U+136B "፫" Ethiopic Digit Three Unicode Character

U+136B "፫" Ethiopic Digit Three is a numeric symbol used in the Geʽez script, which historically serves as the writing system for several Ethiopian and Eritrean languages, including Amharic and Tigrinya. This character represents the number three within the Ethiopic numeral system, a decimal system where digits are derived from the first few letters of the Geʽez alphabet but have distinct numeric values. In modern usage, the Ethiopic digit three is primarily employed in traditional contexts such as religious texts, calendars, and historical inscriptions, though it has largely been supplanted by Arabic numerals for everyday arithmetic. The character itself is visually composed of a vertical stem with three horizontal ticks or curls, fitting the broader design of Ethiopic digits which maintain a consistent geometric style across all ten numeral forms.