U+11C55 "𑱕" Bhaiksuki Digit Five Unicode Character

U+11C55 "𑱕" Bhaiksuki Digit Five is a numeral used in the Bhaiksuki script, an ancient Brahmic writing system historically employed in parts of India and Central Asia for Buddhist texts. This character represents the numerical value of five, serving as a distinct glyph within the script's decimal numeral system. It was encoded in Unicode version 9.0, released in 2016, to support the digital preservation and scholarly study of the Bhaiksuki script. Visually, the digit is an abstract, stylized symbol that differs from the familiar Arabic or Devanagari numerals, reflecting the unique paleographic traditions of its time.