U+1018D "𐆍" Greek Indiction Sign Unicode Character

U+1018D "𐆍" Greek Indiction Sign is a historical numeral symbol used in the Byzantine and later Greek writing systems to denote the number 15, specifically in the context of the indiction cycle, a 15-year tax assessment period in the Roman and Byzantine empires. This sign belongs to the Ancient Greek Numbers block and was employed in manuscripts and inscriptions to mark years within this cycle, serving as a compact notation for administrative and chronological purposes. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve the digital representation of this ancient numeric convention, allowing scholars and enthusiasts to study and reproduce historical texts accurately.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1018D
Version Added	9.0
Name	Greek Indiction Sign
Block	Ancient Greek Numbers
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐆍
HTML Hex Encoding	𐆍
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0x86 0x8D
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD800 0xDD8D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001018D
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud800\udd8d

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