U+1D364 "𝍤" Counting Rod Unit Digit Five Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝍤
U+1D364 "𝍤" Counting Rod Unit Digit Five is a numeral from the ancient East Asian counting rod system, used primarily in mathematical calculations before the widespread adoption of the abacus. This character represents the digit five in the "unit" position, meaning it corresponds to the value of five rods placed vertically, distinct from the "tens" or higher place values which were often denoted with a horizontal orientation. It belongs to the "Counting Rod Numerals" block of Unicode, encoded for historical and digital preservation of this traditional Chinese and Japanese method of arithmetic. The symbol itself resembles a simple vertical stroke, reflecting the concrete visual tally of physical rods.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D364 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Counting Rod Unit Digit Five |
| Block | Counting Rod Numerals |
| General Category | Other Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𝍤 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𝍤 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9D 0x8D 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDF64 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D364 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udf64 |