U+104A8 "𐒨" Osmanya Digit Eight Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐒨

U+104A8 "𐒨" Osmanya Digit Eight is the numeric symbol representing the value eight in the Osmanya script, a writing system invented in the early 1920s by Osman Yusuf Kenadid for the Somali language to replace the Latin and Arabic alphabets. It belongs to the Osmanya block of the Unicode standard, which was added in version 4.0 released in 2003, and encodes numerals used for writing numbers in that script. As a digit, it follows the same positional decimal system as other modern numeral systems and is visually distinct from digits in Latin, Arabic, or other scripts, reflecting the unique shapes created for the Osmanya alphabet. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally represent the cultural heritage of the Somali people who use or study this historically significant script.

General Properties

Code Point U+104A8
Version Added 4.0
Name Osmanya Digit Eight
Block Osmanya
General Category Decimal Number
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐒨
HTML Hex Encoding 𐒨
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x92 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDCA8
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000104A8
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\udca8

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type Decimal
Numeric Value 8
Line Break Numeric
Script Osmanya
Script Extensions Osmanya
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Numeric
Sentence Break Numeric