U+11FD2 "ð‘¿’" Tamil Fraction One Half-2 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ð‘¿’

U+11FD2 "ð‘¿’" Tamil Fraction One Half-2 is a numeric symbol used in the Tamil script to represent the fraction one half, specifically serving as an alternate or second form of that value within historical or traditional Tamil accounting and measurement systems. This character is part of the Tamil Supplement Unicode block, which encodes a variety of fractions, units, and currency symbols that were employed in ancient and medieval Tamil Nadu for precise calculations in trade, land measurement, and timekeeping. Unlike the more common Tamil fraction for one half, which may have a different graphical representation, this variant offers scribes and documenters a distinct typographical option, reflecting the subtle diversity in the written record of Tamil mathematics. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally encode these specialized numeric notations for modern computing and scholarly study.

General Properties

Code Point U+11FD2
Version Added 12.0
Name Tamil Fraction One Half-2
Block Tamil Supplement
General Category Other Number
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑿒
HTML Hex Encoding 𑿒
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0xBF 0x92
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD807 0xDFD2
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00011FD2
C/C++/Java Escape \ud807\udfd2

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type Numeric
Numeric Value 1/2
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