U+11C58 "𑱘" Bhaiksuki Digit Eight Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𑱘

U+11C58 "𑱘" Bhaiksuki Digit Eight is a numeral from the Bhaiksuki script, an ancient abugida historically used in parts of India and Central Asia primarily for writing Sanskrit and related languages, particularly in Buddhist manuscripts from around the 6th to 8th centuries. As a digit, it represents the numeric value eight and belongs to a decimal system, with its glyph featuring a distinctive curved and angular structure typical of Bhaiksuki orthography. This character is encoded in the Unicode Standard's Bhaiksuki block, which was added in version 9.0 released in 2016, to support the digital preservation and scholarly study of this historical writing system. Its inclusion allows for accurate representation of numeric text in Bhaiksuki manuscripts, aiding researchers and linguists working with ancient South Asian documents.

General Properties

Code Point U+11C58
Version Added 9.0
Name Bhaiksuki Digit Eight
Block Bhaiksuki
General Category Decimal Number
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑱘
HTML Hex Encoding 𑱘
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0xB1 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD807 0xDC58
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00011C58
C/C++/Java Escape \ud807\udc58

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 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