U+137C "፼" Ethiopic Number Ten Thousand Unicode Character

U+137C "፼" Ethiopic Number Ten Thousand is a numerical symbol from the Ge'ez script, used historically to represent the value of ten thousand in Ethiopic numeral systems. This character is part of the Ethiopic block in Unicode, which encodes the script employed for classical Ge'ez and modern languages like Amharic and Tigrinya. Unlike the Greek or Hebrew numeral traditions, Ethiopic numbers used special composite signs for higher values, and ፼ signifies a significant milestone in that counting system, often appearing in historical manuscripts and inscriptions for large quantities. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text can accurately preserve and display this ancient numeric notation.