U+11052 "𑁒" Brahmi Number One Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𑁒

U+11052 "𑁒" Brahmi Number One is a numeric symbol from the ancient Brahmi script, one of the earliest writing systems used across South Asia, representing the numeral 1. This character belongs to the Brahmi block of Unicode, which was encoded to preserve historical and paleographic texts. Its glyph is a simple, vertical or slightly curved stroke, reflecting the early notational conventions for numeric values. As a digit, it plays a role in scholarly efforts to study ancient inscriptions, manuscripts, and the evolution of numeral systems in the Indian subcontinent, though it is not commonly used in modern digital contexts outside specialized academic or historical typography.

General Properties

Code Point U+11052
Version Added 6.0
Name Brahmi Number One
Block Brahmi
General Category Other Number
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑁒
HTML Hex Encoding 𑁒
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0x81 0x92
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD804 0xDC52
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00011052
C/C++/Java Escape \ud804\udc52

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type Digital
Numeric Value 1
Line Break Ideographic
Script Brahmi
Script Extensions Brahmi
Indic Syllabic Category Brahmi Joining Number
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other