit of currency in many Greek city-states and later Hellenistic kingdoms. This character is part of the Ancient Greek Numbers block in the Unicode standard, which encodes various numerals, weights, and currency symbols from ancient Greek inscriptions. The drachma sign itself appears as a stylized design, often resembling a combination of letters or a distinct epigraphic mark, and it serves as a digital representation for scholars and historians studying ancient economic texts, coinage, or papyri. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that this symbol can be accurately rendered and understood in modern digital documents and academic publications.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1017B
Version Added	4.1
Name	Greek Drachma 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 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD800 0xDD7B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001017B
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud800\udd7b

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