U+11056 "𑁖" Brahmi Number Five Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𑁖

U+11056 "𑁖" Brahmi Number Five is a numeral from the ancient Brahmi script, one of the earliest writing systems used in the Indian subcontinent, dating back to the 3rd century BCE. This glyph represents the numerical value five and was part of a decimal notation system that influenced later South Asian numeral traditions, including modern Devanagari digits. Encoded in Unicode's Brahmi block, it allows scholars and digital archivists to accurately represent historical inscriptions and manuscripts, preserving the numerical expressions of early Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain texts.

General Properties

Code Point U+11056
Version Added 6.0
Name Brahmi Number Five
Block Brahmi
General Category Other Number
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑁖
HTML Hex Encoding 𑁖
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0x81 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD804 0xDC56
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00011056
C/C++/Java Escape \ud804\udc56

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type Digital
Numeric Value 5
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