U+11957 "ð‘¥—" Dives Akuru Digit Seven Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+11957 "ð‘¥—" Dives Akuru Digit Seven is a numeral from the Dives Akuru script, a historical writing system used primarily in the Maldives and parts of Sri Lanka prior to the adoption of the modern Thaana script. This character represents the digit seven within a base ten numeric system, forming an integral part of the script's numeric repertoire. Dives Akuru, meaning "island letters" in the local Dhivehi language, was employed for writing both Dhivehi and Sanskrit texts, and its digits like U+11957 were used in administrative, religious, and commercial documents. The inclusion of this digit in the Unicode Standard ensures its preservation and digital representation for scholarly research and linguistic revival efforts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11957 |
| Version Added | 13.0 |
| Name | Dives Akuru Digit Seven |
| Block | Dives Akuru |
| General Category | Decimal Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑥗 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑥗 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0xA5 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD806 0xDD57 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011957 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud806\udd57 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | Decimal |
| Numeric Value | 7 |
| Line Break | Aksara Start |
| Script | Dives Akuru |
| Script Extensions | Dives Akuru |
| 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 |