U+1D2CC "𝋌" Kaktovik Numeral Twelve Unicode Character

U+1D2CC "𝋌" Kaktovik Numeral Twelve is a symbol from the Kaktovik numeral system, a base-20 notation invented in the 1990s by Iñupiaq Alaskan students to aid in their indigenous language mathematics. This numeral represents the value twelve, and its visual design is based on a tally mark style, composed of three groups of four strokes that reflect the system’s sub-base of five and ease of writing on graph paper. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard (version 15.0, released in 2022) helps preserve and digitize this unique cultural mathematical tradition for modern computing.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D2CC
Version Added	15.0
Name	Kaktovik Numeral Twelve
Block	Kaktovik Numerals
General Category	Other Number
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝋌
HTML Hex Encoding	𝋌
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x8B 0x8C
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD834 0xDECC
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D2CC
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud834\udecc

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	Numeric
Numeric Value	12
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