U+11C55 "𑱕" Bhaiksuki Digit Five Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑱕
U+11C55 "𑱕" Bhaiksuki Digit Five is a numeral used in the Bhaiksuki script, an ancient Brahmic writing system historically employed in parts of India and Central Asia for Buddhist texts. This character represents the numerical value of five, serving as a distinct glyph within the script's decimal numeral system. It was encoded in Unicode version 9.0, released in 2016, to support the digital preservation and scholarly study of the Bhaiksuki script. Visually, the digit is an abstract, stylized symbol that differs from the familiar Arabic or Devanagari numerals, reflecting the unique paleographic traditions of its time.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11C55 |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Bhaiksuki Digit Five |
| Block | Bhaiksuki |
| General Category | Decimal Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑱕 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑱕 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0xB1 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD807 0xDC55 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011C55 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud807\udc55 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | Decimal |
| Numeric Value | 5 |
| Line Break | Numeric |
| Script | Bhaiksuki |
| Script Extensions | Bhaiksuki |
| 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 |