U+11958 "𑥘" Dives Akuru Digit Eight Unicode Character

U+11958 "𑥘" Dives Akuru Digit Eight is a numeric glyph from the Dives Akuru script, an ancient Brahmi-derived writing system historically used in the Maldives and parts of Sri Lanka for writing the Dhivehi language. This digit represents the number eight and belongs to a set of ten decimal digits that were part of the script's numeric notation. The Dives Akuru script, also known as Divehi Akuru, was largely supplanted by the Thaana script by the 18th century, but efforts to document and encode it in Unicode have preserved its cultural and historical significance. Character U+11958 is encoded in the Unicode Standard's Dives Akuru block, which was added in version 14.0 (2021), allowing for digital representation of this rare numeral.