U+136D "፭" Ethiopic Digit Five Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
፭
U+136D "፭" Ethiopic Digit Five is a numerical symbol used in the Ge'ez script, which is traditionally employed for writing the ancient Ge'ez language as well as modern Ethiopian and Eritrean languages like Amharic and Tigrinya. This character specifically represents the number five in the Ethiopic numeral system, a decimal system that uses distinct glyphs for each digit rather than a place value system. Unlike Arabic numerals, Ethiopic digits are often combined with other symbols for larger numbers, but "፭" stands alone as the direct sign for five, reflecting the rich cultural heritage of writing and mathematics in the Horn of Africa.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+136D |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Digit Five |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ፭ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ፭ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8D 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x136D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000136D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u136d |