U+A8E9 "꣩" Combining Devanagari Digit Nine Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
꣩
U+A8E9 "꣩" Combining Devanagari Digit Nine is a diacritical mark used in the Devanagari script, specifically designed to attach to a base character to indicate the numerical digit nine within a composite sign or abbreviation. Unlike standalone Devanagari digits, this combining form modifies another character it follows, primarily appearing in historical or specialized textual contexts such as manuscripts and epigraphs. Part of the Devanagari Extended block, it underscores the script's capacity to encode numeric values in a visually integrated manner.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A8E9 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Combining Devanagari Digit Nine |
| 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 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA8E9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A8E9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua8e9 |