U+108A7 "𐢧" Nabataean Number One Unicode Character

U+108A7 "𐢧" Nabataean Number One is a historical numeral from the Nabataean script, an ancient Aramaic-derived writing system used by the Nabataean kingdom from roughly the 2nd century BCE to the 4th century CE. This character represents the number one in a distinct numeric system that the Nabataeans employed for accounting, trade, and monumental inscriptions, often found on rock carvings and papyri across regions like modern-day Jordan and Saudi Arabia. As part of the Nabataean block in Unicode, it preserves a key element of the cultural and economic heritage of this civilization, reflecting their sophisticated record keeping that influenced later Arabic numeral traditions.

General Properties

Code Point	U+108A7
Version Added	7.0
Name	Nabataean Number One
Block	Nabataean
General Category	Other Number
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐢧
HTML Hex Encoding	𐢧
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0xA2 0xA7
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD802 0xDCA7
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000108A7
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud802\udca7

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	Numeric
Numeric Value	1
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Nabataean
Script Extensions	Nabataean
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other