U+11C66 "𑱦" Bhaiksuki Number Forty Unicode Character

U+11C66 "𑱦" Bhaiksuki Number Forty is a numeral from the historical Bhaiksuki script, an ancient writing system used primarily in the Indian subcontinent in the 6th to 8th centuries CE to write Sanskrit and probably other languages within Buddhist contexts. This specific glyph directly represents the number forty, forming part of a larger set of decimal digits that were employed for reckoning and notation in Bhaiksuki manuscripts, which are often associated with inscriptions on materials like stone and palm leaf. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitize the script's numeric conventions, allowing for accurate representation of historical texts and scholarly work on the region's pre modern epigraphy and paleography.

General Properties

Code Point	U+11C66
Version Added	9.0
Name	Bhaiksuki Number Forty
Block	Bhaiksuki
General Category	Other Number
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𑱦
HTML Hex Encoding	𑱦
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x91 0xB1 0xA6
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD807 0xDC66
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00011C66
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud807\udc66

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	Numeric
Numeric Value	40
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