U+A8E7 "꣧" Combining Devanagari Digit Seven Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A8E7 "꣧" Combining Devanagari Digit Seven is a diacritical mark used in the Devanagari script to represent the digit seven, designed specifically to combine with a preceding base character rather than stand alone as an independent numeral. This combining form is part of the Unicode block for Devanagari Extended, and it visually attaches to a consonant or other syllable, often in contexts such as transliterating or encoding textual material that requires a superscript or dependent numeral. By functioning as a combining mark, it differentiates itself from the standard Devanagari digit seven (७) and serves specialized purposes in academic or linguistic notation, ensuring precise representation of numerical values within a script that typically uses independent digits for ordinary counting.

General Properties

Code Point U+A8E7
Version Added 5.2
Name Combining Devanagari Digit Seven
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 0xA7
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA8E7
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A8E7
C/C++/Java Escape \ua8e7

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