U+1ECA4 "𞲤" Indic Siyaq Number Prefixed Two Unicode Character

U+1ECA4 "𞲤" Indic Siyaq Number Prefixed Two is a numeral used within the Indic Siyaq number system, a historical system employed in the Mughal Empire and surrounding regions for accounting and financial documents. This specific character represents the numerical value of two, but it is designated as "prefixed" because it was typically written before a higher-digit symbol to indicate a multiplication by that digit's place value, functioning similarly to a digit in a base-ten system rather than a standalone number. Its primary usage was in numerical notations on manuscripts, coins, and tax records, allowing scribes to concisely denote quantities in official and commercial contexts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1ECA4
Version Added	11.0
Name	Indic Siyaq Number Prefixed Two
Block	Indic Siyaq Numbers
General Category	Other Number
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Arabic Letter

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𞲤
HTML Hex Encoding	𞲤
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9E 0xB2 0xA4
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83B 0xDCA4
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001ECA4
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83b\udca4

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	Numeric
Numeric Value	2
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