U+109FD "𐧽" Meroitic Cursive Fraction Eight Twelfths Unicode Character

U+109FD "𐧽" Meroitic Cursive Fraction Eight Twelfths is a numerical symbol from the Meroitic Cursive script, which was used in the ancient Kingdom of Kush, located in present-day Sudan, between roughly the 3rd century BCE and the 5th century CE. This specific glyph represents the fraction eight twelfths, equivalent to two thirds, and belongs to a system of fraction notations employed in the Meroitic writing system for accounting, taxation, or other administrative purposes. As part of the Meroitic Cursive block of Unicode, it preserves the numerical practices of a civilization that remains largely undeciphered, providing a rare glimpse into their mathematical and record keeping activities.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐧽
HTML Hex Encoding	𐧽
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0xA7 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD802 0xDDFD
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000109FD
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud802\uddfd

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	Numeric
Numeric Value	8/12
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