U+10A7D "𐩽" Old South Arabian Number One Unicode Character

U+10A7D "𐩽" Old South Arabian Number One is a numeric symbol from the script used by ancient civilizations in the southern Arabian Peninsula, such as the Sabaeans and Himyarites, to represent the number one. This character is part of the Old South Arabian block in Unicode, which encodes the writing system that was employed between roughly the 10th century BCE and the 6th century CE for inscriptions on stone and metal. The glyph itself consists of a single vertical stroke, a simple form that reflects its origins as a tally mark. In modern terms, it enables digital representation and study of this historical numeral system, supporting research into the mathematics, commerce, and culture of these early South Arabian societies.

General Properties

Code Point	U+10A7D
Version Added	5.2
Name	Old South Arabian Number One
Block	Old South Arabian
General Category	Other Number
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐩽
HTML Hex Encoding	𐩽
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0xA9 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD802 0xDE7D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00010A7D
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud802\ude7d

Unicode Properties

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