U+11FC9 "𑿉" Tamil Fraction One Sixteenth-1 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑿉
U+11FC9 "𑿉" Tamil Fraction One Sixteenth-1 is a specialized numeral symbol used in the Tamil script to represent the fraction one sixteenth, specifically the first of two distinct forms for this value within the Tamil numbering system. It belongs to the Tamil Supplement block and is encoded for use in historical and traditional Tamil mathematics, commerce, and land measurement contexts where fractional values were expressed with unique glyphs rather than modern decimal notation. This character helps preserve the accurate digital representation of ancient Tamil documents and inscriptions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11FC9 |
| Version Added | 12.0 |
| Name | Tamil Fraction One Sixteenth-1 |
| Block | Tamil Supplement |
| General Category | Other Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑿉 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑿉 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0xBF 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD807 0xDFC9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011FC9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud807\udfc9 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | Numeric |
| Numeric Value | 1/16 |
| 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 |