U+109CB "𐧋" Meroitic Cursive Number Thirty Unicode Character

U+109CB "𐧋" Meroitic Cursive Number Thirty is a numeral from the Meroitic Cursive script, which was used in the Kingdom of Kush in ancient Nubia from approximately the 2nd century BCE to the 5th century CE. This specific character represents the numerical value of thirty and is part of a decimal numeric system documented in inscriptions and administrative texts from the region. The form of the character evolved from the earlier monumental Meroitic hieroglyphic script, adapted for quicker writing with a stylus on papyrus or ostraca. Its inclusion in Unicode under the Meroitic Cursive block helps preserve and digitally represent this historical writing system, aiding scholarly research and cultural heritage initiatives.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐧋
HTML Hex Encoding	𐧋
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0xA7 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD802 0xDDCB
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000109CB
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud802\uddcb

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	Numeric
Numeric Value	30
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