U+109FF "𐧿" Meroitic Cursive Fraction Ten Twelfths Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐧿
U+109FF "𐧿" Meroitic Cursive Fraction Ten Twelfths is a numerical symbol from the Meroitic script, an ancient writing system used in the Kingdom of Kush in present-day Sudan. This character represents the fractional value of ten twelfths, or five sixths, and is part of a larger set of cursive fractions employed in administrative and economic documents, often inscribed in a flowing, connected style distinct from the monumental Meroitic hieroglyphs. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard allows for the digital preservation and study of this numeric notation, which was vital for recording precise measurements, such as grain quantities, in the Meroitic civilization's accounting practices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+109FF |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Meroitic Cursive Fraction Ten Twelfths |
| Block | Meroitic Cursive |
| General Category | Other Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐧿 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐧿 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xA7 0xBF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD802 0xDDFF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000109FF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud802\uddff |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | Numeric |
| Numeric Value | 10/12 |
| 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 |