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𐧄

meroitic cursive number five

Meroitic Cursive Number Five

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𐧄 means five in Meroitic Cursive, the writing of Kush, an ancient Nubian kingdom. Its numerals counted amounts, measures, and dates. Meroitic writing adapted signs from Egyptian hieroglyphs and is attested by about 200 BCE; less-cursive forms suggest a third-century BCE origin. After the fourth century CE, Nubian writing used a Coptic-based alphabet that included some Meroitic signs.

Text symbol

What 𐧄 means

𐧄 is the meroitic cursive number five. Unicode classifies it as a number form and files it in the Meroitic Cursive block; this site shelves it under Ancient scripts.

Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.

How it is encoded

𐧄 is a single code point, U109C4. In HTML that is 𐧄, and in CSS \109C4.

A historical numeral that fits Kushite records; elsewhere, its reading may be unclear.

Reserve it for Meroitic contexts; it does not replace modern 5.

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Who writes 𐧄

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What it means when someone sends it to you

2 readings

An amount, measure, or tax in an account.

Questions people ask

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Why does 𐧄 show as a box?

It can. The font may lack the script, or the app may not handle its text layout. As of 2026, Noto Sans Meroitic covers the range.

How to type or find 𐧄

Search it as
Meroitic numeral · Meroitic number five · Meroitic numerals · Kushite numerals · Meroitic number system · Nubian numerals
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 109C4, then AltX to get 𐧄.
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 “meroitic cursive number five”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 109c4, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𐧄
CSS
\109C4
Character map
A Unicode report from 2022 listed no known dedicated Meroitic input method; a system character map is one route.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𐧄
HTML hex
𐧄
CSS content
content: "\109C4";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%90%A7%84
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.

Families this belongs to

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Ancient scripts9,099 symbols