U+11068 "𑁨" Brahmi Digit Two Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𑁨

U+11068 "𑁨" Brahmi Digit Two is a numerical symbol from the ancient Brahmi script, which was used in South Asia from roughly the 3rd century BCE onward and serves as the ancestor of many modern Indic writing systems. This specific glyph represents the digit for the number two, formed with a distinctive curved shape that reflects the Brahmi script's historical phonetic and numeric conventions. As part of the Brahmi block in Unicode, it enables digital encoding of historical inscriptions and manuscripts, preserving the numeral system of early Indian mathematics and epigraphy for academic study and digital typography.

General Properties

Code Point U+11068
Version Added 6.0
Name Brahmi Digit Two
Block Brahmi
General Category Decimal Number
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑁨
HTML Hex Encoding 𑁨
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0x81 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD804 0xDC68
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00011068
C/C++/Java Escape \ud804\udc68

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type Decimal
Numeric Value 2
Line Break Aksara Start
Script Brahmi
Script Extensions Brahmi
Indic Syllabic Category Number
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Numeric
Sentence Break Numeric