U+1B55 "᭕" Balinese Digit Five Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1B55 "᭕" Balinese Digit Five is a numeric glyph from the Balinese script, used to represent the number 5 in the traditional Balinese decimal numeral system, which is still employed in cultural and religious contexts on the Indonesian island of Bali. This digit belongs to the Balinese block of Unicode, encoded to support the preservation and digital representation of the Balinese language and its scripts, including inscriptions, palm-leaf manuscripts, and modern signage. Visually, it features a distinctive curved and angular design unique to Balinese typography, and its use extends to calendrical systems, ceremonial documents, and numeric annotation within the broader Austronesian linguistic heritage of the region.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B55 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Balinese Digit Five |
| Block | Balinese |
| General Category | Decimal Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᭕ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᭕ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xAD 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1B55 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001B55 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1b55 |