Javanese Digit Four

It is the Javanese-script digit for the number four. To write a number 4 in Javanese, ꧇ may bracket it: ꧇꧔꧇ marks the sequence as a numeral rather than ordinary script.

The origins of Javanese numerals reach back to a numeral set traced to seventh-century Srivijaya inscriptions; Old Javanese adopted that set, and later Kawi forms continued the lineage. Javanese digits served practical writing for quantities and dates in inscriptions and manuscripts.

Javanese writing developed from Kawi, an older script in a wider South and Southeast Asian writing family. It has also been used for Kawi, Sanskrit, Sundanese, and Sasak texts. As Arabic digits became the everyday default, Javanese numerals continued in traditional, ceremonial, educational, and digital-revival settings.