What ꧘ means
꧘ is the numeral for eight, not a letter.
A cited early example dates to 841 CE. Kawi (an older Javanese script) and Sanskrit inscriptions used numerals for numbers and dates. The forms drew on South Indian Vengi and Pallava models and changed substantially by the fourteenth century.
Kawi links Javanese writing with Balinese and other island scripts. As of 2026, everyday Javanese is generally written in Latin script, so ꧘ signals a Javanese-script setting.
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why does ꧘ show as a box?
The font may lack Javanese glyphs. Support remains uneven as of 2026; a font with Javanese coverage is needed.
How to type ꧘
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType A9D8, then Alt+X to get ꧘.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “javanese digit eight”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType a9d8, then Enter or Space.
HTML
꧘CSS
\A9D8Unicode character picker
Search for Javanese digit eight in a Unicode picker.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
꧘
HTML hex
꧘
CSS content
content: "\A9D8";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EA%A7%98
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.