U+1017C "𐅼" Greek Obol Sign Unicode Character

U+1017C "𐅼" Greek Obol Sign is a numeral symbol from the ancient Greek acrophonic system, representing the value of one obol, a small unit of currency and weight used in Classical Greece. This character belongs to the Ancient Greek Numbers block of Unicode and is encoded for use in historical and academic texts that require precise representation of ancient Greek inscriptions and financial records. Its distinct shape, often resembling a vertical stroke or a simple line, differentiates it from later Greek letters and allows scholars to accurately transcribe and study the economic and administrative documents of the era.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1017C
Version Added	4.1
Name	Greek Obol 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 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD800 0xDD7C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001017C
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud800\udd7c

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