Meetei Mayek Digit Zero

It is zero: the number 0.

Inside a numeral, it has the same value as 0. Choosing ꯰ keeps the number visibly in Meetei Mayek rather than switching to Arabic numerals.

Native digits are reported in traditional and formal writing; Arabic numerals also appear in everyday Manipuri material. The value stays zero; the script choice changes.

How did Meetei Mayek change?

Coins associated with Meitei rulers, a Khoibu stone inscription, and puya manuscripts (religious and literary works) show the script in royal, administrative, literary, and religious settings.

Bengali script became dominant for Meitei writing in the 18th century, and Meetei Mayek declined in general writing. In the 20th century, its revival brought debate over older forms and a standard for education and public use.

Meetei Mayek belongs to a script lineage associated with Tibetan scripts and ultimately derived from Gupta Brahmi, an ancient South Asian writing system. This connects writing traditions, not the shape of ꯰ to another zero.

What does ꯰ mean when someone sends it?

It still means zero.

If it arrives alone, read it literally as the numeral unless the surrounding message gives it another role. On its own, it adds no emotional meaning.