U+096E "८" Devanagari Digit Eight Unicode Character

U+096E "८" Devanagari Digit Eight is a numerical symbol used in the Devanagari script, which is employed for writing languages such as Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, and Sanskrit. It represents the number eight in the decimal system, following the digit seven (७) and preceding nine (९) in the traditional sequence of Devanagari numerals. This character is visually distinct from the Western Arabic numeral 8, with a curved, circular shape that typically has a small opening at the top, and it is encoded in Unicode specifically to support digital text representation and processing for these languages.