U+102E8 "𐋨" Coptic Epact Digit Eight Unicode Character

U+102E8 "𐋨" Coptic Epact Digit Eight is a numerical symbol from the Coptic Epact numeral system, which was historically used in Coptic Christian liturgical and calendar calculations to represent the phases of the moon or the date of Easter. This specific glyph denotes the number eight and belongs to a specialized set of characters encoded in the Unicode Standard under the block named Coptic Epact Numbers, which range from U+102E0 to U+102FF. Its design is distinct from standard Coptic alphabetic numerals and reflects a unique numeric tradition within Coptic culture, ensuring that digital text can accurately preserve and display this ancient numerical notation.

General Properties

Code Point	U+102E8
Version Added	7.0
Name	Coptic Epact Digit Eight
Block	Coptic Epact Numbers
General Category	Other Number
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	European Number

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐋨
HTML Hex Encoding	𐋨
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0x8B 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD800 0xDEE8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000102E8
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud800\udee8

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	Numeric
Numeric Value	8
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