U+11FE0 "ð‘¿ " Tamil Sign Varaakan Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð‘¿
U+11FE0 "ð‘¿ " Tamil Sign Varaakan is a numeric symbol used in the Tamil numeral system, specifically representing a value in the hundreds of billions or a traditional unit of large number notation. It belongs to the Tamil Supplement block, which encodes historic and specialized signs from the Tamil script tradition. This character serves as a mathematical or accounting symbol, often found in older texts or financial records where large quantities were conveyed in a compact form. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve the cultural and linguistic heritage of Tamil numerical practices for digital use.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11FE0 |
| Version Added | 12.0 |
| Name | Tamil Sign Varaakan |
| Block | Tamil Supplement |
| General Category | Currency Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | European Terminator |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑿠 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑿠 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0xBF 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD807 0xDFE0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011FE0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud807\udfe0 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Postfix Numeric |
| 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 |