U+0B66 "୦" Oriya Digit Zero Unicode Character

U+0B66 "୦" Oriya Digit Zero is the glyph representing the numerical digit zero in the Odia (formerly Oriya) script, which is used to write the Odia language primarily in the Indian state of Odisha. It functions identically to the Arabic numeral 0 in expressing the concept of nothingness or as a placeholder in the base-10 positional numeral system, but it possesses a distinctive circular or oval shape that aligns with the visual style of the Odia script. This character is part of the Unicode block for Odia digits, which ranges from U+0B66 to U+0B6F, and it encodes the foundational zero value essential for mathematics and numerical notation in that writing system.