U+104A8 "𐒨" Osmanya Digit Eight Unicode Character

U+104A8 "𐒨" Osmanya Digit Eight is the numeric symbol representing the value eight in the Osmanya script, a writing system invented in the early 1920s by Osman Yusuf Kenadid for the Somali language to replace the Latin and Arabic alphabets. It belongs to the Osmanya block of the Unicode standard, which was added in version 4.0 released in 2003, and encodes numerals used for writing numbers in that script. As a digit, it follows the same positional decimal system as other modern numeral systems and is visually distinct from digits in Latin, Arabic, or other scripts, reflecting the unique shapes created for the Osmanya alphabet. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally represent the cultural heritage of the Somali people who use or study this historically significant script.