U+11958 "𑥘" Dives Akuru Digit Eight Unicode Character

U+11958 "𑥘" Dives Akuru Digit Eight is a numeric glyph from the Dives Akuru script, an ancient Brahmi-derived writing system historically used in the Maldives and parts of Sri Lanka for writing the Dhivehi language. This digit represents the number eight and belongs to a set of ten decimal digits that were part of the script's numeric notation. The Dives Akuru script, also known as Divehi Akuru, was largely supplanted by the Thaana script by the 18th century, but efforts to document and encode it in Unicode have preserved its cultural and historical significance. Character U+11958 is encoded in the Unicode Standard's Dives Akuru block, which was added in version 14.0 (2021), allowing for digital representation of this rare numeral.

General Properties

Code Point	U+11958
Version Added	13.0
Name	Dives Akuru Digit Eight
Block	Dives Akuru
General Category	Decimal Number
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𑥘
HTML Hex Encoding	𑥘
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x91 0xA5 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD806 0xDD58
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00011958
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud806\udd58

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	Decimal
Numeric Value	8
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