U+16E89 "𖺉" Medefaidrin Digit Nine Unicode Character

U+16E89 "𖺉" Medefaidrin Digit Nine is a numeric character belonging to the Medefaidrin script, which was artificially created by the Olmec community in southeastern Nigeria in the 1930s for use in religious and cultural writing. This digit represents the number nine in the Medefaidrin numeral system, which uses its own unique set of symbols distinct from the Latin or Arabic digits common in many other writing systems. The character was added to the Unicode Standard in 2020 as part of version 13.0, ensuring that the written language and numerical tradition of the Medefaidrin community can be preserved and used in digital environments.

General Properties

Code Point	U+16E89
Version Added	11.0
Name	Medefaidrin Digit Nine
Block	Medefaidrin
General Category	Other Number
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𖺉
HTML Hex Encoding	𖺉
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x96 0xBA 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD81B 0xDE89
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00016E89
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud81b\ude89

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	Numeric
Numeric Value	9
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Medefaidrin
Script Extensions	Medefaidrin
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other