U+102E3 "𐋣" Coptic Epact Digit Three Unicode Character

U+102E3 "𐋣" Coptic Epact Digit Three is a numerical symbol used within the Coptic Christian calendar system to represent the number three in a special sequence known as epact numbers. These epact digits date from the medieval period and were employed to calculate the date of Easter and other movable feasts based on the age of the moon. The symbol appears visually as a distinctive glyph composed of two tilde-like strokes stacked vertically, and it belongs to the Unicode block named Coptic Epact Numbers. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that scholars and linguists can digitally encode and preserve this historically significant numeral system.

General Properties

Code Point	U+102E3
Version Added	7.0
Name	Coptic Epact Digit Three
Block	Coptic Epact Numbers
General Category	Other Number
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	European Number

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐋣
HTML Hex Encoding	𐋣
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0x8B 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD800 0xDEE3
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000102E3
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud800\udee3

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	Numeric
Numeric Value	3
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Arabic Coptic
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other