U+1ECAE "ðž²®" Indic Siyaq Fraction One Half Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1ECAE "ðž²®" Indic Siyaq Fraction One Half is a numeral symbol from the Indic Siyaq Numbers block, which was historically used in certain accounting and financial documents across regions of the Indian subcontinent to represent the fraction one half. This character belongs to a specialized system of numerals and fractions employed in the Siyaq script, an Arabic-derived notation once common for business ledgers and tax records, particularly in Mughal and Persian-influenced contexts. Its inclusion in Unicode preserves a piece of historical numeral culture, allowing for the digital representation and study of this fractional notation alongside other numeric systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1ECAE |
| Version Added | 11.0 |
| Name | Indic Siyaq Fraction One Half |
| Block | Indic Siyaq Numbers |
| General Category | Other Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞲮 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞲮 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xB2 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83B 0xDCAE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001ECAE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83b\udcae |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | Numeric |
| Numeric Value | 1/2 |
| 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 |