U+102E5 "𐋥" Coptic Epact Digit Five Unicode Character

U+102E5 "𐋥" Coptic Epact Digit Five is a numerical symbol from the Coptic Epact system, which was historically used by Coptic Christians in Egypt to calculate the date of Easter and other movable feasts based on the lunar calendar. This character represents the numerical value of five and belongs to a specialized set of digits derived from the Coptic alphabet, with its design resembling a stylized form distinct from standard Coptic letters. Encoded in the Unicode block for Coptic Epact Numbers, it serves as a digital representation for encoding historical liturgical and astronomical texts, preserving a unique numeral tradition tied to early medieval computational practices.

General Properties

Code Point	U+102E5
Version Added	7.0
Name	Coptic Epact Digit Five
Block	Coptic Epact Numbers
General Category	Other Number
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	European Number

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐋥
HTML Hex Encoding	𐋥
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0x8B 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD800 0xDEE5
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000102E5
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud800\udee5

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	Numeric
Numeric Value	5
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