U+11C5E "𑱞" Bhaiksuki Number Five Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𑱞

U+11C5E "𑱞" Bhaiksuki Number Five is a numeric symbol from the Bhaiksuki script, an ancient Brahmi-based alphabet used primarily in Buddhist manuscripts from around the 6th to 8th centuries in present day India and Nepal. This character represents the digit 5 in the Bhaiksuki numerical system, where numbers were often written with distinct glyphs rather than as composite representations. The Bhaiksuki script and its numerals were rediscovered through scholarly research on inscriptions and texts, and they are part of the Unicode Standard's effort to preserve historical writing systems. The character appears in the Bhaiksuki block, which was added to Unicode in version 9.0 released in 2016, and it is typically used in academic or digital contexts to accurately represent ancient numeric notation.

General Properties

Code Point U+11C5E
Version Added 9.0
Name Bhaiksuki Number Five
Block Bhaiksuki
General Category Other Number
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑱞
HTML Hex Encoding 𑱞
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0xB1 0x9E
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD807 0xDC5E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00011C5E
C/C++/Java Escape \ud807\udc5e

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type Numeric
Numeric Value 5
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