U+109F6 "๐งถ" Meroitic Cursive Fraction One Twelfth Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

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Source: Noto Sans Meroitic Source: Browser Default

U+109F6 "๐งถ" Meroitic Cursive Fraction One Twelfth is a script-specific numerical symbol from the Meroitic Cursive block, representing the fraction 1/12 in the ancient Nubian writing system used in the Kingdom of Kush. This character was part of a sophisticated numeric notation system employed for administrative and economic records, allowing scribes to denote precise fractional values in contexts like trade and taxation. Its inclusion in Unicode preserves a fragment of the Meroitic language, which remains only partially deciphered, and highlights the cultural and mathematical legacy of the civilization that flourished along the Nile between 300 BCE and 400 CE.

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General Properties

Code Point
U+109F6
Name
Meroitic Cursive Fraction One Twelfth

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
𐧶
HTML Hex Encoding
𐧶
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x90 0xA7 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD802 0xDDF6
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000109F6
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud802\uddf6