U+1EC78 "馂备" Indic Siyaq Number Eight Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
馂备
U+1EC78 "馂备" Indic Siyaq Number Eight is a numeral used within the Indic Siyaq numeric system, a script historically employed in various regions of South Asia and the Middle East for accounting and financial record keeping. This character specifically represents the number eight in a unique, calligraphic style distinct from standard Western or Arabic numerals, often appearing in handwritten or manuscript documents to denote quantities, prices, or ledger entries. Its inclusion in Unicode preserves a specialized numeric tradition that once facilitated complex commercial transactions across diverse linguistic and cultural contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1EC78 |
| Version Added | 11.0 |
| Name | Indic Siyaq Number Eight |
| Block | Indic Siyaq Numbers |
| General Category | Other Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞱸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞱸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xB1 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83B 0xDC78 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001EC78 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83b\udc78 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | Numeric |
| Numeric Value | 8 |
| 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 |