U+109F6 "๐งถ" Meroitic Cursive Fraction One Twelfth Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+109F6 "๐งถ" Meroitic Cursive Fraction One Twelfth is a script-specific numerical symbol from the Meroitic Cursive block, representing the fraction 1/12 in the ancient Nubian writing system used in the Kingdom of Kush. This character was part of a sophisticated numeric notation system employed for administrative and economic records, allowing scribes to denote precise fractional values in contexts like trade and taxation. Its inclusion in Unicode preserves a fragment of the Meroitic language, which remains only partially deciphered, and highlights the cultural and mathematical legacy of the civilization that flourished along the Nile between 300 BCE and 400 CE.

General Properties

Code Point U+109F6
Version Added 8.0
Name Meroitic Cursive Fraction One Twelfth
Block Meroitic Cursive
General Category Other Number
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐧶
HTML Hex Encoding 𐧶
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0xA7 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD802 0xDDF6
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000109F6
C/C++/Java Escape \ud802\uddf6

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type Numeric
Numeric Value 1/12
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