U+1087C "𐡼" Palmyrene Number Four Unicode Character

U+1087C "𐡼" Palmyrene Number Four is a numeric symbol from the Palmyrene script, a right-to-left writing system used in the ancient city of Palmyra in modern-day Syria between the 1st and 3rd centuries CE. This character specifically represents the number four, and it belongs to the Palmyrene block of Unicode, which encodes the script's letters, numbers, and punctuation as part of the effort to preserve historical writing systems. The Palmyrene numeral system, from which this character comes, is notable for using distinct symbols for numbers rather than relying solely on alphabetic values, making it an important artifact for understanding trade, administration, and cultural exchange in the ancient Near East.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1087C
Version Added	7.0
Name	Palmyrene Number Four
Block	Palmyrene
General Category	Other Number
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐡼
HTML Hex Encoding	𐡼
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0xA1 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD802 0xDC7C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001087C
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud802\udc7c

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	Palmyrene
Script Extensions	Palmyrene
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other