Cham digit seven

It is the Cham digit for seven. In Cham numbers, ꩑꩗ means 17 and ꩗꩐ means 70: position gives the digit its place value.

Cham script descends from Brahmi, an ancient writing system from India. Cham inscriptions appear around the fifth century and continue through the thirteenth. From the fifteenth century, handwritten texts use a more cursive Middle Cham form; those dates trace the script, not the first appearance of this exact digit.

In the eighteenth century, a Cham manuscript documents Cham calendar calculations for the Awal and Ahier calendars. Cham has its own decimal digits, though European digits also appear in Cham texts under Vietnamese influence.

What does ꩗ mean when someone sends it?

A bare ꩗ reads as seven. With no other cue, take it as the number, or as part of a larger number or date.

Cham script is used more by Eastern Cham readers; Arabic-script writing is also used in Western Cham communities. That difference can affect how familiar this script looks to a recipient.