Meroitic Cursive Numeral 80,000

It stands for 80,000 in Meroitic numerals.

Meroitic cursive was the flowing form used for general writing in Kush, an ancient kingdom along the Nile south of Egypt. It developed partly from Demotic, a cursive Egyptian script. The earliest dated Meroitic cursive texts are from around 200 BCE. The script passed through early, transitional, and later forms. Some Meroitic numeral shapes resemble late Egyptian hieratic, another cursive Egyptian style, but that connection is debated.

These numerals recorded quantities in tax and measurement records, dates, and counts of people in burial or monumental settings. After the fourth century CE, Meroitic writing gave way to Nubian; by the sixth century, a Nubian script based on Coptic had borrowed three Meroitic signs. Meroitic numbers belong to cursive writing; the separate hieroglyphic script was used on royal monuments and temples.

What does 𐧫 mean in a message?

Read it as 80,000; context tells you what was counted.

A modern message may use it as a reference to Kush or Meroitic writing, or as a deliberate design element. Sent alone, it gives a number but no unit; ask what the 80,000 refers to.

How do I type 𐧫?

Use a Unicode character picker and a font with Meroitic coverage.

Meroitic writing runs from right to left. Input and display are separate: an app may accept this character but lack a font that draws Meroitic Cursive, showing a box or fallback mark instead. Supported fonts can also give it different outlines.