U+10196 "𐆖" Roman Denarius Sign Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐆖
U+10196 "𐆖" Roman Denarius Sign is a symbol representing the ancient Roman silver coin known as the denarius, which was a standard unit of currency for centuries. This character belongs to the Ancient Symbols block of Unicode and was encoded to support historical and numismatic texts. Its design typically features an upright letter "X" with a horizontal bar, reflecting the original Roman abbreviation for "denarius" and its value of ten asses. The inclusion of this sign in Unicode allows for precise digital representation of Roman financial records, inscriptions, and scholarly works without reliance on modern monetary symbols.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10196 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Roman Denarius Sign |
| Block | Ancient Symbols |
| 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 0x86 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDD96 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010196 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udd96 |
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 | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |