What 𐫭 means
It marks a ten-value unit in Manichaean numerals. The Manichaean numeral system combines signs worth 1, 5, 10, 20, and 100; values add together in right-to-left sequences, with higher values first. A dated example is the Mahrnâmag, a Manichaean hymn book from 761–62; the best-known Turfan texts date to the eighth and ninth centuries.
Manichaean script developed from Estrangelo, a style of Syriac writing, within the wider Aramaic tradition. It carried religious texts in Middle Persian, Sogdian, and Uyghur. After the tenth century, fewer texts used the script, which had acquired a prestigious but arcane quality.
What does it mean if someone sends it?
If someone sends Manichaean ten on its own, it gives little clue to their intent. In a Manichaean or historical text, read it as ten; otherwise, ask what context they intended.
Specialist and archival: it belongs in Manichaean writing or historical number examples.
Without a font that supports Manichaean, it may appear as a box.
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1Why does 𐫭 show as a box?
A box for Manichaean number ten means the font or app lacks a glyph for the character. A font with Manichaean coverage can display it; encoding support and font support are separate.
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How to type or find 𐫭
- Also called
- Manichaean ten · Manichean ten
- Search it as
- mani ten · manichaean numeral · manichean numeral · manichaean number 10
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𐫭\10AED𐫭.Codes and encoding1 code points
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