What ೪ means
Four. In Kannada-script text, ೪ is the native numeral; Latin 4 has the same value.
The history of Kannada numerals links the wider Indian tradition to Brahmi, an ancient script attested by the 3rd century BCE. Inscriptions from the 4th–7th centuries show early Telugu–Kannada writing. Kannada mathematical manuscripts used tables for money, distance, weight, and volume.
Don't confuse it with
2Questions people ask
1Why does ೪ 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.
How to type ೪
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 0CEA, then Alt+X to get ೪.
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 “kannada digit four”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 0cea, then Enter or Space.
HTML
೪CSS
\0CEAKannada keyboard
On a Kannada keyboard, use InScript or Phonetic to type ೪. As of 2026, Google Input Tools lists both; a Latin layout’s 4 key gives 4.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
೪
HTML hex
೪
CSS content
content: "\0CEA";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E0%B3%AA
1
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.