U+11C59 "𑱙" Bhaiksuki Digit Nine Unicode Character

U+11C59 "𑱙" Bhaiksuki Digit Nine is a numerical symbol from the Bhaiksuki script, an ancient Brahmic writing system historically used in parts of South Asia to write Buddhist texts, particularly in what is now India and surrounding regions. This character specifically represents the number nine and is part of a complete set of decimal digits encoded in the Bhaiksuki block of Unicode, which was added to the standard to preserve and enable digital representation of this historical script. As a digit, it follows the same positional value as the Western numeral 9, allowing for the expression of larger numbers when combined with other Bhaiksuki digits.

General Properties

Code Point	U+11C59
Version Added	9.0
Name	Bhaiksuki Digit Nine
Block	Bhaiksuki
General Category	Decimal Number
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𑱙
HTML Hex Encoding	𑱙
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x91 0xB1 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD807 0xDC59
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00011C59
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud807\udc59

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	Decimal
Numeric Value	9
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