U+137A "፺" Ethiopic Number Ninety Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+137A "፺" Ethiopic Number Ninety is a script symbol from the Ethiopic block, specifically used in the Geʽez writing system to represent the numerical value of 90. Derived from the ancient Geʽez numeral tradition, which employs a decimal structure combining symbols for tens and units, this character is part of a set that historically denoted numbers in liturgical, historical, and administrative texts written in languages such as Geʽez, Amharic, and Tigrinya. Its visual form is distinct, typically featuring a horizontal bar or stylized glyph that differs from numeric digits in other scripts, and it remains relevant today for certain traditional uses, such as in calendar notation or for indicating chronological references within religious and cultural contexts.

General Properties

Code Point U+137A
Version Added 3.0
Name Ethiopic Number Ninety
Block Ethiopic
General Category Other Number
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ፺
HTML Hex Encoding ፺
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x8D 0xBA
UTF-16 Encoding 0x137A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000137A
C/C++/Java Escape \u137a

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type Numeric
Numeric Value 90
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Ethiopic
Script Extensions Ethiopic
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other