U+136E "፮" Ethiopic Digit Six Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+136E "፮" Ethiopic Digit Six is a numeral used in the Geʽez script, which is employed for writing several languages in the Horn of Africa, including Amharic and Tigrinya. This character represents the numerical value six and belongs to the Ethiopic block of Unicode, specifically designed to encode the ancient and modern script traditions of Ethiopia and Eritrea. In the Ethiopic numeral system, digits are traditionally formed using a decimal base, with this symbol standing for the number 6, and it appears in historical inscriptions as well as contemporary vernacular texts and calendars.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+136E |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Digit Six |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ፮ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ፮ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8D 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x136E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000136E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u136e |