U+096F "९" Devanagari Digit Nine Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+096F "९" Devanagari Digit Nine is a glyph representing the numeral nine in the Devanagari script, which is used for writing languages such as Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, and Sanskrit. It belongs to the Devanagari block in Unicode, specifically encoded for decimal digits in the script, and corresponds to the numeric value 9. This character is integral to the decimal numeral system employed in South Asian languages, functioning identically to the Western digit "9" in mathematical and counting contexts. Its visual form is a distinct, stylized representation that differs from Roman numerals, reflecting the ancient Brahmi-derived writing tradition.
General Properties
Code Point
U+096F
Name
Devanagari Digit Nine
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
९
HTML Hex Encoding
९
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE0 0xA5 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding
0x096F
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000096F
C/C++/Java Escape
\u096f
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
9
Script Extensions
Devanagari Dogra Kaithi Mahajani