What 𝋪 means
It stands for ten. In Maya bar-and-dot notation, each bar is five, so two bars make ten; dots mark single units.
Carved versions could decorate the marks without changing their value.
Where did Maya bar-and-dot numerals begin?
The system was shared beyond the Maya.
By 500–300 BCE, Maya and Zapotec inscriptions and texts from the Isthmus—a narrow strip in southern Mexico—used it; Monte Albán Stela 12 in Oaxaca, a carved stone pillar, is an early example. These numerals chiefly marked dates in the 260-day ritual calendar. Maya scribes also used them in the Long Count, a running calendar count for dating events across long spans.
Some small publications in Guatemala and Yucatán use Maya numerals as page numbers, a modern reuse noted in the Unicode Standard’s 2026 edition.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𝋪 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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𝋪\1D2EACodes and encoding1 code points
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