What ೯ means
It is the digit for nine in Kannada-script numbers.
Kannada numerals trace back through Brahmi, an ancient South Asian script. Kannada and Telugu scripts shared a southern history before diverging around 1300 CE.
The Gudnapur pillar, probably early sixth century, shows all nine digits in a record of a royal temple and its land. Kannada script also serves Tulu and Konkani.
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Who writes ೯
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Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
1Why does ೯ 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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How to type or find ೯
- Search it as
- ೯ · ombattu · Kannada 9 · Kannada numerals · Telugu ౯
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
೯CSS
\0CEFHow do I type ೯?
Microsoft’s Windows Kannada IME guide, dated 2024-06-20, lists Phonetic and INSCRIPT layouts; keys depend on the selected layout.
Older InScript map
IBM’s 2003 Kannada InScript map puts ೯ at Row E, Column 9, Level 1 after the digit toggle.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
೯
HTML hex
೯
CSS content
content: "\0CEF";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E0%B3%AF
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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.