Kawi Digit Nine

𑽙 is Kawi’s numeral for nine. Later Kawi forms developed directly or indirectly into scripts including Javanese, Balinese, Batak, and Lontara.

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What 𑽙 means

It is one of Kawi’s decimal digits. The Plumpungan stele, a stone inscription, is the earliest known Kawi record, dated around 750 CE.

From the mid-8th century, Kawi recorded land grants and royal edicts. It grew more calligraphic as it carried Old Javanese literature. Other scripts replaced its active use from the 16th century. In 2020, revival communities used Kawi for modern Javanese and Indonesian. Later Kawi forms evolved directly or indirectly into scripts including Javanese, Balinese, Batak, and Lontara.

A numeral in historical Kawi writing.

A box can indicate missing Kawi font support; check font coverage before reading the displayed shape.

Part of the collection

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Southeast Asian Minority Scripts (Kayah Li, Kawi, Ahom, Cham …)

Who writes 𑽙

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Questions people ask

Why does 𑽙 show as a box on some devices?

It is recent: Unicode added it in version 15.0 (2022), and phones and computers whose fonts are older than that have nothing to draw it with. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.