U+11053 "𑁓" Brahmi Number Two Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑁓
U+11053 "𑁓" Brahmi Number Two is a numerical symbol from the ancient Brahmi script, one of the earliest writing systems used in the Indian subcontinent, which was employed from roughly the 3rd century BCE onward to write various Prakrit and Sanskrit texts. This specific character represents the numeric value two, and it belongs to the Brahmi digits block of the Unicode standard, which was added to preserve and digitally encode this historical script for modern computing and scholarly use. The glyph itself is typically drawn as a horizontal line with a short vertical stroke, reflecting the distinctive style of Brahmi numeral inscriptions found on ancient coins, edicts, and rock edicts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11053 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Brahmi Number Two |
| Block | Brahmi |
| General Category | Other Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑁓 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑁓 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x81 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD804 0xDC53 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011053 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud804\udc53 |