What 𑁜 means
Its value is twenty within Brahmi number writing.
Brahmi numerals are attested in Indian cave inscriptions and coins from the 3rd century BCE; that dates evidence for the system, not necessarily the first appearance of this exact sign.
Brahmi was non-positional: signs represented fixed values such as units and tens, instead of changing value by their place as modern digits do. Gupta numerals developed from Brahmi in the 4th–6th centuries CE; Nagari numeral forms appeared around the 7th century CE.
A specialist historical numeral, rather than ordinary modern number notation.
If the glyph appears as a box, the font may lack Brahmi support; the box does not mean another numeral.
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Who writes 𑁜
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𑁜 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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𑁜\1105CWhy is 𑁜 a box on my screen?
fsymbols draws rare signs with its own fonts, so they show here even where your device has none. An app or website without such a font shows an empty box (□) or a question mark instead. Turn our fonts off to see each sign as your device draws it by itself: a box here means a box in your chats and documents too.
Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.