U+11FCC "𑿌" Tamil Fraction One Eighth Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑿌
U+11FCC "𑿌" Tamil Fraction One Eighth is a numeric symbol from the Tamil script block used to represent the fraction ⅛ in historical and modern Tamil textual contexts. This character is part of a series of Tamil fractional signs that were traditionally employed for precise measurements in commerce, land division, and recipes, though they are less common in contemporary digital communication. U+11FCC specifically encodes the value of one eighth, inheriting the visual style and semantic function of older palm-leaf manuscript notation. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve the typographic heritage of the Tamil language and ensures accurate rendering and interchange of such fractional values across digital platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11FCC |
| Version Added | 12.0 |
| Name | Tamil Fraction One Eighth |
| Block | Tamil Supplement |
| General Category | Other Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑿌 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑿌 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0xBF 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD807 0xDFCC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011FCC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud807\udfcc |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | Numeric |
| Numeric Value | 1/8 |
| 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 |