U+109BD "𐦽" Meroitic Cursive Fraction One Half Unicode Character

U+109BD "𐦽" Meroitic Cursive Fraction One Half is a numerical symbol from the Meroitic script, which was used in the ancient Kingdom of Kush in Nubia, located in present-day Sudan. This specific glyph represents the fraction one half, employed as part of the Meroitic cursive numeric system within its textual and accounting contexts. The character is encoded in the UnicodeMeroitic Cursive block, which supports the cursive or informal variant of the Meroitic script, distinct from the hieroglyphic form. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the digital representation and preservation of this historical numeral.

General Properties

Code Point	U+109BD
Version Added	8.0
Name	Meroitic Cursive Fraction One Half
Block	Meroitic Cursive
General Category	Other Number
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐦽
HTML Hex Encoding	𐦽
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0xA6 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD802 0xDDBD
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000109BD
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud802\uddbd

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	Numeric
Numeric Value	1/2
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Meroitic Cursive
Script Extensions	Meroitic Cursive
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other