What ፻ means
፻ is the sign for one hundred. A numeral before it counts hundreds; smaller signs after it add the remainder.
A 2014 study places Ḥǝnzat Stela 1, an inscribed stone, probably in the third century. A 2023 essay calls it the earliest likely evidence for Ethiopic numeral signs and notes older inscriptions wrote numbers as words. The numerals may trace to Greek letters used as numbers, perhaps via Coptic, an Egyptian language; the origin is disputed.
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Who writes ፻
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readings100.
Don't confuse it with
1
Related characters
1
Questions people ask
1Why does ፻ 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.
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Collections with ፻
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How to type or find ፻
- Search it as
- Ge'ez numerals · Ethiopic numerals · Amharic numbers · Tigrinya numerals
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
፻CSS
\137BHow to type ፻
Keyman’s GFF Ethiopic layout maps #100 to ፻ and ## to a literal hash, as of 2026.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
፻
HTML hex
፻
CSS content
content: "\137B";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E1%8D%BB
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.