What ᭔ means
Balinese script descends from Old Kawi, an earlier script.
Balinese plate inscriptions dated AD 922-1181 record calendrical, social, economic, and religious matters.
As of 2026, Latin script is more common for everyday Balinese writing, while Balinese script remains in ceremonies, Hindu texts, public signs, and community reading. A catalogued lontar (a palm-leaf manuscript) dated 1890-1950 contains calendar notes.
Neutral and functional in Balinese writing; its number reading is the safest starting point elsewhere.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Why does ᭔ show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
How to type ᭔
᭔\1B54Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.
