U+11658 "𑙘" Modi Digit Eight Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑙘
U+11658 "𑙘" Modi Digit Eight is a numerical glyph used in the Modi script, a historical writing system primarily employed to write the Marathi language in the Maratha Empire of India from the 17th to the 20th century. This character represents the number eight and forms part of the Modi Digits block within Unicode, which includes symbols for the decimal digits zero through nine. While the Modi script is not commonly used today, having largely been replaced by the Devanagari script for Marathi, its digits like U+11658 remain important for scholars studying historical manuscripts, inscriptions, and documents from the Maratha period, preserving a part of India's linguistic and calligraphic heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11658 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Modi Digit Eight |
| Block | Modi |
| General Category | Decimal Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑙘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑙘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x99 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD805 0xDE58 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011658 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud805\ude58 |