What ൭ means
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What does ൭ mean?
Seven.
The Malayalam script emerged as a distinct script around 700 CE; its numeral signs are traced to Grantha, a South Indian script used to write Sanskrit.
Malayalam mathematical manuscripts record calculations involving land, gold, rice, volume, weight, and measures. One University of Kerala palm-leaf manuscript uses Malayalam numerals in its original foliation (page numbering); its catalogue places it possibly in the 18th century. Later foliation uses modern digits.
A Malayalam numeral with the value seven.
Drift: A comparative history published in 2010 described the traditional numeral system as rare outside reading older texts.
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1Why does ൭ look different in different fonts?
It can. The font that renders this text character determines its outline; a fallback font may change its shape or fail to show it, while its value remains seven.
How to type ൭
൭\0D6DCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.