U+102E4 "𐋤" Coptic Epact Digit Four Unicode Character

U+102E4 "𐋤" Coptic Epact Digit Four is part of the Coptic Epact Numbers block, a specialized set of symbols used in the Coptic calendar to represent the epact, or the age of the moon at the beginning of a lunar year. This particular character encodes the digit for the number four, and it served a liturgical and astronomical function in Coptic Christian tradition for calculating the date of Easter and other movable feasts. The glyph is visually distinct, often resembling a stylized numeric form that differs from standard Coptic alphabetic numerals, reflecting its unique role in ancient timekeeping systems.

General Properties

Code Point	U+102E4
Version Added	7.0
Name	Coptic Epact Digit Four
Block	Coptic Epact Numbers
General Category	Other Number
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	European Number

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐋤
HTML Hex Encoding	𐋤
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0x8B 0xA4
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD800 0xDEE4
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000102E4
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud800\udee4

Unicode Properties

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