U+11FC5 "𑿅" Tamil Fraction One Thirty-Second Unicode Character

U+11FC5 "𑿅" Tamil Fraction One Thirty-Second is a numeral symbol from the Tamil script's system of representing fractional values, specifically denoting 1/32. This character is part of the Tamil Supplement Unicode block, which historically encoded various fractions and numeric signs used in traditional Tamil accounting and land measurement. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital texts and documents can accurately preserve and display this fraction, which was once commonly employed in South Indian commerce and mathematical records. The symbol itself consists of a distinctive Tamil glyph that visually represents the fraction, allowing for precise textual encoding of a value that is often expressed as 0.03125 in decimal notation.

General Properties

Code Point	U+11FC5
Version Added	12.0
Name	Tamil Fraction One Thirty-Second
Block	Tamil Supplement
General Category	Other Number
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𑿅
HTML Hex Encoding	𑿅
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x91 0xBF 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD807 0xDFC5
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00011FC5
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud807\udfc5

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	Numeric
Numeric Value	1/32
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Tamil
Script Extensions	Tamil
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other