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᥋

limbu digit five

Limbu Digit Five

᥋ represents five in Limbu writing. The script's history includes early alphabet records, a modern revival, and later religious publishing tied to Limbu identity.

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Limbu five · Limbu numeral · ᥋ · Sirijanga · Srijanga · Yakthung
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What ᥋ means

It is the Limbu numeral for five. The early written record is uneven: a catalogued alphabet book is dated c. 1730 or earlier, while the oldest known collected Limbu writings are placed in the 1850s. The modern script began developing in 1925.

From the 1920s, the script was developed and spread in Sikkim, Darjeeling, and Kalimpong. In Nepal, renewed publishing after the 1990s made it a marker of Limbu identity, especially in religious books. Limbu numerals can also appear in the same document as Devanagari and Arabic-Indic numerals.

Don't confuse it with

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᥆
Limbu Digit Zero
shares “digit”, “limbu”
᥇
Limbu Digit One
shares “digit”, “limbu”
᥈
Limbu Digit Two
shares “digit”, “limbu”
᥉
Limbu Digit Three
shares “digit”, “limbu”

Questions people ask

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Why does ᥋ 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 ᥋

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 194B, then Alt+X to get ᥋.
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 “limbu digit five”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 194b, then Enter or Space.
HTML
᥋
CSS
\194B
How to type ᥋
Use a keyboard or input tool that supports Limbu. If a box appears, the font used to display the character does not include Limbu characters.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
᥋
HTML hex
᥋
CSS content
content: "\194B";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E1%A5%8B
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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.

Families this belongs to

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Indian scripts3,440 symbols

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