What 𑋹 means
It represents nine in Khudawadi writing.
Khudawadi served everyday writing and trade. Secondary histories place the tradition around the 16th century; surveys of the Landa family, a group of merchant scripts, record Sindhi forms in the 19th century.
In the 1860s, Khudawadi was standardized for education, printing, and courts. By the late 19th century, an Arabic-based script was official for Sindhi. Khudawadi is related to Khojki, Mahajani, Multani, and Gurmukhi within the Landa family, with older ties to Sharada.
In Khudawadi writing, it is an ordinary nine; outside that script, readers may need context.
Without a font that supports Khudawadi, this may appear as a missing-glyph box. Ordinary 9 is clearer when the script context is uncertain.
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𑋹 show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the Khudawadi block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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𑋹\112F9Codes and encoding1 code points
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