What 𑁠 means
𑁠 is the Brahmi numeral 60, written as one sign.
The older Brahmi system gave each tens value its own sign and placed higher values before smaller ones. It recorded quantities in inscriptions, coins, manuscripts, grants and dates. The Brahmi numeral family appears from the third century BCE; the earliest cited occurrence of this exact sign is on the base inscription of a stone emblem of Shiva at Paśupati, dated 540 CE. Later Brahmi numeral forms contributed to Gupta and Nāgarī numerals; Kharosthi numerals belonged to a separate system. Some historical Nepalese forms of the 60 sign resemble 𑀘𑀼, the Brahmi spelling of “chu.”
A specialist historical numeral that points to Brahmi inscriptions or transcription.
Do not replace it with the later two-digit form 𑁬𑁦.
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Who writes 𑁠
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Don't confuse it with
2𑁬𑁦 In the later positional Brahmi form, this is six followed by zero: two digits for 60, unlike this single tens sign.
𑀘𑀼 This pair spells the Brahmi syllable “chu”; some historical Nepalese forms of 𑁠 resemble it. The numeral still means sixty.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𑁠 show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the Brahmi block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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- Also called
- Brahmi 60 · Brahmi numeral 60 · old Brahmi numeral 60
- Search it as
- Brahmi sixty · old Brahmi numeral · Brahmi 60 sign
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𑁠\11060Codes and encoding1 code points
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