What 𐫬 means
It represents five in Manichaean number writing. Signs for 1, 5, 10, 20, and 100 were added together to write larger values. The Mahrnāmag hymn book, dated AD 761–62, preserves the values 546 and 162; its 546 string includes 𐫬.
Manichaean communities used the script for Middle Persian, Parthian, and Sogdian (Iranian languages), and Old Uyghur (a Turkic language). The script belongs to the Aramaic tradition and is closely related to Palmyrene Aramaic and Estrangelo Syriac.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Why does 𐫬 look different in different fonts?
Unicode’s reference drawing is a guide, not a fixed design. Fonts can give the sign different outlines while it still represents five.
How to type 𐫬
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 10AEC, then Alt+X to get 𐫬.
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 “manichaean number five”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 10aec, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𐫬CSS
\10AECCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𐫬
HTML hex
𐫬
CSS content
content: "\10AEC";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%90%AB%AC
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.