U+A8E6 "꣦" Combining Devanagari Digit Six Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A8E6 "꣦" Combining Devanagari Digit Six is a diacritical mark used in the Devanagari script, specifically designed to be placed above or on top of a base character to indicate the numeral six within a textual context. Unlike standalone Devanagari digits, this combining form integrates with letters as a superscript or attached modifier, typically appearing in specialized phonetic or numerical notation systems such as the Devanagari Extended block. It is part of a set of combining digits that allow scholars and typographers to represent numeric values or grammatical annotations without disrupting the flow of the script’s inherent ligature structure.

General Properties

Code Point U+A8E6
Version Added 5.2
Name Combining Devanagari Digit Six
Block Devanagari Extended
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Above
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꣦
HTML Hex Encoding ꣦
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xA3 0xA6
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA8E6
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A8E6
C/C++/Java Escape \ua8e6

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Joining Type Transparent
Line Break Combining Mark
Case Ignorable Yes
Script Devanagari
Script Extensions Devanagari
Indic Syllabic Category Cantillation Mark
Indic Positional Category Top
Indic Conjunct Break Extend
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Diacritic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Extend Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Extend
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend