What ൜ means
It means one tenth. In traditional Malayalam arithmetic, ൜ is one mark in a named fraction system used for calculation and measurement.
Kaṇakkatikāram is a tradition of elementary math treatises on measurement, calculation, and practical problems. A 2024 study discusses an 1863 printed edition and varied Malayalam manuscripts; a 1980 survey reproduces the fraction set. The Tamil treatise is tentatively dated to the 15th century, a date for that text, not this sign.
Historical number notation; in casual chat, include a numeric cue.
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Who writes ൜
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Questions people ask
1Why does ൜ 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 ൜
- Also called
- raṇṭumā · rantumaa
- Search it as
- Malayalam fractions · 1/10 · one-tenth sign
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
൜\0D5CCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.