What 𝋡 means
It marks one unit.
A dot is one; a bar, five. Each higher position in a stacked number is worth twenty times the one below.
When did Maya numerals spread?
It was shared across Mesoamerica by about 300 BCE.
Maya and Zapotec scribes used dots for units and bars for five.
An earlier cave painting from the Middle Preclassic (roughly 1000–300 BCE) may show a number, but that reading is disputed. These signs counted quantities and ritual dates. By 2016, use included Maya-focused books and Guatemalan banknotes.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Why does this Maya numeral display as a box?
Usually, the selected font lacks this glyph; choose one with Maya numeral coverage.
How to type 𝋡
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1D2E1, then Alt+X to get 𝋡.
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 “mayan numeral one”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1d2e1, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𝋡CSS
\1D2E1Linux (GNOME desktop)
In a supported GNOME text field on Linux, press Ctrl+Shift+U, enter the code from the fact row, then press Space or Enter.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𝋡
HTML hex
𝋡
CSS content
content: "\1D2E1";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9D%8B%A1
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.