U+1018B "𐆋" Greek One Quarter Sign Unicode Character

U+1018B "𐆋" Greek One Quarter Sign is a symbol used in ancient Greek numerical notation to represent the fraction one quarter, specifically as a unit of measurement within the acrophonic system of numerals. This sign originates from the classical Greek world, where it was often employed in inscriptions and on coins to denote a quarter of a larger denomination, such as a drachma or an obol. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard under the Ancient Greek Numbers block preserves this historical numeric and metrological practice for modern digital text and scholarly work.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1018B
Version Added	7.0
Name	Greek One Quarter Sign
Block	Ancient Greek Numbers
General Category	Other Number
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐆋
HTML Hex Encoding	𐆋
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0x86 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD800 0xDD8B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001018B
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud800\udd8b

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	Numeric
Numeric Value	1/4
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