What 𑜺 means
It means ten in Ahom number writing. Use it for ten in Ahom-script text; it does not mean ten in every number system.
Ahom is a script used to write the Tai Ahom language. The oldest surviving Ahom text is the Snake Pillar inscription, from King Siuw Hum Miung's reign, 1497–1539. Historical reconstructions connect Ahom with the wider Lik Tai tradition of Tai scripts and suggest Old Mon or Old Burmese scripts as possible models; that is a history of the script, not a known creation date for this numeral.
Why does Ahom use a separate ten mark?
It records quantities in Ahom writing. Ahom numerals appear in manuscripts such as chronicles (historical records), divination and omen texts, and Buddhist works.
Traditional notation had separate marks for ten and twenty and could combine numeral signs with number words. A documented page-number sequence writes 58 as two twenties, ten, and eight; a mixed Ahom number 31 combines a twenty mark, 𑜺, and written-out number parts. As of 2026, modern Ahom materials also use the numeral set decimally.
A precise numeral for Ahom-script writing; outside that setting, readers may need context to recognize its value.
Outside Ahom notation, readers may not recognize it as ten.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Why does 𑜺 show as a box?
The selected font lacks an Ahom glyph, so it cannot draw this character. Choose a font with Ahom coverage; the box is a missing-glyph display.
How to type 𑜺
𑜺\1173ACodes and encoding1 code points
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