What ᭑ means
It is the Balinese numeral for 1. Balinese numerals in manuscript dates may appear in a colophon, the closing note with details such as a text’s writer or date. Dates may include a month and a Śaka year, counted in a traditional era.
Balinese script descends from Brahmi, an ancient South Asian writing tradition, and has historical ties to Kawi and Old Javanese. A Sukawana inscription in the Old Balinese tradition is dated 882 CE. Balinese script is also used in education, signage, and digital writing.
Neutral as a number; Balinese script can signal a language, ceremonial, educational, or heritage context.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Why does ᭑ 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 ᭑
᭑\1B51Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.