U+1D2C9 "𝋉" Kaktovik Numeral Nine Unicode Character

U+1D2C9 "𝋉" Kaktovik Numeral Nine is a symbol from the Kaktovik numerals, a base-20 numeral system invented in the 1990s by students in Kaktovik, Alaska, to represent the Iñupiaq language's counting system. This particular character represents the number nine, visually depicted as a vertical line with a distinct curved or angled hook at the top, derived from the original hand-drawn script. It was added to the Unicode Standard in 2022 under the Kaktovik Numerals block to support digital preservation and communication of this Indigenous mathematical tradition.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D2C9
Version Added	15.0
Name	Kaktovik Numeral Nine
Block	Kaktovik Numerals
General Category	Other Number
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝋉
HTML Hex Encoding	𝋉
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x8B 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD834 0xDEC9
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D2C9
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud834\udec9

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	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other