U+11655 "𑙕" Modi Digit Five Unicode Character

U+11655 "𑙕" Modi Digit Five is a numeral from the Modi script, an abugida historically used to write the Marathi language in western India, particularly during the Maratha Empire from the 17th to the 19th centuries. This character represents the numerical value five and was commonly employed in administrative, financial, and literary documents until the Devanagari script largely replaced it in the early 20th century. The digit's design, like other Modi numerals, features a distinctive flowing and cursive style that reflects the script's practical origins as a fast, efficient writing system for record keeping. Today, the Modi Digit Five is encoded in Unicode to support digital preservation and scholarly study of this historical script.