U+11C5D "𑱝" Bhaiksuki Number Four Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𑱝

U+11C5D "𑱝" Bhaiksuki Number Four is a numerical symbol from the Bhaiksuki script, an ancient Brahmi-derived writing system used historically in parts of South Asia, particularly for writing Buddhist texts in Sanskrit and possibly other languages. This character represents the digit "4" in the Bhaiksuki numeric system, which, like other Brahmi-derived numeral systems, employs distinct glyphs for each integer. The Bhaiksuki script itself was discovered in manuscripts from the Himalayan region, and its numeric characters, including U+11C5D, are of particular interest to scholars studying the history of writing and mathematical notation in early medieval India. Unicode encodes this character in the Bhaiksuki block, assigned to a plane that supports historic and scholarly digitization needs, ensuring that this ancient numeral can be correctly displayed and processed in modern digital environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+11C5D
Version Added 9.0
Name Bhaiksuki Number Four
Block Bhaiksuki
General Category Other Number
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑱝
HTML Hex Encoding 𑱝
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0xB1 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD807 0xDC5D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00011C5D
C/C++/Java Escape \ud807\udc5d

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type Numeric
Numeric Value 4
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Bhaiksuki
Script Extensions Bhaiksuki
Indic Syllabic Category Number
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other